Yamaha FZX750

Yamaha FZX750
Manufacturer Yamaha
Also called FZX700 or FZX700S Fazer (US)
Class Cruiser
Engine FZX750: 749 cc (45.7 cu in)
FZX700: 698 cc (42.6 cu in)
Top speed FZX750:
FZX700: 130–137 mph (209–220 km/h) @ 9500 rpm[1][2]
Power FZX750:
FZX700: 85 hp (63 kW) @ 9500 rpm[1]
Weight FZX750:
FZX700: 440 lb (200 kg)[1] (dry)

The Yamaha FZX750 was a motorcycle made by Yamaha from the early 1980s until the mid-1990s. The US version was the FZX700 Fazer, imported only in 1986 and 1987, with a 50 cc smaller engine displacement to avoid import tariffs on motorcycles larger than 700 cc.[1]

Its engine was a retuned version of the four-stroke DOHC twenty-valve four-cylinder inline engine found in the FZ750, producing ten BHP less than the 105 of the sports model, but having a stronger midrange. It had an almost solid rear wheel, low seat, and more chrome than would normally be expected. Unusually, it had downdraft carburettors built into the design of the thirteen-litre tank.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gingerelli, Dain; Everitt, Charles; Michels, James Manning (2011), 365 Motorcycles You Must Ride, MBI Publishing Company, p. 94, ISBN 0-7603-3474-9, retrieved May 6, 2012
  2. "Yamaha FZX700S Fazer; High-Tech or High-Tack?", Cycle World, January 1986: 35–36