What is the Yamaha XJ6 Diversion?
What is the Yamaha XJ6 Diversion?
The Diversion is like the VMax, a Ghost from the ’80s brought back to life by Yamaha in 2009. After years of the FZ6 acting as Yamaha’s entry-level model into multi-cylinder motorcycles, the XJ6 is back. Its aims to be easier to ride slow, with less power but more torque in lower revs, and above all – to be even more affordable.
What kind of engine does a Yamaha XJ6 have?
New to the 2009 Yamaha model line up is the XJ6, a naked version of the new XJ6 Diversion. Powered by a 600 cc liquid-cooled 4-stroke inline 4-cylinder engine with all-new internals, this cool-looking middleweight delivers easy controllability together with strong all-round performance.
Is the Yamaha XJ6 a fully faired FZ6R?
While we were flogging Yamaha’s latest R1 around Australia’s Eastern Creek race circuit, the Europeans were sampling a new all-rounder naked bike around Sydney. The XJ6 is a Euro version of the fully faired FZ6R which we’ll be seeing in the North American market this Spring.
Is the Yamaha Diversion a good bike?
Bikes don’t get more honest and straightforward than Yamaha’s Diversion. It’s an affordable, useful and unintimidating four-cylinder middleweight that while certainly no glamour machine, is handsome enough and does exactly what it says on the tin – so there’s lots to like.
After Honda proved there is a market for friendly middleweights with the CBF600, Yamaha has decided to do the same in the new XJ6 series. The concept is pretty much identical to the original Diversion of the 1980s and ’90s, but in all new trim. The XJ6 and XJ6 Diversion are made to be an attractive entry-level model.
When did the Yamaha XJ600 diversion get new fairings?
1992: Yamaha XJ600 Diversion launched. 1993: Yamaha XJ600 Diversion gets new fairing with air scoops, screen now has grey trim. 1994: New Diversion logo on fairing. 1996: Yamaha XJ600 Diversion gets oil cooler.
What can go wrong with a Yamaha XJ600?
Not much goes wrong with the Yamaha XJ600 Diversion and mileages the wrong side of 50,000 are fairly common. The XJ600’s two-valve engine is very robust so treat any signs of oil weeps or smoking when cold as a warning. If it sounds sweet and the gearbox works, you should be fine.
