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HeroRR is spoiling us all with these high quality videos ❤❤❤
And his voice sounds like a documentary and I appreciate that so much
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One of my biggest regrets is not buying one of these new on the showroom floor. IMO this is one of the most beautiful bikes of all time, up there with the Ducati 916.
Yeah the pre RAM intake models were gorgoues. Once they added those giant holes on the sides I no longer felt they looks very nice. Clearly just a "stick on" solution from Kawi.
I have both, giving the 916 only a slight edge and not from all angles. The 7r was never knocked for its looks, only its power to weight.
I reckon it's MORE beautiful. The ZXR has a 'presence' that's hard to define. It looks like it means business. An aggressive stance that the 916 lacks. The 916 is a swoopy, elegant design. The ZXR is a solid, robust work horse, not a show pony. Up for a bar fight, and a high speed car chase....Not a manicure and a latte.
I agree. The L2 with the single ram air is actually the best of the bunch for me. That lack of symmetry looks so purposeful to me and gives it something special. Gorgeous machines.
9:20 Ah the full green with the purple wheels and purple subframe fairings is simply, in my opinion, the best color scheme kawasaki ever made. I would really love to one day contact some fairing manufacturers to have a custom fairing kit done for one of their modern bike.
I couldn't agree more! I'm just redoing my 7R with its original green and purple color, the color is incredible in real life.
Thats the colour limited to the RR not the R. I love it and almost changed mine to clone it but quickly decided not to. My bb is a green and white 98 'R'. Its sleeping peacefully inside my living room.
@@potsy9973 I don't think so?
@@vali69 Thats always been my understanding with the RR N1. I could be wrong but Ive never seen an 'R' with ''RR" trim colours and been following them for years. But I could always be wrong I suppose. My R has the same colours minus purple rims and rear tail, wich are green mostly with some white accents on L and R sides of the tail. Oh and I have a factory green seat on mine (not very common a lot of them were black).
@@potsy9973 thats sounds awesome. I guess maybe I've just been seeing normal Rs with the RR color scheme or maybe the RRs and I didn't know it.
I had the 93 ZX7. And to this day it's my favorite toy of all time. The day I rolled out of the dealer on that thing was one of the most memorable moments of my life.
I found a basket case, but JUST running 95 ZX7 in Brazil back in 2010. What a beatiful bike and worth the 5-6 years last nut and bolt rebuild. It's very special to me and is without doubt my favourite TOY of all time.
A fellow rider stopped to help with break down on a new one, about a week after I got my perfec mint CB750K and was working the storage bugs out. My CB was mint mint as it gets but in those moments I got a big burn for that 93 blue green white Kawi that stayed with me until I finally got a zx-7. Those bikes and I have a long sometimes sad dramatic history going all the way back to the early 90s to more recently. I got in to lots and lot of trouble with them too but lets not talk about that lol. All in all mostly they produce highs. When people call bikes "a forever bike" I know just what they mean, defo one of them. Whoah that's a bit of a book to put all that out.
Your nuts. This bikes a legend. Look at its race history from 91-02. Its decimated everything in the ama and in endurance racing
On the race track it was great, but on the streets it definitely lagged behind the competition. But I don't fault kawi for that. The ZX7R was a fraction of the price as the competition. But there's a reason why there's thousands on the road even today for cheap money vs something insanely hard to find like the RC30 or OW01.
I agree this bike was a monster one of my favorite bikes...my friends had some of those zx7 an they ran with everything the walked 600 kept up with 900 and 1000 more than enough power its a legendary bike period
@@HeroRR i may be partial as i have owned one in the past however with a sprocket change and some carb work it would hang with the litre bikes of the day until about 130mph. def a heavy bike but once you got it into a turn it went exactly where you wanted and was almost impossible to upset with a mid corner bump. I actually preferred its handling to my next bike which was an RC51
Hi Hero, great video however, as an Australian Superbike Racer during the 90’s it’s actually crystal clear why the 750 from Kawasaki stopped. As the original WSB format was 750 cc 4 cylinder bikes from the top 4 in Japan and the 916 from Ducati. When the WSB moved to litre bikes it was basically on Suzuki who kept and still do make a 750. In the early 90’s I was racing in the Australian 250 production series, the year that Anthony Gobert won it. The next year he got a wild card entry on one of these at Phillip Island where he won both races in his first attempt against the best racers from around the globe. The rest is history and sadly for the “Go Show” it had its up and downs.
