Bike Build Breakdown: Yoshimura R&D’s YZF-R7 Race Bike 

To learn more about the Yoshimura R7’s development and the race at Laguna Seca, check out the three articles Ari wrote documenting the project: Yoshimura is building a YZF-R7 and we’re going to race it | rvz.la/3SIugy9 Yoshimura R&D and Ari get the YZF-R7 on track for testing and development | rvz.la/3Cewq27 Yoshimura R&D and Ari race the YZF-R7 in MotoAmerica Twins Cup at Laguna Seca | rvz.la/3rj4wgg

Thank you Revzilla for lending us your most special guy Ari. And Ari, lets take that R7 out again when nobody is looking. We made some more trickery for it :)

They should make this paintjob as a wrap and sell to us 🔥🔥🔥🔥

So excited for the fact that Ari is now at the twins cup! Small bikes are insanely fun and its the perfect step up from his RC390 days / 400cc cup

When price is no option. What a machine. Also makes me respect aprillia more for putting out the same power from factory from their cp twin

This is crazy cus i was contemplating buying an r7 as a track bike and then i see that yoshi is gona be producing these parts for us track riders. Now im pretty set on getting this bike. I can start saving for that subframe now i guess

Best looking R7 I have seen so far

Saw this bike on display at the Newport Beach location and looks better in person

That beautiful paint job should be displayed at the Museum of Modern Art.

Wow Ari, that’s a cool build. With Yoshi usually associated with Suzuki it’s easy to miss that they’re great with all makes. Totally rad paint scheme too! A cool addition would be the wheels painted blue on the right and orange/yellow on the left.

1:17 this right to left transition is so damn cool to watch. but what's really incredible is a 100hp bike that only weighs 360 lbs. now that is something i would pay money for.

Thats amazing thats an actual paintjob and not a wrap!

The Aprilia starts with the same power as you ended up with, so as a race package a better starting point for a race or track bike and allot cheaper.

That's sick, I just bought an R7 today, such a fun bike.

What a great project! And what a dream it must be to be a part of! So many custom parts and the best of the best. The front end... wow. That has to be one incredible braking R7. Thanks for bringing us along, Ari.

I really love to see ari and zack again. Both of them are good at describing bikes.. 👍😁

was a good race. must be so hard to be competitive though - seeing ari not come first really puts things in perspective

I would love to see Yosh make a comeback and do a full season in Twins Cup!

Saw you guys out there at Laguna! Didn't realize how special that bike was though. Can't wait to see where twins cup teams take the R7 now. Especially with all the other bikes coming into that class soon.

That paint job absolutely slaps ! 🤙

That's one beautiful motorcycle.

That is the sickest paint Scheme I've ever seen on a bike!

Crazy, wild, gorgeous paint scheme. I wish Yoshi entered a race with R15, MT15 and make parts for aftermarkets

Very good! Thank you Yoshimura. Hopefully you produce something similar for the bigger sibling MT-09 SP

This is the perfectest R7 ever, BEAUTIFUL! Wish u luck man

Wow. That is some stunning engineering! So cool.

That's one of the hypest liveries I've ever seen, and oh boy I've seen a lot of them. Amazing project and what an opportunity. I'm not a big fan of the R7 in stock trim.... but that Yosh R7, whooboy! Fantastic.

Phenomenal bike…glad you still have the hat👍🏼

I have been looking forward to seeing this episode. Thanks RevZilla and Ari

omg well done . i want the whole kit. maybe yamaha should mass produce a yoshimura edition ???

Good job Yamaha & Yoshimura 👍

Excellent video. I read and enjoyed your articles on Revzilla as well. I wish they had been on youtube so I might have seen them earlier. I was at Laguna and hate that I didn't know you watch you and the bike. Congratulations on an impressive effort and result, it must have been a lot of fun.

Feel privileged to watch this. Your lucky man to get to ride her.

I think the bike is on display at Revzilla Costa Mesa/Newport Beach.

Instantly won a spot as one my favorite liveries, up there with Miguel Duhamel/s CBR, the Kanji exceeds your average 'busa and the sheer aposematism

Crazy paint.

If only the stock rc was basically this, i think a lot of people would buy more of them. Plus, if there are people like me, people want more power out of the r7 or just in general. I would love this race bike for the street. Linear power with more left over

I would like to see a track comparison between this one and the stock one, with Ari riding them both. Just to see the numbers difference.

Wow what an experience man, super impressive and inspiring! Really is a dream come true, that was amazing Ari(el) Henning😉 👏💯👏 !

