This is why Yamaha is hiding this model from you | YAMAHA R7 | ICON RETROSPECTIVE

[@UrgetoRide]

Quick recap of my latest community post : I've just noticed we now got to 8000 subscribers. 8000 ! That’s an honestly insane number. Sure, probably 7000 are already dead waiting for videos, (ok good got the meme out of the way 😂) but that still leaves 1000 alive and kicking ! Also the channel is just above 3 years old now. Mind blowing. In all seriousness, thank you SO much. The main philosophy of this third year will be to JUST HAVE FUN. LESS obsessing over the details, the formats, the algos, MORE of a just-do-it-and-post-attitude, and my usual shenanigans. Don't follow me on instagram @urgetorideig

[@Pachidermicrophone]

If I had your xsr900 I wouldn't post anything during the summer either, one needs to have their priorities straight.

[@UrgetoRide]

@@Pachidermicrophone I went through a set of Diablo Rosso 4 in like a month lol

[@Pachidermicrophone]

@@UrgetoRide My condolences to your wallet, it died for the noblest of causes, F.

[@UrgetoRide]

@@Pachidermicrophone pls gib muney

[@Nogathenightmare]

I died but had to come back for this video. Crawling back into my coffin now for the winter.

[@LeeTillbury]

Dude, the OW 02 R7 is IMHO the most gorgeous bike ever created, absolutely beautiful. It won a wsb championship too really if it wasn't for that total bs drugs charge they handed down to Nitro Nori 41. Thanks for posting man.

[@robvanduren761]

I saw a 2022 R7 in the dealer and i would agree its the sexiest bike ever made. Even sexier than my old 1198S

[@LeeTillbury]

@@robvanduren761 I meant the OW 02. I doubt you saw a 2022 of one of them

[@UrgetoRide]

That front end is sex on wheels, absolutely

[@TheCyberMantis]

@@robvanduren761 Not the same bike. LoL!

[@twistn-grips]

@@robvanduren761 AD__D? or AD__HD?? HaHaHaHaHa 🤫😆🧐

[@TheFlyBullet]

Keep this kind of videos going! Probably the only one in the world who does this in such an entetratinig way, without loosing the focus.. I love it!

[@ItsAGundam]

The best R7 video I have ever seen!

[@ryanlynch3579]

One of these beauties sat at a dealership outside of Seattle for years. Price tag was $40k back in the early 2000s. Had 27 miles on it. It was a gorgeous machine

[@craigcourtney4209]

65k back in 2000/2001 I seen one at a Yamaha dealer in Penrith (sydney) australia , check out the r71 it’s a uk special very nice

[@emppowersportsandmarine6270]

Correcting your video, the first Yamaha Homologation Special was not the OWO1, it was the 1987 Yamaha FZR750RT. I have one of the 500 built. Very, very rare motorcycle. The RU of 1988 was more or less the same, then 1989 was the release of the infamous OWO1. You are correct on the OWO2 being the last of its linage. I had a friend in California whom had an R7 new. He died on it a couple years later when a car pulled out on him. I am not sure if his memorial survived the fires but his wheel was cemented into the ground off Stunt Rd, where Andy passed away in 2003. That was a special bike, CA road legal R7.

[@calvinandrews1744]

The robots of KZbin led me here. And I'm glad, this was a banger of a vid.

[@triumphrider9796]

One of these was at a local dealer back then, absolutely a gorgeous bike. But you not only had to have the cash, you could not buy the bike without a race license. I also cringed when Yamaha introduced the new "R7" because I remember what it really was. Then there were the "R7/1" bikes some folks (like David Jeffries) ran at the IOM in '99, an R1 motor in an R7 frame!

[@davidmcbride8059]

Awesome! "Just like your dad, went for a pack of smokes and never came back."

[@shinyribs2178]

Great stuff, man. I learned a lot. Love your entertaining style of humor. Can't believe this channel hasn't blown up yet, but you're friendly definitely putting in the work to make it happen! ✌️

[@ENLSN77]

Man, this channel is so good. They say F9 packs alot into each episode but i have to watch these U2R videos more than once, twice or thrice! Please upload another ep before christmas 😁❤️

[@UrgetoRide]

Xmas '22 or xmas '23 ? 😂

[@goldilocks913]

Man that was great! Laughed all way through but paid attention to the serious bits. New subscriber 👍

[@faafo2]

Saw this bike in the flesh at a local bike store just when it came out. Had the 1 gen R6 which was what I could afford at the time, but R7 was always the object of desire.. Also, whata great video brother! -only just discovered this channel now. I wish you much succes!

