R7 Yamaha

[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)

[MVnut]

Okay okay okay, after beind inundated with countless pm's begging/demanding the results..........drum roll please.....1st, MV 2nd Gixxer3rd Ducati4th 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.

[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

[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.