2 in 1 bike. Beautiful

Beautiful bike. Screams race track

You are a lucky gangster .Pops Yoshimura was my buddy garu and mentor ..invented developed honda's 1st 2 stroke Rc125 that became japan's championship in 1971..he built the company you are racing for ...he soon learn to write his own ticket for all japanese motorcycles..basically the greatest tuner that ever walk on the face of planet earth ..i was first introduced by the ceo of honda service reps. Of honda R&D Milwaukee in 1974 as he was totally in charge of the launch of the new two stroke named after the city of elsinore cal featured in the movie on any sunday staring steve McQueen mert lawwell , and Malcom smith but it was yoshimura could tell you want you had for breakfast by reading the color of your spark plug

We were hoping you showed up at Barber for the finale. Should of had Kae drive it out! Great to see Yosh back in the paddock. Hopefully they can find budget to run the entire twins cup series in 2023.

whoa i actually want this r7

Saw this bike at the Newport RevZilla store this weekend, neat!

Still one of the prettiest bikes around. 🔥

This is my absolute dream right now, the absolute best of all but with the amount power an average intermediate rider like me can really use 100%. I think this would be the perfect bike for me to train on so I can try touching 600s in a few years. :)

Okay....now build me one for the street!!!! I'll also take the orange and yellow livery on the whole bike please!! 🤣

I love this company have a full Yoshi exhaust and fender eliminator on my Cbr1000 rr great sound exhaust as always and looks way cool which is half the battle.

This is such a cool bike , the weight lose is huge 23 or so Kg you would feel that , I hope they make the parts available

this is finest craftmanship !!!

What a nice bike it is and right up there with the RS660 now. Nearly double the bhp and lightened overall weight too. I would love to see what it's like around my track. Swing arm looks spindly though!

That livery is awesome! And all those truck parts:)

Thumps up if you think Yamaha should build a street legal bike with this livery!!! Let's make it happen!

looking shredded my dude!

Revzilla and Yosh should hire Kayla Yaakov and race the full MotoAmerica series next year. Support the sport.

A proper racing bike build video, whats not to love as bike enthusiast. btw , can someone tell me what equipment are they using to get suspension telemetry ?

Amazing. Can we have a video of you racing and how the bike sounds in race?

I heard that the Flat Track MT-07's are putting out 110 HP..

i dont know what to think about this. i remember when twins cup was 5 sponsorless sv650s at laguna. though priveteers swaping ducati weels onto everything. but i think now its kind of defeated its origional porpose, its still possible but the barrier to entry has moved up.

That is one beautiful bike. My goodness

great job looks killer as well

I absolutely love that thing

Great run down of the bike, Ari. Makes me want to step up from LW racing and go broke faster!

Thats crazy painted by hand

without the defining led lights at the front, this looks pretty much like the Yoshimura GSXR.

that LIVERY... omg

it was great meeting you at laguna seca

Very cool! I know that the bike is still pretty new and you guys don't have a lot of long term testing with it yet, but can you comment on how all those power upgrades will likely affect the engine's longevity? Do you think it would last a season or two, or would it require more frequent rebuilds?

That's a beauty

Amazing work.

looks amazing! now imagine if you started with an rs660 instead or r7...

So when’s Zack gonna ride it down a dirt road on the daily ride?

Cool build, could have iced the cake with a little cold start ; )

Awesome project! And stellar bike.

Love the paint

The only problem i see is revzilla doesn't make enough videos to like

looks sick

nice bike, awesome color, is there a reason for the right fork to have the comp cartridge fitted? that is backwards according to the manual (right rebound rule)

Absolutely beautiful transformation! Nice work on this bike. Wow! 😍

I can’t believe it’s probably cheaper to run an Aprilia. The Motoamerica rs660 is almost stock compared to this

Seems like this is how Yamaha should have built the motor to begin with, obviously not using some of the higher end rods or pistons necessary for serious race durability. 68 HP from the CP2 is too low stock and should have been at least 80 HP to compete with the CBR650R and RS 660. I'm sure this Yoshimura bike is insane fun on the track and is probably the first R7 (since the original) that I would want to ride or own.

Amazing! Great job.

Are you willing to share what sprocket setup you ran for MA 520 chain? Teeth count front and back?

Is this Payback for the Alaska ride? Always enjoy your channel.

I heard everything mentioned about the bike's transformation, but didn't hear a word about what it would cost......

so its Yoshi bike :D

Amazing. So, for the mechanical handicapped like me but that just started doing track days, where in SoCal can I take my bike to have it track ready?

Now that you mentioned the fork, Yamaha really should use the R6 ones since they are planning to target people use this for track and replace the R6 with the R7.

Yoshi sell cams for this bike, she should do a video of how it sounds

Amazing bike

Do you plan to race it again next year at Laguna?

30hp gain is mental

Awesome!!

That motor is what Yamaha should sell to the consumers. 100 horsepower would put it right next to the Aprilia RS660.

Not envious at all!🙈🚀

not sure what i want to get next. r7 or rs660.....

Where can I get a bike exactly like this?!💀

Does anyone recognize the air box? It seems they originally used hordpower but switched to something else. Never mind it’s probably custom made.

so sick!