Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

Originally Posted by mudgripz

This is the quickest of the 750/4s I had from 30 years back. A race bred Yamaha FZ750 - made 1986. Beautiful machine, superb handling, and revved freely with its 5 valve per cylinder motor. About 106hp which was alot then. Alot in just 200kgs.. Only problem was 1.5 hours was all your arse could handle on it - very firm uncompromising ride. Not a tourer. Awesome machine but:

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And this shows just how fast these road bikes were in the day. Here the 86 FZ750 with Italian legend Giacomo Agostini on board races against the top Ferrari Testarossa of the day. Also on the track is the reigning 500cc champion Yzr500 Yamaha. Little FZ750 blows the Ferrari..

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x563wqe

For the non-computer savvy people like me - put cursor over the link above, then click on sound and expand. Mmmm.. But ... would still rather have the Honda CB750F. I've no doubt today's sports tourers have much smoother, more powerful motors, better boxes, brakes and suspension, but many of those old late 60s/70s/80s machines gave a great ride.

The FZ750 really was a bike to be reckoned with in the 80's. My 1985 RZ500 only produced 87hp, so was a far cry from the GP version. I remember having a Kawasaki GPZ1100 show me the way home once. Disappointing...