While top-tier sport and naked bikes like the Yamaha YZF-R1 and MT-10 are highly desirable and represent the pinnacle of performance, it goes without saying that these bikes can be quite a handful for a lot of riders, especially when it comes to precision riding on the track. This is precisely why a lot of top-level racers ride smaller bikes when training, as 600cc and even 300cc sportbikes allow riders to develop and fine tune their techniques.
Indeed, Yamaha has a bike for this, and it’s the YZF-R3. Often labeled as a beginner’s bike, the R3 can also hustle on track, and putting a seasoned rider on an R3 could easily have the little sportbike passing bigger, faster bikes piloted by novice riders. Leveraging the YZF-R3 as a track-learning tool, there are lots of aftermarket accessories designed to enhance the performance of this bike, the latest of which comes from none other than Akrapovič.
