R7 Yamaha

[Maha]

Are there any in NZ?
I know Noriyuki Haga raced one in 2000 and it made the top 10 list of some dudes all time bike list in this months Motorcycle Trader Mag, but i have never seen one, or was it never produced as a road bike?

http://www.asl-testsite.co.uk/motors/normal/Yamaha-YZF-R7-OW02-1999.jpg

[James Deuce]

It was produced as a road bike, and about 100 made their way to the UK where most of them had R1 engines installed because the R7 engine was "limited" to 100HP and you need about 30000 pound to unleash the other 50 or so HP.

I've never seen one here, but that doesn't mean there isn't one somewhere and quite frankly the 100HP version would "do".

Best looking Sprotsbike Yamahaahahahaaahaha have produced to date.

[justsomeguy]

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/yamaha/1999-yamaha-yzfr7-owo2-14646.html

Only 500 exacting, hand-made machines are being produced, making it one of the rarest production bikes ever to leave a Japanese factory. Even if you could afford the £20,000 ($32,000 USD) sticker price, you couldn't actually purchase the bike unless you can prove you have a full season's racing ahead of you.


http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Yamaha/Yamaha-YZF-R7-1999-2000/

[NZsarge]

Are there any in NZ?
I know Noriyuki Haga raced one in 2000 and it made the top 10 list of some dudes all time bike list in this months Motorcycle Trader Mag, but i have never seen one, or was it never produced as a road bike?

As Jim said it's a stunning bike apart from the 100 odd horsepower motor, a bike that pretty deserves at least 160-180 ponies. :headbang:

[NZsarge]

Yamahaahahahaaahaha

:rolleyes: I'm disappointed Jim.....:laugh:

[vfxdog]

Zero-miler R7's turn up from time to time in odd spots around the planet and seem to sell for somewhere around the US$30-40K mark. Used ones are scarce but can be bought for around US$25K. A nice racebike went for around £14K on UK eBay around 3 weeks ago. The Haga bike was dismantled and the remains spread far and wide. Fabulous bikes- in the day they were about as close to a GP or WSB bike as you could get. The '98 R1 was very similar, in spirit at least. Don't know of any in NZ but Tony Rees would be the man to ask.

[onearmedbandit]

Don't know if any made it to NZ, but there is a sales brochure (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Parts-accessories/Other/auction-141814007.htm) for sale on Trademe.

[T.W.R]

Pretty exclusive beast :rolleyes: OW-02 :cool:

[Zoolander]

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/yamaha/1999-yamaha-yzfr7-owo2-14646.html

Only 500 exacting, hand-made machines are being produced, making it one of the rarest production bikes ever to leave a Japanese factory. Even if you could afford the £20,000 ($32,000 USD) sticker price, you couldn't actually purchase the bike unless you can prove you have a full season's racing ahead of you.


http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Yamaha/Yamaha-YZF-R7-1999-2000/

For some reason I thought they only made 300. The R7 is one of my all time dream bikes, I can't imagine there would be too many original unraced ones left. You had to apply to Yamaha for consideration if you wanted one so most went straight to race teams. Although if you're famous its probably a different story, apparently Ben Affleck has one. I bought my red and white R1 (for sale by the way) over a blue one because the paint scheme was similar to the R7 so about as close as I'll ever get!

[Pussy]

I'd like to see Yamaha build a new generation R7, just imagine a R6 sized bike with close to R1 power, mmmmmm! :niceone:

[limbimtimwim]

Apparently the crankshaft was made out of cheese.

Otherwise I want one. More than I want an RC45.

[R6_kid]

I'd like to see Yamaha build a new generation R7, just imagine a R6 sized bike with close to R1 power, mmmmmm! :niceone:

Rumour has it they may consider a mid-sized sports-road-bike if supersports bikes get too track focussed.

[Zoolander]

Rumour has it they may consider a mid-sized sports-road-bike if supersports bikes get too track focussed.

mmmmmmmmmm YZF-R8 :drool:

[BigG]

I got a R7 it sitting on my cabinet cos its a scale model, nice to:sleep:

[orangeback]

when i lived in the UK i saw a few for sale , but putting R7 fairings in the 99 -01 R1 was verry popular for the sharper look and more power option , costing a hole lot less

[James Deuce]

http://www.d-murray.co.uk/yzfr71.htm

[MVnut]

FastBikes September 04 did a comparo of 'the greatest 750s ever' with the R7 -also the MV750 Senna, Ducati 749R, and Suzuki GSXR750. The R7 was the real deal 138hp jobbie. Great test, you wanna know the results?? (they loved all the bikes but rated them anyway):banana:

[MVnut]

Okay okay okay, after beind inundated with countless pm's begging/demanding the results..........drum roll please.....1st, MV :spanking:2nd Gixxer:spanking:3rd Ducati:spanking:4th Yamaha. A couple of points on the R7, cost 23k in the UK plus an extra 3k to get full power, yes 500 bikes plus 250 spare frames. :2thumbsup

[Pussy]

Rumour has it they may consider a mid-sized sports-road-bike if supersports bikes get too track focussed.

I would SERIOUSLY consider an "R8" if Yamaha decide to make one. They could do something similar to Suzuki... the same physical size as the 600, with a few more goodies as well as extra cubes :rolleyes:

[slowpoke]

I've ridden one!!!!






ok...ok, not actually an R7 but something very like one (tui moment). When my R1 was having it's wee tanty last year and made only half reasonable top end power but had no mid-range to speak of I kinda figured that would be how an R7 would feel......I was over it pretty quickly to tell you the truth.
Nah, owning one would be cool just for the exclusivity, but realistically speaking any modern thou' would run rings around it by virtually any performance measure you can think of.
That doesn't stop me wanting one though, they'll always be special and always worth a motza.