Yep, it was all due to Superbike. I bet they come back soon, though.
Anthony Gobert 👍🗽🏆
@@londonroulette I nearly purchased his Australian come back race bike used in 2005 as in the right hands was capable of low 1.35 minutes around Phillip Island with over $400k spent on it.
@AC-bl1rl I mean the r7 could bring them back but I kinda doubt it unless Aprilia makes an rs750. Then I could see it. Until then, everybody wants a 600
@@jerodwolford2743 600’s are a dying bread so I’m not sure what you’re meaning. Same story unfortunately for the 750’s. As both once were the bikes you watched on Raceday and purchased on Monday. It all comes down emissions regulations. Hence why twins are becoming more mainstream. As each cylinder, no matter what is done to the engine all produce emissions. Having the displacement also haves the uncontrollable amount of emissions.
The price competition for this bike was the GSXR750 and YZF750. Not the RC30 and R7 0w-02. Honda didn't even sell the RC30 after 1990, and they had the RC45 for 94' and 95'. The SRAD, 916 line and later the RC51 were superior public offerings that ended the reign of the ZX7 series. The move to 1000cc in world superbike was the final nail in the coffin. These bikes are just as well built as any of the similarly priced bikes from the time. Corrosion is all about the owner's care or neglect. Excess suspension wear was blown out fork seals from dropping wheelies hard and the resulting steering stem bearing damage.
Early 90’s ZX7R is what started my lifelong love affair with sportbikes. I remember the first time I saw one, the air tubes through the tank were the coolest thing in the world to me at the time.
lol yes the air ram is a big clincher as far as first impressions go. Same story just with a different guy.
I love bikes from the late 80s early 90s. You should do a “History of World Superbike” or something like that. I love these history videos
They were the best looking sports bikes ever. New bikes to angular for my taste. Loved the smoother round sexiness of those earlier bikes
@@rt2255 no doubt. My friends don’t appreciate the classics like myself
I'm 52. I'll never forget the introduction of the Interceptor, Ninja and Hurricane to the states in the mid to late 80s. Pretty big deal and gamechanger to us up and coming street riders after growing up around our dad's or uncles CB750's and the likes. Anyone local that bought an 85 Ninja or an 87 Hurricane was pretty much the shit in town as there were very few in the beginning that could afford one. They were mind blowing aesthetically speaking compared to motorcycles that we only were familiar with before their arrival to the states. In 1989 at 19 I saved up for over 3 months to buy a second hand Hurricane 600. That is when this small town dude ( I ) found his individuality among most other kids in town that spent their money on Kickers and Zeus amps ect. In 94 I made my very first brand new purchase, the CBR 900RR in Black, yellow and purple. To this day, although far gone from me, it still remains one of my most proudest moments and forever will be my most favorite Superbike to have ever owned. The bike was quiet simply..."Motorcycle Supremacy" in every way of the term with it's rival being the ZX 9R, and the ZX11 being the Mac Daddy to fear for any of us power wise but a decent rider could easily make up that difference. By that time we saw mostly GSXR 750's with an occasional 11 showing face, and then of course the 7R. FZR's were kinda rare as due to most going with the Suzuki or Kaw, but always respected in their own right. The one bike I've never owned and regret not obtaining was the ZX7R. Even today, admittedly, they are one of the most beautiful looking bikes to have ever graced the planet. NO bike today, regardless of the technological advances mechanical wise and weight reduction wise, holds a candle to the "fat" Superbikes from the mid 80s to the mid/late 90s. I'm very proud to be an OG and to have watched it all unfold and to have been a part of it as a young man trying to find his way in the world. These old bikes, looks wise, with these 7's being a prime example, simply are - Poetry...in...motion!
