The YZF-R7 has now been on the motorcycle market since 2022, as a next-gen middleweight that arrived with big shoes to fill after Yamaha discontinued R6 production in 2020. Modern emissions restraints come into play for the R7 in a big way, since despite the increased displacement from the R6’s 599cc inline-four to a 689cc parallel twin, dropping two cylinders results in around 65 horsepower and 45 lb-ft of torque. For context, the R6 possessed nearly double that output, at 116 horsepower, and yet the R7’s wet weight still increased by around 10%, too….
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