I think this is beautiful road bike to ever come from Japan, the Yamaha R7, also known as the OWO2. Right from the factory floor, it was a ready to race World Super Bike (WSB) racer with the trimmings (lights/signals/plate) necessary to make it street legal. Prices were incredible – with an MSRP of approximately $32,000, it was twice as expensive as Honda’s SP-1, but it was worth every penny.
You might think that this bike was putting out prodigious power, but you’d be surprised. “Just” 106 horsepower push the R7 down the road, but this bike made up for it by being one of the best handling motorcycles ever produced, even to this day. Yamaha offered two ‘hop-up’ kits – one of which added 25 hp, and a race kit that added 55 hp…at a cost of over $10,000. These came with a titanium crank as standard, and full Ohlins suspension front and rear. The only concern is that the titanium cranks actually had a manufacturing issue from the factory, so many cracked. Yamaha issued a recall – so you must make sure that the R7 you buy has had the crank taken care of.
This specific Yamaha R7 OW-O2 is a great example because it has the factory race kit (150 horses at the rear wheel) and it has just 1,800 miles. While the photos show some aftermarket wheels it will come with ‘perfect’ OEM units. Just 500 R7s were built, and only 56 were sent to the US.
Find this Yamaha R7 OW-O2 for sale in Norwalk, Connecticut with an opening bid of $25,000
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