Trash or Treasure: Yamaha YZF 750SP 

Absolutely the problem is most people ride the piss out of these old bikes and turn them into some stunt bike or trash them it's sad really because they're worth something and a lot of people see those old bikes at the bike night and it brings back memories I have a 1990 fzr 1000 then I'm going to get back together one day I'm just looking for somebody in the Tampa Bay area that actually knows how to do Real Performance work we used to have Elite performance but they went years ago wish I knew where Gary was at thinking of freshening up the old f z r with 98 99 R1 rear tail section Plastics and using the rear sub frame from a 99 R6 being the fzr subframe bolts on to the Mainframe and so does the R6 I figured I'd give it a go my other love is my 97 yzf750 which is altogether it just needs somebody work new tires and the carbs cleaned and I think it has a leaky clutch but I'm thinking about freshing it up to by using the same year R1 tail section but actually using a R1 rear tail section I know a welder cut off the subframe of the 750 and weld on the R1 subframe and I even have a spare fzr 1000 motor in the back to do a 750/1000 hybrid later on I have lots of ideas just not a lot of money lol but dammit I'm going to collect my treasures I'm 6 foot 3 and weigh about 250 none of the new bikes appeal to me they certainly don't fit me I do like the new ZX-14 and I'll be damned if I'm going to go buy a Hayabusa everybody has one I can't stand them for that I want something nobody got or hardly anybody has and for the price of the new bike I can fix up my old bike

2 powerbands - 5K & 8K. Pulls all the way to redline. Got a full Hindle pipe and jet kit on mine- keeps the low & mid range intact. A full Yosh totally killed the bottom end- wouldn't pull a fart below 5K. The Hindle drops 18 lbs as well.

Sileve Sileve awesome! I’ve decided to completely rebuild mine. Debating whether to activate the ex-up with VH exhaust, but going to check out Hindle you mentioned.

@@never_2_old_fitness313 I don't have any Dyno numbers unfortunately. The K&N air filters are a given, of course. Sorry I don't know any of the part numbers offhand... Looking around- maybe try Hindle directly. DO NOT go to StarCycle- I've had a terrible experience with them.

Sileve Sileve when mine was running, with no carb sync, vacuum leaks, and running straight D&D exhaust, it peaked at 119 hp. I’m sure rebuilt it can reach those 140’s and 150 numbers a buddy of mine use to get when he raced them back in the 90’s.

Thanks for reminding viewers of the history this model created and the success it experienced.

A friend of mine had a ZX7 with the ZX9 engine in it and I brought a really good bike then after I wrote it you put a ZX12 rear swingarm arm on it and then sold the thing I wish I would have known I probably would have tried to buy it off of him

johnrhodes101875 A week ago I seen a very rare 1996 ZX7RR 500 sent to states.... immaculate condition for $15,000... this was freaking gorgeous.

Good question. Will have to ask Jesse!

Got a 94 also. About to rebuild it.

@@never_2_old_fitness313 Look up Chuck Graves & what he did in AMA or WERA - stuff an FZR1000 engine into it. I've been wanting to do that for some time.

@@silevesileve6279 Thats what I had done in 1995.... It is a rocket ship!!!

@@artboy416 I want that so bad, just too much going on right now. Yours still going? If so, still loving it?

All modern bikes use shim under bucket valve train. The Suzuki owners manual states valve check at 14500 miles. Shims do last longer than rocker arm type systems but nothing would go 62k miles in an SV engine.

Just check the clearance every 16K miles. SV engines are notoriously reliable

blipco5 His best on the bike, not the limit of the bike itself. He even admitted the bike had more to give, and with enough time learning the bike, the lap times would drop.

Jesse jumped on this for a few sessions but he is a class champion with the R3. Hard to push a very $$$$$ bike compared to your known race bike.

I know, I know. I'm just making joke. Sheesh.

@@blipco5 Dave Williams, editor, replying here. I feel your pain. Human nature requires those emoji thingys, otherwise we assume the worst. You and I don't, but we're 2 in a million... maybe a billion.

Dave Moss Tuning ...👌😍👅😂😜 Did I get the right one in there?