1989 Yamaha FZR750R OW01

Carbon Garage specializes in restoration. servicing and sales of classic sport bikes. We have stores in two great locations in Lewisville. TX and Auckland. New Zealand and more coming soon. We love classic sport bikes and only buy what we like. in fact we want to keep everything we buy! 1989 Yamaha FZR750R OW01I sold this bike to customer and bought it back again recently because its such a nice example!Yamaha’s FZ750R. codenamed OW01. really is a race bike for the road. not a road bike for going racing. Only 500 examples were manufactured making them one of the rarest Yamaha's. Yamaha’s answer to the RC30 from Honda – the FZR750R OW01 – is perhaps rarer and more exotic. When launched for 1989 in the UK the OW01 cost a staggering ?12. 00. more than twice as much as an FZR1000. with the optional race kit adding ?2. 15 to the price. Just 197 made their way to the UK. and only 88 were road registered. many of which went straight into collections. By way of comparison. the Honda RC30 cost ?8. 99 but its race kit was considerably more extensive and expensive. (Yamaha included much more race-orientated trickery as standard. hence the difference). To put all that into perspective. the 2014 list price of a Yamaha YZF-R1 superbike is just ?12. 99 . So what did the fortunate OW01 owner get for the price of a small terraced house back in 1989? Well. the Deltabox alloy beam frame had already been seen on road-going FZRs. but came minus internal sound deadening in the OW. while the suspension was just about the best available: 43mm front forks and Ohlins rear shock. with ride height. spring pre-load. compression and rebound damping adjustment at both ends. Nissin magnesium-bodied four-pot brake calipers gripped FZR1000-size front discs. while the wheels were 17” diameter. A stressed member of the chassis. the 749cc. 20-valve motor was of shorter stroke than the preceding FZ750 and incorporated two-ring pistons and titanium con-rods. 38mm flat-slide Mikuni carburettors supplied the fuel. On the exhaust side. the presence of Yamaha’s EXUP valve downstream of the header pipes ensured that. even though tuned for 121bhp. the motor possessed adequate tractability for road use. ‘Pulling away is still normal; there’s no drama. no fuss. not even the high-geared RC30’s feeling that you’ve mistakenly selected third. reported Bike magazine. The controls too. revealed the OW’s race orientation: remote master-cylinder reservoir. q-d speedometer and span-adjustable brake lever coming as standard. In the World Superbike Championship. the OW01 won races in its first season courtesy of Fabrizio Pirovano and Britain’s Terry Rymer. and continued to be competitive at world level for the next couple of years. On the UK domestic scene. the ‘OW’ fared even better. Rymer finishing runner-up to Trevor Nation’s Norton Rotary in the ’89 British Championship before taking the title the following year for Loctite Yamaha. This Japanese example frame #648 is in excellent condition and has traveled just 4800 miles. It is in excellent condition. runs perfectly! It is fitted with a lightweight exhaust can. but also comes with the factory original EXUP item. A super collectible bike which is steadily appreciating in price. Currently located in our Auckland store. we can ship this classic collectible Yamaha worldwide at very competitive rates. Do not miss this very special opportunity. Please call us today with any questions you may have Joe (469) 878 0992 or Rob +64 27 752 7842

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