These pre-OW01 homologation Yamaha 750’s have been hot this year and here is one with just 2600 miles. The good news is that it was part of a collection and shows very little wear. The bad news is that it hasn’t been recommissioned yet for road use and is being sold in a non-running state. That said it’s hard to believe that some simple maintenance and attention might yield a good purchase for the right buyer — depending on what the reserve is of course.
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1987 Yamaha FZR750RT for sale on eBay
from the seller:
The bike that you see in this ad, 1987 Yamaha FZR 750 RT, was purchased by a collection that is selling the bike in a stored, non-running condition. The collection never got around to trying to start the bike but it has all appearances that with a little massaging it will be fully road worthy. As you can see from the odometer the mileage is 2,599 miles and is believed to original. When you look at the cosmetics as we have shown in many of the pictures and the videos on the inner parts working you can see that this bike was never even fully broken in. The cosmetics of this bike makes bike appear as if it just came out of the box. Add to that a beautiful designed color scheme. It has true racing ‘stance’ and turns on just about everybody that looks at it. The muffler on this bike is 99% mint as well as the cosmetics (very important to serious collectors). We have no reason to think that this bike will not start right up immediately with a normal recommissioning. We do believe that the tires are original and probably should be changed for any extended riding but also should be saved as the original tires.
Why so much crud by the foot peg? Even if it doesn’t run, you can clean it before taking pictures.
Awesome!
I owned #167/200 of this bike and I can attest that parts aren’t cheap in certain areas. Mine had a fuel issue when I bought it (got it for $1800) and it ended up that most of the internal carbs parts had gone bad. Ended up costing me almost $900 and my friend that is a Yamaha certified mechanic did the work on the side for me. Just the carb pieces were in the $600 range. I got rid of it for the simple reason that I didn’t like the way that it handled. It felt like you were sitting in it instead of on it.
But I always thought it was one of the best looking Yamaha’s made. Now if I can just find an OW01 for $1800!
I think this is the same seller that had so many negative reviews over a GSXR.
I am interested to find out why the person that bought the GSXR was so unhappy?
Yep, it’s that same guy for certain. We’ll never know the truth on that 1986 GSXR750 as this seller got the buyer’s very negative comment removed after three days (I read it), and feedback returned back to 100%. Something not right is going on…
Can you paraphrase the negative comment as I never got to read it?
Remember this was the 1986 blue/white GSXR with 30K miles that sold, not the 1986 GSXR750LTD that didn’t meet reserve that he also listed. Go back a few pages here on RSBFS to read revealing feedback from bidders. The buyer of the blue/white GSXR750 said some words about dealing with seller and ended with caps NOT TRUSTWORTHY.
I’d like to know who you argue with/threaten/fight policy with at eBay to get a negative comment removed permanently, and your feedback restored to 100% with no evidence. Watched it happen.
Never knew you could get it reversed. Would love to hear from the party that put up the negative feedback, but it sounds as though that might never happen…
Just spoke with the guy, after my brother went out to look at the bike. My brother asked what the black mark (possibly from the heat of a welding torch) was by the left foot peg. Seller said it was oil.
Then I called the seller and asked him to wipe the oil away and text me a photo.
His reply; “I don’t have time to deal with little questions” and hung-up the phone. If you wonder what a shady seller sounds like, call this guy up and ask him anything. I would stay away.
If this is how he conducts business, what are the chances this motor will even turn over? Remember, he’s selling in in “non-running” condition.
If you look closely at the picture of the front of the bike, you can see the shirtless seller in the windscreen. He was stuffing his face with food and chewing while I was on the phone with him. Unbelievable.