View Full Version : Yamaha YZF750R your thoughts?
Dangerous Dave
21-01-09, 11:25 AM
Lovely....
http://www.yzf750r.com/bigpics/yzf750r.jpg
kwak zzr
21-01-09, 11:26 AM
I like em! proppa classic supersports back with the first blades.
Had one, loved it (mauve one). Feels like it has proper build quality and an air of up market parts. A lot of bike for your money.
C
Lovely classic superbike - did you read the exploits of Bike magazine racing one?
rictus01
21-01-09, 11:47 AM
Nice bike in there time
Without the rose coloured glasses of yester year, long in the tooth, heavy, hard to find a good one these days, enough performace, if not outstanding, used to go threw front discs I seem to recall, also the genesis engines burnt a bit of oil, check the EXUP valve as a lot of them get stuck.
although fully adjustable, I think they upgraded the suspension on later models to better quality, but you'd have to check.
find a good one at the right price and as said a lot of bike, get the wrong one and it's a money pit.
Cheers Mark.
Later SP versions had Yamaha built Ohlins suspension in the rear. Not quite as classy as a proper Ohlins unit but much better than the cooking version.
rictus01
21-01-09, 11:56 AM
I seem to recall they also had sixpot brakes which required "looking after" shall we say, Oh and mild steel exhausts, which reminds me changing the original headers caused all sorts of problems with the basic running of the bike.
amazing what you remember when you think about it.
Cheers Mark.
I think they were the usual Tokico 6 pots as used on lots of other bikes - universally despised by anyone who regularly works on bikes. They didn't even give you any advantage over Tokico 4 pots and most people I know with ZX-9Rs and suchlike swopped them for 4 pots.
So it's gone from amazing, to a bunch of trouble in 30 mins :smt102
They were amazing, in their day. 10 or 12 years down the line they are more likely to be troublesome than good
philbut
21-01-09, 03:11 PM
I like the look of em, but thats about all I can say - why are you asking anyway Si, you owned one didn't you?
dirtydog
21-01-09, 04:20 PM
I like them, always wanted a Boost coloured one
Dangerous Dave
21-01-09, 04:20 PM
I think they were the usual Tokico 6 pots as used on lots of other bikes - universally despised by anyone who regularly works on bikes. They didn't even give you any advantage over Tokico 4 pots
Correct
I like the look of em, but thats about all I can say - why are you asking anyway Si, you owned one didn't you?
I did indeed. I sold mine many years ago and always regretted it. I didn't sell of a preferred choice. It was an outstanding bike in its day and I just wondered what everyone thought of it.
I'd buy one tomorrow IF it was in good nick and well looked after.
And there ain't many on this board that could find it's limits on the track, never mind the road even though it's over 12 years old. It's still got more performance and handling than the average guy has balls.
And "Old" and "Heavy" are relative terms. It's a serious bit of kit that could still hold a candle to most stuff on the road today. Its got a bullet proof engine and great build quality. So what's to go wrong?
If you buy it grease the rear suspension linkages as this is about the only thing that's likely to gove grief (along with the 6 pots but they are only two pots more trouble than 4 pots. Just keep em serviced.)
C
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http://premium1.uploadit.org/bikemadsimon///YZF-4.JPG
i almost bought a running wrecker to do up as a project really wish i had now i think their ace personally.
Dappa D
22-01-09, 02:23 PM
never ridden one so couldnt comment, but the YZF1000 thunderace i thought was good to ride,as is the thundercat....
I'm told a 1000 Exup or Thunderace motor will fit with very little work, though I haven't seen it done myself.
If Flitwick Motorcycles can fit an R1 engine into an R7 less than a week after they were released, then I'm sure anything's possible.
Well?
Didn't you used to have one?
And I thought you said you wouldn't have a bike like that again because you had no self-control and you'd probably kill yourself or something...
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It's not every day you see a fat dwarf with his knee down.
I'm told a 1000 Exup or Thunderace motor will fit with very little work, though I haven't seen it done myself.
It is possible, it's been done many times (with the Exup thou). And your right, it is not especially difficult.
Didn't you used to have one?
Yes, but you knew that already. :)
And I thought you said you wouldn't have a bike like that again because you had no self-control and you'd probably kill yourself or something...
Who said I was going to get a bike like that? :confused:
It's not every day you see a fat dwarf with his knee down.
Cheers but less of the fat. I am a new slimmer and fitter person thank you very much. :smt040
i dont understand that why buy a 750 to plonk a thou engine in it why not just buy a thou in the first place not as if their hard to find.
i dont understand that why buy a 750 to plonk a thou engine in it why not just buy a thou in the first place not as if their hard to find.
Because it can be done.
seem's a waste of a bike.
The thou in question was a lardy old bus even at the time. Nothing like the thous of today, which are evolved from the overgrown 750s that were the Fireblade and, later, R1.
Back then the 7/10 or 7/11 conversion made far more sense because there was nothing of that ilk coming out of the factory.
vzzzbuxt
23-01-09, 09:59 AM
Later SP versions had Yamaha built Ohlins suspension in the rear. Not quite as classy as a proper Ohlins unit but much better than the cooking version.
yamaha lets not forget OWN ohlins!
other than that i had a streetfightered yzf750- hoofin laugh for an inline four engine.
im a fan on the slightly older, heavier sportsbikes.
current bikes is an indicator. BMW r1100S kwak ZX7r. nough said!!
yamaha lets not forget OWN ohlins!
Yamaha used to own Ohlins, it's now back in the original owner's hands. At the time the YZF750 got 'Ohlins' suspenders it was Yamaha owned though.
Yamaha used to own Ohlins, it's now back in the original owner's hands. At the time the YZF750 got 'Ohlins' suspenders it was Yamaha owned though.
I think the 95 YZF750R's got Ohlins too. Could be wrong but don't think I am.
Dave20046
23-01-09, 12:07 PM
Not a massive fan, I was offered a mauve one a bit back for a few hundred though.
There's few yammys I actually like (or would be my first choice should I say)
I wouldn't say no to an OW01.
Or an R7, for that matter.
I wouldn't say no to an OW01.
Or an R7, for that matter.
If you're in the Bedfordshire area in the near future, Flitwick M/cs have an as new R7 in stock that's for sale.
My old boss has a brand new OW01 in his collection, never been ridden in anger.
Dave20046
23-01-09, 12:16 PM
I wouldn't say no to an OW01.
Or an R7, for that matter.
Yeah they're alright but there are plenty of sportsbikes I'd have before them
That triumph that ed's got, a ninja , cbr maybe.
If you're in the Bedfordshire area in the near future, Flitwick M/cs have an as new R7 in stock that's for sale.
Bet that'd be cheap at half the price.
Looks like I'll be off to investigate a part-ex this weekend. My itch for a thou needs scratching and I've got a nice fat overtime payment due next week. Have to see what they offer.
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