Thank you Hero.....I had a 2007 ZX7R. I traded in a Honda F2 sport bike which was so good it was kinda boring if I'm honest. The ZX7 was anything but boring. Instead of smoothing out the creases, this bike translated every pebble and gave me a connection with the road I'd not ever experienced. It was a thrill to ride and a joy to remember it. Thank you for featuring a great bike from our collective motorcycle past.
Another great video bro. I mentioned in a previous comment that the ‘96 ZX-6R my very first bike, but the 96 ZX-7R almost was haha. Your videos bring back a true sense of nostalgia for me and I very much appreciate them. One thing you should have mentioned in my opinion though, is how the 1996 GSX-R750 essentially rewrote the 750 class when it reappeared. I followed Doug Chandler and his racing a lot back then among others on the ZX-7RR, and one thing many Kaw racers had to deal with was the revamped, super light, and powerful GSX-R750. Back then in the street scene that SRAD even dominated CBR 900s, and gave problems to some liter bikes. The GSX-R750 was also a part of the ZX-7R’s demise. Surely, it was not the only factor, because you were correct that Kawasaki chose to focus on the ZX-10R and 6R. They accurately read the change in the market and focused on those two and decided to let Suzuki have the 3/4 liter crown. I do wish they continued to fight and upgrade the 7R, because that 7R felt like a tank compared to the Gixxer 750. I rode both at length. Great video though. Just thought I’d offer some personal input. Keep up the great work! If you find some time look up the Motorcyclist March 1996 issue. I actually still have that magazine lol.
Some great points you mentioned. Thanks for the comment!
I had a 1993 ZXR750 L1 as my first big capacity bike many moons ago here in Australia. Loved all of it except the extreme riding position at the time. The stability and the feel from the front end were awesome
The extreme riding position for me is a highlight.. it really makes you feel like you are on a mission when you are on the go.
Built like tanks. Superb handling. Infectious induction roar. Gorgeous looks…
Great video! I have a 99 ZX-7R and a 2000 RC51, two very different bikes. The 7R i bought almost just for the looks, i love the twin gaping intakes. Also i have hours of watching WSBK from the late 90s and early 2000s where Mr.Yanagawa was making that green machine look good on the track, love the racing pedigree. It was beaten by the SRAD 750 from new, both in weight and power, but the 7R out sold it every year, probably because of looks alone ;)
How much did you buy it for? Looking at buying one soon (zx-7)
Awesome bike and an awesome video! Keep up the good work.
Could you also do a video about the 400cc class that existed in the 90's (FZR400, GSX-R400, CBR400, VFR400 and ZXR400)?
I always loved the 93 ZX7. Their biggest competitor was the GSX-R 750, and competition was fierce. About the same price and very similar stats if I remember correctly, but the Ninja seemed to be rarer, which I thought was cooler. So much love for the rocket bikes between 89-93 from me.
I think it's number of Superbike and SuperSport championships speak for themselves. I bought a new 1990 ZX-7 and a 1991 ZX-7R, and loved them both. I bought the last available 1991 ZX-7R in the country.
I have two 1998's and love them dearly.
I had a 1996 P1 ZX7R (in green of course), bought new LOVED IT! Was heavier than the competition but the extra weight meant it stuck to the road and handled like it was on rails (as they say and best front end).
I own the little brother of this bike. The ZXR-400. Looks exactly like this one but with a 400cc 4cil. And, sadly, not the dual cirkle headlights. It's completely stock. Purely in love with it❤
It's a good history lesson. Thanks. I actually owned Muzzy's one and only street model 1993 ZX7M. They had made it with all the same off-the-shelf race parts for their GP bikes, changed the tank to a race tank, put the 41mm flat-side carbs that went into the later model ZX7R's, and put the GP air intake. It was faster that a ZX14, which I bought the year they came out in 2006, and I owned both bikes at the same time. The unloaded it off a truck at Laguna Seca and did a few laps before a wealthy collector made them an offer they could not refuse. He had it sitting in his shop in Tucson for years when I bought it off of him with only 450 miles on the clock. The true Holy Grail of ZX7's. I had to sell it because the Arizona DPS wanted it badly, and Arpayo was giving people 30 days wearing pink women's panties for doing what I did, outrun the fuzz. I wish I'd have kept it. Could sell it for $30k right now. The guy I sold it to shipped it to New Zealand, so don't go looking for it or any pictures of it.