[@TheYoungSuccess]

Fantastic content mate. Keep it up, can only see good things ahead for this channel!

[@shaneobrien7978]

Great video, really enjoyed it. I’m from the era of watching Edwards, Bayliss and Nori so I completely believed the mythical status of the R7. I completely agree that the R7 name should have remained in the mists of time 👍

[@panaucsoki]

Really snappy video! Thanks for telling the story of the R7!

[@MasterNick7412]

Great bloody video, the new R7 upset me a lot with them discounting the R6 and not even making the new R7 in the same spirit as the original R7. So glad there's other people who get it and your edit is hilarious was great to watch 😂

[@englishsteel-nz6im]

That's what I'm saying and people who defend the R7 are either just being contrarians or have chicken cutlets for chicken strips on the rear tire LOL

[@rwd323]

The most beautiful Japanese bike of all time

[@xorbe2]

The line-up at 6:40 is what's missing from dealers today, and why modern sportbikes aren't selling. The anniversary livery, it needs to be offered all the time. Enough with bland solid colors and another gloss black tank.

[@akshaykumar_r]

I was binge watching your videos only to realize that there's only 21 of 'em [so far], this is quality content man! 😄

[@rfk76]

Awesome story, as always from you 🙏please keep on uploading 👍😁

[@datboifred]

Where does that clip at 4:02 come from? I've seen it so many times

[@UrgetoRide]

Trailer Park Boys if I recall correctly, look that up with Jeremiah's shampoo scene i think

[@dukie1616]

Bro!👏 Your delivery and tempo is on point. I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed when you do these doc style videos. Great seeing your tache again, keep up the awesome work.

[@Niki_Parvanov]

Love your vids!

[@antonjonsson6902]

In my area (north Europe) I am aware of a brand new OW-02 with full title. Fun fact, one of them (back in the days) where modified to 176hp to participate in scandinavian superbike series.

[@landonmc98]

Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama has one in their museum! Beautiful bike!

[@Kawasaki1-m4l]

Well thank you, I never knew of the existence of the R7.

[@mumenraider]

bloody good story telling .. best wishes for you.. there are tons of the review,first ride, videos on bike.. we need a channel like yours . for cars there are Petrolicious , Carfection

[@UrgetoRide]

Thank you ! I do reviews too (well only one is on the channel now, see XSR900) but its with my own sauce. Its important to have some originality, I'd feel lost without it. There are enough 'I bought x' -> 'x with Akra sounds mental' -> '1 month of x ownership' -> 'Ive sold x' -> 'I bought Y !' 😂

[@MrClivehill]

I had the priviledge of sitting on and revving an R7 at a show years ago, a wonderful machine, even if it had less power than my bike it's spiritul father the FZ750.

[@TroyBarnes84]

The R7 looks like a lot of fun. The headlight is atrocious, but it's a sexy machine. 10/10 would love to ride it

[@julior4817]

Great video! Didn’t know I needed to watch this today.

[@BCBe4tS]

I saw this bike for the 1st time when i was 5years old, and thats what made me into motorcycles. the new "r7", is just branding.....

[@racer14glr91]

I've seen an R7 at Barber Motorsports Park museum. Sexist Japanese bike ever. Took my race license test on a YZF750r. It's Top5 best looking sportbikes easy. Haga was someone I modeled my riding style off of. Note my pic.

[@Banditmanuk]

Worth the wait and I actually learnt something from a KZbin vid! So well produced........ I'm guessing many many hours. I'm one of the original subscribers but I'm playing the long game in the hope of seeing perhaps another vid this year??

[@UrgetoRide]

All in, probably 20-25 hours. It's the editing that takes so long, looking for the right footage, cleaning etc.. I need me an editor mate, but they're obviously not cheap and the channel is bringing in beer money so kinda of a chicken and egg situation. I'll be trialing making much smaller short form content to help fund an editor or something to allow me to make the long form retrospectives I love doing. Quite the ride youtube eh ... thank you ever so much for sticking around Rich

[@StoffelDilligas]

I have seen one, and been lucky enough to ride one...... A proper R7. Granted it was a 2 mile pdi test ride, and I wasn't "exploring the limits of grip, acceleration or braking. But I can say I have ridden one. As for the new R series.... My personal opinion is that the four cylinder models should be R6, R1 and the parallel twins should be 7R, 3R...... But if yam decided to use the triple to make an R9 what monika should that get?

[@mguarin912]

Haga losing the world championship still owns a piece of my heart. What a warrior.

