Utilizing the CP3 engine revealed at the Cologne motorcycle show in 2012 as a new three-cylinder engine, the YZF-R9 is more than a decade in the making. Sandwiched between its supersport brethren, the YZF-R1 ($18,999) and the YZF-R7 ($9,199), the fully-faired YZF-R9 fills the price and performance gap