I have a 2002 zx7r p6 and i love it these are classic bikes that need to be looked after and enjoyed i hope kawasaki will make a modern day version one day
I hope that Kawasaki will return to making "Key" parts to keep these ZX7's on the road for years to come. The build quality was really excellent and Engines, chassis, forks wheels and swingarms will all take loads of abuse but return to as new with the fitting of new bearings etc. Problem areas are fuel lines, swingarm bushes, carb parts, cooling system hoses and connections, and the rather fragile water and oil pump drive assembly/assemblies.,
It’s a good day when hero rr posts a video ❤
Average person here and I love my ZXR H1! Great vid mate👊
I could'ent help notice that you don't mention the GSXR 750!?
Do a video about the evolution of motorcycle tires and when they got wide. Tires are most important.
Great video
I had a 96 ZX7R and loved it! Please do a video on the Yamaha YZF 750 I had one of them to and out of evey sport bikes I've ever had it was by far the most comfortable and I could wheelie that bike for as many miles as I wanted to.
Great video man👍
I've got a 750 H2 stored away for a couple of years now, bought it for 400€:s and put some time and effort in it, now it's about 3000€:s worth, hopefully it'll rise alot more over the years!
Awesome video of a fantastic bike. I own a 1999 ZX-7R P4
So interesting that this video comes out now. I just started looking at these a few days ago after seeing a 1994 ZX-7 being sold locally.
Ahh great video! 💚 I have my 4th ZXR750 in my bike collection. I had my first G/W/B ZXR750 H2 way back in 1992.. I was 19 and it was my dream bike, so I took a big loan to buy it.. but had to sell it a year later as the insurance was kicking me! 😭
Bought my 2nd ZXR in 2001, but this one was an H1 in G/W/B..
Bought my 3rd ZXR750 H2 in 2012, in B/S/R..
Now on my 4th 1990 ZXR750 H2 in G/W/B.. and it will be the last bike I ever sell. Love the thing! 💚😎
i just love the look of this Bike
As a teenager in the 1980's, the H1 turned my head from super cars to Sport bikes, and a realistic aspiration that could be obtained. I never did get that H1, but I did get my hands on a totalled 1992 K series bike that with my dad we rebuilt from the frame up, and got me into roadracing. I eventually sold the race bike, I did finally buy a 2001 P series which I will not part with. While technology really has moved well past the 7R, There are to this day few motorcycles that are so eye catching as the 91-92 bikes and the '96-'03 models and that is why they sold well past their expiry date after the 900cc took the street market. I fully agree after the liter bikes took over the superbike scene, the 750cc bikes became irrelevant alongside the 636.
I had a 88 Yamaha FZR600 back in the day, and some friends had the Honda and Kawasaki ~ good times \m/
I think everyone wanted that Honda RC, it was already a legend even back then
Watching there always makes me want to buy these old bikes and actually appreciate the technology and engineering put into them
1992 J series with the forced air inlet going into the tank: my dream bike as a teen !
Just Amazing, one of my ´´Dreams BIKE´´...a really good friend of mine already got a 1991 J1, carburator style, with white mirrors and a Tunning Wind Shield...
I had the pleasure of owning the 1st incarnation ZXR750 H1 here in the UK way back in the early 90's, one of the coolest styled bikes of the 80's/90's, they were winning everything race wise at the time, Scott Russel ruled the roost for a good while ... the H1 handled harshly, rear suspension linkage was track focused, not much use on the rd, nearly high sided on a few occasions exiting roundabouts hard on the gas.
