Update 11.2.2021: Last see in August of 2020 from the same seller, this one is back on eBay with a buy-it-now of $7,150. -dc For a while in the 1990’s, sponsorship from Marlboro led Yamaha down a red-liveried path, and the torn paper graphics on this 1996 YZF-750R makes reference without saying it too loud. …
Though big red dominated, Yamaha’s FZ750R / OU45 regularly appeared as the best of the rest in mid-eighties AMA Superbike. Here’s a collector which has somehow escaped the suburban Dallas heat, and dodged a lifetime’s worth of garage elves. 1985 Yamaha FZ-750 for sale on eBay Yamaha had reportedly toyed with as many as seven…
As much of an upstart as the original FZR1000 was in 1987, later design revisions took the superbike to the next level. Today’s FZR is an elegant survivor with just under 13,000 miles. 1992 Yamaha FZR1000 for sale on eBay Yamaha’s 1,002 cc Genesis had 5 valves per cylinder from the start, a great technical…
While the original FZ-1 was one Cycle World’s bikes of the year, Yamaha made a substantive update for 2006. With miles in the 1,000-per-year neighborhood, this Tennessee example looks excellent. 2006 Yamaha FZ-1 for sale on eBay Yamaha brought their aluminum casting technology to bear on the new FZ-1 chassis, cradling the R1-derived liter, and…
A rare sight in-person but almost a regular for RSBFS readers, the MZ Skorpion was a post-East German single 660 with a Yamaha-derived 5-valve head. This example in Kawi-esque livery may have been owned by a dealer, who has offered other MZ’s and allowed this one only 7,000 miles. 1999 MZ Skorpion 660 Sport Cup…
Descendant of Yamaha’s OW01 homologation special, the YZF-750R was a vaunted endurance racer in race trim, and a two-time Bike of the Year winner in the mid-90’s. A victim of the displacement arms race and an aging platform, the Yamaha 750 lasted only a few years. This YZF might be a little rough around the…
1987 brought a trade tariff for motorcycles over 700cc, and Yamaha’s response was to de-stroke their recently designed FZ750 to 697cc’s. Though it had the Genesis 5-valve head, some sporting aspirations were value-engineered out. Still, it was an able street performer and is now very rare. 1987 Yamaha FZ700 for sale on eBay Carrying some…
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…
