Yamaha FZR 1OOOR is the company's newelt sport bike: an in-line four-cylinder that is a one-liter version of the five-valve Genesis concept.
The FZX700 Fazer was introduced last year and returns for 1987; a
697cc, liquid-cooled four powers the radically designed Fazer.
(Above) The FZR750R is a limited edition ready for AMA Superbike action.
(Below) The Ventura Royale is again Yamaha's top-of-the-line tourer.
1987 Yamaha street bikes
·FZR1000R leads
the way
By Paul Carruthers
Two sport bikes highlight Yamaha's attack
on the 1987 street bike market and they are
on the opposite end.s of the displacement
spectrum. Leading the way is the five-valve
per cylinder FZRI OOOR followed
by the company's smallest sport
bike entry, the YS.R50.
The FZRlOOOR 1S powered by
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an in-line four-cylinder that is a oneliter version of the five-valve Genesis
concept, with three int~ke and two
exhaust valves per cyhnder. Com-
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1000 from 21.0 to 23.5mm for intakes
and from 23.0 to 25.0mm for exhaust
valves. Theengine also features Iigh-
