The Yamaha R7, also known as the OWO2, might just be the most beautiful road bike to ever come from Japan. Right from the factory floor, it was a ready to race World Super Bike (WSB) racer with the necessary 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 (VIN: JYARM0110XA000406) has 4,032 miles and it had the crank recall done. In addition, the seller says the bike includes some YEC parts including a carbon fiber airbox, velocity stacks, fuel pump, regulator, and more. Find this R7 for sale in Oakdale, California with bidding up to $17,100 and the reserve not yet met or a BIN of $21,000
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