IN THE NAME OF FUN

term “R7”, you probably think straight back to the ultra-rare, and original R7 – the OW-02. It was designed on the principle of a World Superbike at the time and is now a mega expensive collector’s bike. So, when Yamaha recently released the new ‘R7’, everyone’s ears pricked up thinking this would be some sort of red hot, fire breathing race replica. Sorry. What Yamaha has done is given the MT-07 a full fairing (plus many other changes) and used the ‘R7’ moniker to bring it in line with the rest of the R range – R3, R6, R7 and R1. The R6 is now a track only