Great video but you did sell the 7R short when you said it had not outstanding quality. If you have ever road one (on a track) even with its weigh NOTHING handles like a 7R when flogged. It makes anybody feel like a hero even with all the weight. Maybe down to the fact it doesn’t have a lot of HP but all in all it is hailed as one of the the best front ends ever! Giving full confidence to its rider.
I had a 95 model back in 1997, wow 😮 love that bike, now 26 years later I got a ZX10R 🫡
I have a 1994 L2, it's awesome.
Great video although not entirely accurate. Close though.
All J models worldwide where restricted. Different cams, pistons, and single valve springs compared to the k model. The K L M all had the same parts though.
Also don't forget muzzy was winning on the bikes for a decade. They are dripping in race wins and some titles
I grew up in the hay day of 90's SBK and MotoGP, this bike was always overshadowed by the Ducati and Honda title fight but Akira Yanagawa's no4 green ZX7RR was just so damn cool even if he never really did anything worth while.
The green and purple 😻
Superbikes of the day were based off the 750's of the time and the weight on the street version was always talked about but the racebikes min. weight of 365 lbs. was never an issue for the Green team. The Ducati's had to add ballast to get them to the min weight in race trim. I rode a 91 quite a bit and loved the handling and stability of the ZX7 over the heavy Gsxr and unobtanium Hondas and Yamahas of that era. I am now looking to find a 96-03 7 to fix up and ride.
Disco'ing the 7R probably helped streamline Kawasaki's logistics support & manufacturing of the 6R & 10R, not jusy funneling customers to them.
Ive always liked the zx7s. In 03 when i was 18 trying to get my first bike, i was standing in a kawi dealership gawking at an orange zx7r. Couldnt get financed. I ended up buying a 92 vfr, which i miss dearly.
By 2006 i was shop foreman for a motorcycle performance shop, and one day a customer came in on a k model 92 zx7r (500 total, 142 in the states)... and he was talking about selling it... for 1000 bucks 😳 i had already talked with him about how much i loved these bikes and knew about them so naturally i was interested... but alas he just couldnt bring himself to sell it..even after begging and pleading with him. I still to this day wonder where that bike is.... 😢
@herorr please do a video on the Yamaha yzf750/ genesis
Always loved the ZX7. But, I think it's interesting that Kawasaki's competition, Honda and Yamaha are mentioned several times but, the ZX7's major competition, the GSXR, is never mentioned. Sorta diminishes the credibility of the video.
I have only two horses in my stable now: '06 YZFR1 and a new Low Rider S that I bought just a few days ago. I can't wait to ride it but rain continues. Maybe tomorrow. The '93 ZX7 was a very awesome bike and I wish I had one of those but there is only so much money to be spent. No doubt I'll need to sink $10K into the Low rider to make it "mine" before all is said and done. In NH, there has been nothing but rain and more rain. Arrrgggg!
I bought the last available all red one (M model) with black wheels available in Texas back in the day. I sold it when our first child showed up. I wish I had it back badly. This would have been sometime before the year 2000.
What about a similar vid on a italian brand? They have alot of history
My Aunt had a P model, silver and black with the yellow edged Ninja
My zzr600 gets no mention/ love/respect
I lusted over that first year ZX7 but I couldn't afford it, back in 1989 there were few jobs unlike these days and minimum wage was $3.35 an hour😜
One of tbe rare Kawasaki's that I like, I wouldn't mind having one now!
The 1991 model of the Kawasaki ZXR750 cost $20,550 in Sweden. The following year I paid $10,300 for the same motorcycle, new. Really fun to drive and it was fantastically beautiful!

Now there’s missing the 750GSXR….. sooooo looking forward to this video especially because Suzuki build the 750 for such a long time, and has released a new one in 2022 if I’m not mistaken…
Great article, but the ZX7 was built extremely well, you could improve on it ( such as filing engine casting edges, missed at the factory) but it stands a hell of an amount of abuse and is still rebuildable by just changing out bearings etc, hardly what I would call poor build quality. I personally have never found bearing so "shagged" but with all the housings still 100% intact during my 1995 L3 total rebuild project.