[@robertgreenwood6940]

I think another reason they might not have mentioned the r7 history is that a lot of people don't think it should have the R in the name given the modern incarnation is a v-twin and not really that race like aside from its looks

[@onearmedbandit_nz]

Parallel twin.

[@robertgreenwood6940]

@@onearmedbandit_nz my mistake as you say parallel twin, but not exactly going to be doing the kessel run in less than 12 parsecs

[@ldarm]

Great vid, had a model of an R7 in Black, red and white. Man, I loved that toy bike - pretty sure that cemented my love for riding sports bikes

[@yessir6325]

I think it just simplifies the lines. MT- means naked, R means sport

[@leonobrega1418]

This channel could be lots bigger, keep the content coming. You have what it takes

[@vegarosa69]

"Nothing is worse than that...and I've done Vietnam" 😆 I've laughed so hard. You win a new subscriber, my friend.

[@kwicksandz]

as a relatively new rider the r7 is aimed at me but goddam does that centre light look ugly. i currently have an r3 but i cant see myself getting an r7 until they redesign that ugly front end.

[@sekandoraifufukushu]

23k miles put on my R7 since March of this year, for what it is, it's definitely a fun motorcycle.

[@ianhigson719]

My mate bought an R1 and put an R7 fairing on it. Perfection

[@craigbrown2183]

The R7 0W-02 is a very special bike, thanks for this tribute and inclusion of Jim Lahey.

[@cristobaltorres6185]

Went for this bike with poor credit so I had to settle for an MT-03. 🤫

[@UrgetoRide]

Still much better than being a filthy cager 💪

[@gregdevendorf9315]

First time I've seen your channel. What a great video. Love your film/production style. Very informative also. Keep it up, man.

[@tristenspindler2428]

I still think the early 90s Kawasaki 700 with them iconic ram air hoses across the gas tank is most sexy and most special

[@MrB590]

Yeah the zx7r was gorgeous

[@grancracker]

Sick vid man

[@rosstinelli]

I knew about the R7 but had no idea it was such a special bike ! Fantastic video mate 🇨🇭

[@davew8841]

Great video! You did the story of the R7, the justice it deserved. I'm 48, and of that era....when homologation specials were the bike porn we really lusted after. I had the poster of the red/white, 98 R1 on my wall as a young man....and I still have the red/white, 07 I bought new. Any chance of a video on the KTM RC8, one day? I had one for 2 years, then sold it 4 years ago. It looked and sounded incredible, and worked perfectly.....but, boy....the throttle response was like a light switch! Never meet your heroes, they say.

[@UrgetoRide]

I've always been fascinated by the RC8 (and even looked at getting one last summer..), a dirt bike company going after Ducati is mind blowing when you think about it. So absolutely its on the list !

[@michaelhayward7572]

Superb writing and narration dude.

[@mauriceclemens3286]

1000cc V twins were allowed to race in Superbike because the AMA wanted Harley Davidson to join in and bring in their rabid fans with them. Unfortunately Harley didn’t join in quickly. Ducati looked at the weight and displacement advantages that were offered to the twins and said,hey,we can build a competitive bike and they did. Real do Ferracci was the US importer and hired Doug Polen as his rider. Ducati built a great bike and with Ferracci’s tuning they were actually making lots of power. So much that Doug was sand bagging at the start of the race,short shifting until halfway through the race then revving the engine,passing riders easily. Ferracci was the first one to put a camera on the tank. It was through the video you could see Doug was shifting at a lower RPM. He always seemed to get a poor start and them work his way up through the field. He put on a good show. Unfortunately when Harley did build a Superbike it was down on power and unreliable,plus they never made a street bike to sell to the public. They were able to get away with it because the bike was a turd and couldn’t win no matter who Harley hired o ride it.

[@jeffdonovan7922]

The customer buying the new R7 would be too young to even know about the old R7 and probably knows nothing about the history of it or even cares, that's probably why Yamaha have not pushed the fact in their advertising. And yes, the anniversary paint scheme is awesome and totally suits the bike. It's a little gem.

[@heh2k]

"Fun police"? Please explain. Emissions?

[@UrgetoRide]

Emissions are terrible with supersports because of valve overlap. Insurance profiteering. Draconian speeding rules with cameras everywhere, so few still buy crotch rockets so manufacturers stopped making them..

[@paulkeogh3518]

Ahh the 90’s a time before woke, virtue signalling, and identity politics.❤

[@verdeboyo]

It was a totally amazing machine. And with Haga riding it in WSBK it was a winner. Is a bit of cheek Yamaha giving the little 68hp MT-7 twin dressed in R6/R1 plastic the same name as the famous original R7 homol race bike from back in the day.

