Bike of the Day: Yamaha R7 with an R1 Engine

It's time for a sleeper - this 1999 Yamaha R7 frame (which wears bodywork from Anthony Gobert's AMA Superbike, no less) has been paired with the drivetrain from a 2007 Yamaha R1, yielding a roughly 80 horsepower bump!
It's equipped with all sorts of excellent components: Ohlins shock, Ohlins fork, Brembo Monoblock calipers with titanium pistons, Brembo master cylinders, Bazzaz fuel controller, Bazzaz traction control, Graves titanium exhaust...it would make for an incredible track bike, so Abhi and Adam wanted to show it off a bit.
Interested in this bike for yourself? You can find it on the auction site right now!
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[@mmotorcycles9497]

Always love the looks of the seven. Cool to see one hotrodded up.

[@alanblackford2962]

In the Uk, they are called R71 and were built by a few companies. Our most famous one was built by V&M Racing and won the NW200 in 2000 and was ridden by Michael Rutter. If you want to see a crazy road race, watch the North West 200 in Northern Ireland, speeds of 200mph+

[@tokyorick79]

Nicely done, awesome execution

[@paulstuart9465]

Love r7 looks. And now with an engine to match

[@benocehcap]

Love it! the mic makes a world of difference. thank you! please make more of these one on one with the bike and history of it...keep it up boys!

[@STTONER27]

Godspeed from India

[@jacobhendrickson8935]

I so love the 04-06 for how well it turns in and have always assumed the 07-08 would be the same being it shares the same frame.

[@paulthompson8613]

Super cool

[@thefamily_ak1863]

So sweet

[@BikeThrottleOfficial]

I was offered an ex-Michael Rutter TT R71 for £4K a few years ago and I regret not jumping on it.

[@johnduddy2359]

Remember the V&M r71s well, quite an iconic era of road racing

[@weaselswheels5258]

No way that was the real deal! And the r71 was a r1 frame and engine with r7 fairing! This is apparently a real r7 chassis with r1 engine. Harris made some replica r7 chassis’s that take a r1 engine back in the day but are even rarer than the r7

[@johnduddy2359]

@@weaselswheels5258 the V&M bikes had r7 chassis, not just fairings

[@weaselswheels5258]

@@johnduddy2359 no they weren’t mate! look up r71’s made by qb carbon! They were R1 chassis and engines with r7 fairing apparently because the aero was better and they were 10mph quicker on the start finish straight

[@johnduddy2359]

@@weaselswheels5258 That's absolute clap trap. The very bike the guy is talking about is available to view on Bonhams website (the auction house that sold it). The V and M bikes, that rutter duffus and jeffries rode had r7 chassis as they were much more suited to racing than the r1 of the day.

[@Gixflix1]

The R 7/11.

[@MarcusMotoDesign]

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[@stefanhelbich2491]

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