ZX7R the best ever ❤
The J model was great just had no bottom end for traffic
tks
Good👍
Great video. Hero. I don’t think the zx7 and Zx7r were cheaper built. them and the gsxr750 were mass produced and passed through lots of hands and a lot got shagged out.
Seems like other guys mentioned it already but I'll reiterate that the GSX-R750 killed this thing being damn near 100lbs lighter AND more powerful. Also, the demise of the 750 class in favor of 1000s didn't help.
I have a J Zx7R and i can say its just differnet from the others just a good bike i ride a Z750 and its much softer and better in smooth cornering and in general rideing but the zx7r is just good
That AI photo enhancer you're using is screwing around with the pictures in a distracting way. Like whats with that weird clone stamping on the back wheel at 5:59? THe picture of carbs at 6:56 made my eyes hurt. haha
I'm sure hi-res photos are harder to get but it is 100% worth it.
Where can I listen to the background music?
How much is it worth now in grt condition?
Remember the 500 four cylinder two strokes that caused a problem with the "street legal" race bikes?
Binge watching ur videos while recovering from an accident😅
Oh no, hope you get better soon. Thanks for the viewership!
great video...and you are my hero! let the good times roll...😎
Surely the Fireblade and later, the R1 and R6 had a lot to do with the demise of this really cool bike. The aforementioned changed the Superbike landscape. Bikes could no longer be heavy and low on power. Plus they needed to handle very well.
3:46 & 5:55 here's a fun fact about that 100-105hp figure : here in france, a law restricted HP to 100hp with a 5% technical margin since 1985, and Kawasaki though that rest of Europe would follow suit, so everyone got the same (in japan they had a 750cc limit at the time, also a 45hp (250cc) & 60hp (400cc) limit, so it's understandable that they though so).
Thankfully (for others coutries), not many followed france's dumb idea (and now this limit is lifted, IF your bike has ABS, otherwise get f*cked you're stuck at 100hp)
It’s a shame what happened to the 750s. They kept raising the power in WSBK until the 750s became unaffordable. Then they replaced them with 1000s that rather quickly became MotoGP-lite bikes. Unfortunately, modern Superbikes are outrunning the street and many tracks, and they have presided over the steady decline of SBK racing and sales. An accessible bike and SBK racing formula is exactly what the world needs right now.
Why didn't you mention thr GSXR of that era? The Yamaha and Honda were??
I hope in 2024 Kawasaki will relaunched the updated and modern version of zx-7r. 😊
If they do, it will probably be a parallel twin fart fluffer nothing like the original. They got it right once, which is why I’ve kept mine.
@@toucheturtle3840 I have never heard that Kawasaki launched a parallel twin on their ZX-R series Line up. 🤣
@@DjNiloDiacorJrOfficial Patience dear. Yamaha released a twin version of the R7. Honda have the CBR 650 twin. I’m pretty sure Suzuki have done something similar…
My ZXR has never let me down, ZXR L model and I’ve promised myself I’d never sell her
No mention of the legendary gsxr??
In the future we could have a zx-7 again but it be a CP2 engine like everyone else except it would be 737cc 😂
Definitely a straightline killer and grounds you in ways that the GSX-R750 couldn't. I hope they bring back the 750 class, so long they don't make it a twin. 😅
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The old bikes look so much better than the goofy alien things they make today.
"7 year old with no update"
ZX-14R hasn't been updated in over 10 years...
i had a h2 1990 if i would have to keep one motorcycle it would be it
The bike on the cover is a ZXR 750, not a ZX-7R 😊
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Proud owner of a Kawasaki motorcycle here. 🏍🧡🖤🤍
They did and do still do such a great job!