[@JamieS1992]

i seen one for sale a few years ago for $45k-AUD it had around 7500km on it

[@84gssteve]

I can still hear Haga's R7 revving out at Laguna Seca back in the day. There was no mistaking it, a shrill Banshee scream that told you he was absolutely giving it everything he could. But sadly, on such a small twisty track, the torquey V-twins could just pull harder out the turns......great times!

[@YSRreview]

I like this guy cos he knows. Huge yamaha fan but also a huge aprilia fan! Please keep up vids like this its awesome, well presented

[@blacksheep1971]

Only 100 hp,,, always wondered why back in the day i was lucky enough to catch one leaving Silverstone while on my Fazer and followed him for a bit, pushing on and passing, then leaving him behind - i always thought it was a moto gp bike for the road - guess it wasn't upgraded to what it was actually capable of, shame as all this time i thought it was a pile of garbage when it was actually muzzled.

[@Insightts]

The word over the years is that if you went to Yamaha asking for that particular bike they would pretend not to know what you were talking about and if came up to recalcitrant about the subject they would try to make you believe that what you meant was YZF 750. The R7 was designed by Yamaha's racing department and is probably the most beautiful bike they have made so far.

[@johnrhodes101875]

LOL I have a 97 YZF 750 and Ill keep it and ride it there new R 7 is crap

[@MotoClassics]

Thank you for doing this. The new 'R7' is hideous rubbish. Call it whatever you like but don't call it an R7.

[@SteveMuir]

A mate of mine had one of the 3 original OW 02 R7s that came to Australia road registered and something as simple as a different throttle assembly opened up a lot more power.It was super nice. We has a police man pull go past . turn around and come back to where we were parked just to check it out.

[@UrgetoRide]

3 ? :o Bloody hell. Thanks for the share

[@JDeezle21]

ohh I like the R 07 name. didn't think of that one. Now and forever the current R7 will be called the Yamaha YZF-R 07.

[@UrgetoRide]

Someone needs to make a decal out of this !

[@mauricelevy9027]

Don't lose sight of the fact that "Super twins" are the up and coming series for Younger riders as the 600s slowly die away .Ardy ,the R7 is getting the upper hand in USA twins racing as the Italian bikes are a little "fragile". In the Uk ,whilst the Kawasaki er 650 has been a leader ,the R7 is now becoming a threat and will certainly continue to do so now that Super twins are allowed to run 700cc .

[@mrbxv]

Outstanding content and presentation. You really know your motorcycle history and I appreciate the directness and humor in which you present it.

[@hanaemartin8873]

Love your videos 👌👌👌

[@drewmorg.]

One of the best channels! Awesome fun content. Personally I never knew what the R7 was so the naming scheme never bothered me. At the end of the day it's just a name and the new product is fresh and high quality. I do wish Yamaha did something a little special with it beyond the MT07. Maybe a hotter crank shaft that requires a bit more revs and maybe a 10hp power bump. I think the collective crowd would give that 2 thumbs way up.

[@UrgetoRide]

Me too but I think they didnt touch the engine so it doesnt ramp up insurance cost(they're aimed at young people who already get destroyed by insurance) and to not make it too expensive. So it's kinda okay all things considered. The R9 will have the right amount of power for a power whore like me and I simply cannot wait for that

[@ritashaarora3269]

KZbin algorithms have done so much. I was looking for a 700 cc from a few years

[@vallanvhaylock6118]

Thank you for giving props to Nori He was definitely a badass in super bike racing may he rest in peace

[@UrgetoRide]

Wait he's not dead is he ?

[@redrider1562]

Nope, Nori's still alive and kickin'. maybe he mistaken Nori with Norick Abe

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

Can you put these. Forks on the MTO7

[@santosabudi]

R7 and Noriyuki Haga 💯💯💥

[@filoudadidou]

Is there any R9 back in the days? Because if yes, it will be the same story as the R7 ^^ just imagine the engine of the mt09 into a little sporty chassis, it would be wonderful

[@UrgetoRide]

No old R9, but if the R7 is even remotely successful, which it seems to be, putting some fairings and better suspension on the MT09/XSR900 platform should be trivial. Thats the one I'm personally incredibly excited for

[@kevinbright999]

@@UrgetoRide The R9 is coming in 2024, they have already filed for patents on the name R9...Hoping they upgrade to 43mm forks for the R9, because the R7 forks leave a lot to be desired

[@kamprikorn]

amazing video bro its my first one ive watched from you. subbed.

