Yamaha FZ750 is a sports motorcycle produced by Yamaha Motor Corporation between 1985 and 1991.
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Yamaha FZ750 is a sports motorcycle produced by Yamaha Motor Corporation between 1985 and 1991.
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The FZ750 is notable for several reasons, perhaps the most radical being the 5-valve cylinder head with a radial arrangement.
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The Yamaha FZ750 would be the first bike in the Genesis design concept.
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Yamaha FZ750 began development in 1977 to replace the highly successful but then limited future two stroke motorcycles.
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The Yamaha FZ750 would be the first motorcycle in what would become the Genesis concept where the advanced liquid-cooled multi-valve engine and perimeter type steel chassis would be designed to function together to provide enhanced power and handling.
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Yamaha FZ750 was unveiled at the IFMA motorcycle show in Germany in the autumn of 1984.
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Yamaha FZ750 uses a six-speed sequential close ratio gearbox; the gear shafts are only removable by splitting the crankcase halves.
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The frame of the Yamaha FZ750 is manufactured from box-section steel and is of a perimeter type, with removable engine downtubes.
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Sales success of the Yamaha VMAX led to a cruiser version of the FZ750 with a slightly detuned engine, as the Yamaha FZX750.
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In 1987 Yamaha took advantage of the high performance and good stability of the FZ750 to release a police model FZ750P 2KW.
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An example of a Yamaha FZ750 1FN is preserved at the Barber Motorsports Park Museum.
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Yamaha FZ750 had a successful racing career Unusually at all levels of the sport from Clubman racing to full works International series.
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Yamaha FZ750 engine mounted in a Bimota chassis as the Bimota SB4 placed first in the inaugural Superbike World Championship round in 1987.
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