Yup, with ya on that brother 😊
750 was big when 500 was big and 1000. Once 600s came in lighter and just a few less hp 750s died
I've owned a lot of bikes....Some, really special, like a couple of R1's, a 1098S, VF1000R, RG500, KR1S. Some, not so special. Sorry, GPz750...you were a dog. Of all the bikes, which are way too may to list, the ZXR750 L3 stands out as the most beautiful bike i've ever owned or ridden. The handling, the power delivery, the braking, the feel.....It wasn't the most powerful, or the most beautiful (1098S wins that prize), amongst the the others, but it was the king of all. I'd gladly swap my original '98 R1, sitting in the shed, for a dead ZXR750, any day. (My sob story) One Christmas, back in around 2012, we had no money.....not even enough to have Christmas dinner, or buy the kids any presents. I sold my beloved ZXR to the first person who offered to buy it. Sometimes, you have little choice, but to do what you need to, to bring happiness to the ones you love. Things are better, these days, but I still miss the old girl.
WHEN IS THE FACE REVEALLL
The Widow Maker. ZX10R
I dont think the problem was the RC30 or the FZ. Everyone who has ever ridden a sport bike knows the problem with the ZX7 was spelled GSXR
GSXR 750 LEFT THE CHAT 🤑🤑🤑
Totally agree with the mediocre review of the ZX7R. I got to ride several of the pre upside down and the post upside models over some of California's beautiful highways. I did also ride against some ZX7R's on the track. The ZX-7R was just not a very good street bike nor a track bike compared to all the pure-performance 600cc supersports that were just coming out. Real ZX7R superbikes, that is, fully developed racebikes, were unbeatable on the track but straight out of the box they only made a bit more HP as 600cc while weight 50 pounds more.
Not many people I knew owned ZX7R's, and the few I knew seemed to be trying to sell them. The common theme was, "the dealer gave me a price I couldn't refuse." However, there was an excellent bike called the ZX9R that was very popular with riders, as was the ZX6R. And the Honda CBR600F series, the most popular sportbike of all time.
Technology and time marches on. Last year when I was in the market for a bike, I looked at a few very well-kept 1990-2005 motorcycles as well as modern bikes with ABS/TCS. All those older bikes felt like their crankshafts were stuck in molasses without feeling like safer bikes. Modern sport-tourers and naked bikes would leave all those bikes for dead and it wouldn't even be close.
Thanks for the personal experience! I never got a chance to ride one but after seeing the specs of the bike, especially the weight! It's clear to me that it wasn't competitive against the 600's. Also I read a lot of ride reviews and people were confirming my suspicions.
@@HeroRR Most of the 750's were "base" bikes that needed a lot of work to get fast whereas the 600's needed only a rear shock. However, Dale Quarterly did ride a ZX7R at my local racetrack (Sonoma) and he made all the 600/750/1100 riders look like they were riding bicycles. He pulled off on the next to last lap in every race he entered, just to let everyone know who was really da bossman.
However, pretty much all those bikes, every single one of them, regardless of build, were eliminated when the SRAD Suzukis were introduced around 1998 or so. The Yamaha R6/R1 was a small step up from the SRAD Suzuki's while the SRAD's were a big step up from all previous bikes except maybe the CBR900/1000 series.
Of course, a decade later traction control was introduced which, overnight, rendered non-TCS racers like Miguel DuHamel from 1st place to a double-digit no-hoper.
Sexiest Japanese bike ever made!!!
You are way off the mark as far as durability goes. The 7r was behind the times yet had much more proven components, the price being added weight. My two are still rocking, 23 years later, very reliable.
the 750 was more expensive of the more-modern 600, and offered worse suspension and a much worse front-end than any of the competitors at the time. Nobody in their right mind would buy this over any of the better options, unless they were obsessed with the color green. The FAR better ZX900R cost less and offered more power, a more modern styling, and was receiving far better reviews; the 750 was constantly being maligned for literally everything - tokiko breaks would seize up. the front end was wobbly. power delivery was rough.
It didn't help that Kawa did not win a single fucking race for 10 years, and by 2004 the Honda Fireblade came out and if you wanted to go fast, that was your bike.
Never won a race? Wobbly front end? Rough power delivery? Are you serious? That's like the complete opposite of what the ZX7R was.