[@cobrin6437]

Awe shit now I want something I can't have....

[@chrisstratton3430]

And you can stuff an R1 engine in NP. Much cheaper to maintain and you can stuff it full of race parts to get the recip. weight down. Yeah, I'd take one.

[@krie2375]

You're alive 🤔

[@UrgetoRide]

Barely 😂

[@Eastcoast_Rds]

You beat me to it 😂

[@alextarttelin6396]

It isn’t supposed to be a replacement for the R6. It isn’t supposed to be an updated version of the OW 02 R7. It’s supposed to be a reliable commuter friendly middleweight sports bike. Yamaha could have made a much more powerful bike if they wanted to, but they didn’t. It has nothing to do with the old R7 or the R6. Yes, it would be nice to have a new inline 4 middleweight from Yamaha making more than just 74bhp, but screaming 600’s are a dying breed and there’s a massive market for bikes just like these. Don’t know why people don’t get that.

[@lassemanbikes2385]

Went bananas when i first red that there would be a new R7... a few moments later att google i didn't understand why the used that name on a MT-07 with farings. Sure it's a good bike but i agree - they could have used some other name for this bike. A R7 is another level of bike.

[@Krom1hell]

Wish we had that one instead of the R7 :))......but hey, the time of 20k rpms is not comimg back either (unless you have one stowed away in your garage and just want to flex a bit on your Euro6 friends)

[@NewsMoto]

This is amazing work! Keep it up!

[@DersNoNem]

RC213V-S was limited to 8k RPM. That's why the HP was so low.

[@prestonpfeiffer6618]

OWO1 is still tops on my bucket list

[@nope.c]

Love your vids man.. you got talent! 🍺

[@MJT-DA]

You didn't have to attack our dads like that dam lol

[@beer3029]

There is one at the Barber Museum.

[@luke9911]

They need to make a fuel injected two stroke. 500cc would be enough and crazy fun for the street.

[@huverdoose]

I had a buddy who had ridden all kinds of motorcycles, and he always said the R7 was the most fun.

[@toddparsons2980]

Yeah this current version shouldn't have been given the R7 badge.

[@cabovermike]

Sorry to be a" badge snob" but i own a proper owo2 R7,. 147 BHP,. thanks for the video, and i never realised it was the last proper homologation special to come out of japan, .And it's for sale "offers"

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Brilliant analysis, really good !

[@TheRealKezzy]

Would love to hear what you have to say about Superdukes.

[@ZonkerRoberts]

Yamaha made its first homolgation bike, the FZR750R in 1987 and Yamaha's first ever WSBK win came a year later with this bike at Sugo in Japan, ridden by... Mick Doohan! I think only 200 or so came to the US but it never succeeded much in racing (a contingency program like Suzuki had might have have helped). A couple of years later I was racing at Grattan raceway in Michigan when I came across a flyer from a nearby Yamaha dealership offering one (new) for sale. For under 6 thousand dollars (because it was regarded as a failure). OK, six grand was a lot more money then than it is now but it was still pretty affordable and I was sorely tempted to buy it. I didn't and have always regretted it.

[@UrgetoRide]

Thanks for the throwback

[@thedarkknight1971]

R7.... Buffy... Oh them were the days... Hahahaha 🤔😏😉🤣🤣🤣 😎🇬🇧

[@turbo-bike7999]

Finally!!!!!!! Someone takes the vail off what a Yamaha R7 actually is and it’s not that POS they’re trying to sell now, but. To be fair, no manufacturer makes a true sport bike anymore outside the overpriced liter bikes. The R7 was the last of the true superbikes from Japan. Anyone born after 2000 will probably never ride or even see true street legal superbikes

[@doombuggy7331]

Always always always wanted one of these.

[@weaselswheels5258]

Hate to be that guy but you used a R1 picture at 3.49 mins when you say it’s the looks are stunning! Ok it is an r71 made by qb carbon from an R1 to look like the r7 I think they made 23 or 25 of them from memory don’t quote me on that! They made it for the tt as it was more aero dynamic than the R1 and quicker on the straights as I recall.

[@hermanbinngavionohermanbin8371]

Not to be crude in any way or another but labeling a (2 cylinder r7) an R-7 is anything but a positive move.sure the new bike are very flexible all-rounder..but it will not bring that smile-per-mile as those exotic 4 cylinder fitted with factory designed and expensive race kit to make the second injector to operate

[@yojimbo21]

“Went for a pack of smokes and never came back.” Ouch.