Motorcycle Mojo – September 2019

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 MOTORCYCLE MOJO 23

LIST PRICE

$6,299

WARRANTY

12 months, unlimited mileage

CONTACT

yamaha-motor.ca

ENGINE TYPE

Liquid-cooled, DOHC, parallel twin

DISPLACEMENT

321 cc

POWER

41 hp (30.6 kW) at 10,750 rpm

(European spec)

TORQUE

21.8 ft-lb (29.6 Nm) at 9,000 rpm

(European spec)

BORE AND STROKE

68 x 44.1 mm

COMPRESSION RATIO

11.2:1

FUEL DELIVERY

EFI with 32 mm throttle bodies

TRANSMISSION

6-speed

FINAL DRIVE TYPE

Chain

FRONT SUSPENSION

37 mm inverted fork, non-adjustable

REAR SUSPENSION

Single shock, adjustable for preload

WHEEL TRAVEL

Front: 130 mm (5.1 in.)

Rear: 125 mm (4.9 in.)

BRAKES

Front: Single 298 mm disc with

two-piston caliper

Rear: 220 mm disc with

single-piston caliper; ABS

WHEELBASE

1,380 mm (54.3 in.)

RAKE AND TRAIL

25 degrees/95 mm

TIRES

Front: 110/70-17

Rear: 140/70-17

WEIGHT (WET)

167 kg (368 lb)

SEAT HEIGHT

780 mm (30.7 in.)

FUEL CAPACITY

14 litres

FUEL ECONOMY (CLAIMED)

4.3L/100 km

FUEL RANGE (ESTIMATED)

325 km

2019 YAMAHA

YZF-R 3

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any ill effects on handling. Sometimes

installing high-grip tires onto a bike

with a less than stellar chassis actually

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so on the R3, which handles better in

every respect compared with the R3

with OEM tires. I do have a preference

for those Dunlop Q3s because when the

R3 is equipped in that manner, it is a

very good sporting street bike that you

could ride to the track, then ride on the

track after only paying your entry fees

and pulling the mirrors.

Proving Itself On The Track

While the Yamaha R3 might not have

the most remarkable spec sheet in the

sub-400 cc category, especially when

compared with the larger-displacement

and more powerful offerings from

Kawasaki and KTM, the R3 nonetheless

proves its performance potential on

the racetrack. Not only did the R3 win

a championship last year, but at the

time of writing, halfway through the

racing season, a Yamaha R3 had won

every round of the CSBK Amateur

Lightweight Sport Bike championship.

So, not only does the R3 now resemble

its bigger Yamaha R siblings, it backs

up those looks with impressive perfor-

mance.

A session on a stock R3 equipped

with Dunlop Q3 race rubber permitted

a quicker pace, easily enabling

peg-scraping lean angles. These tires

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back and surefooted stability lacking

in the OEM tires. And the chassis

easily handles the extra grip without