If you want a sweet ride and get the attention, Yamaha YZF-R3 is the way to go, I remember when I drove and passed by the Yamaha dealer and saw the Yamaha YZF-R3, I though I will get that nice motorcycle, and I wanted the black one as it looks mean, powerful, sport, the time passed by until I said to me, it´s time to get it, so I walked into the dealer at the en of the year 2016 and got it, the bike is also a 2016.

I took the motorcicle classes in Texas that lasted a week, but it was well woth it, I took them as when I first walked into a Yamaha dealer in Washington, I had the luck to speak to a professional racer whom also was a Yamaha motorcycle sales person and told me that if I got a motorcycle to take some classes, he had also the facts and said to me that the statistics showed that 75% of the motorcycles sold in the US got totaled in the first week, he also advised me not to get an R1 or an R6 as they had too much power and he recommended me to get a YZF-R3.

At the dealer when I first started the motorcycle, I could hear it´s power, it sounds very strong and nice!

One thing I need in a motorcycle is the looks, and to me Yamaha makes the sport bikes better looking than any other brand and actually I like better the looks of the YZF-R3 than the R1 or R6.

Here where I live people can only afford cheap motorcycles so I can say that I always get the attention when riding.

When I feel the need to acelerate in the freeway to pass a vehicle the YZF-R3 for sure has no problem with that.

The bike it is easy to maneuver all the controls are very close to reach form one another that let´s you to turn the blinking lights and then press the horn in a second.

It handles the turns smoothly making you feel safe, the horn it´s actually pretty loud compared with other bikes and that is VERY important, in the motorcycle course told us that people driving do not see motorcycles for example when getting out from a parking slot and in many other occasions as motorcycles are smaller than cars so we need to honk.

Specifications

Engine

Engine Type: 321cc liquid-cooled, DOHC inline twin-cylinder; 4 valves/cylinder
Bore x Stroke: 68.0mm x 44.1mm
Compression Ratio: 11.2:1
Fuel Delivery: Fuel injection
Ignition: Digital TCI: Transistor Controlled Ignition
Transmission: 6-speed, wet multiplate clutch
Final Drive: Chain

Chassis

Suspension / Front: 41mm KYB® telescopic fork; 5.1-in travel
Suspension / Rear: KYB® single shock; 4.9-in travel
Brakes / Front: 298mm hydraulic disc
Brakes / Rear: 220mm hydraulic disc
Tires / Front: 110/70-17
Tires / Rear: 140/70-17

Dimensions