August 6, 2015

Second Coming: 1999 Yamaha YZF-R7 OW02 for Sale

YamahaBy Tad Diemer August 6, 2015 5 Comments

Introduced in 1999 and sold for just two years, the exotic Yamaha YZF-R7 OW02 was the long-awaited successor to the OW01 of the late 1980’s, a barely-legal roadbike intended to homologate the R7 for World Superbike competition. But after just two years, Yamaha pulled the plug on the bike and their WSBK team as well.…

Proof of Concept – 1990 Yamaha OW 01

YamahaBy Donn August 6, 2015 10 Comments

Shortly after the Superbike World Championship opened in 1988, manufacturers were compelled to prove their production bikes were up to the task, by providing comparable bikes to the marketplace. Numbers of bikes homologated depended on the size of the manufacturer. Though it did not result in a championship, Yamaha provided the OW 01 to the…