Video: Incredible onboard lap of Sugo on the 08 Yamaha R6

Before Yamaha let the world’s journalists out on the 2008 R6 the firm’s test rider Jeffry De Vries had to make sure the bike and the track were ok with a few hot laps of the Japanese circuit.

Check out the video below to see De Vries put in an incredible lap of the Sugo circuit where the bike was launched. It really is impressive viewing.

• See video of the launch test of the new Yamaha R6 here