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2007 Yamaha R1 Left Turn

2007 Yamaha R1 - Street Surgery

SSB Tests The 2007 Yamaha R1, But First We Had To Hook Up Some Emergency Mods. Check Out How Some Quick Fixes Souped Up The Stocker.
From the July, 2004 issue of Super Streetbike
By Dave Sonsky
Photography by Yamaha Motor Corp., John Zamora
2007 Yamaha R1 Left Turn
We buy big bikes simply because they make us feel good. Sure, they cost more than a 600, and insurance rates can be a killer, but the sensations that 1000cc screaming at 10,000 revs give us are worth twice the devastation the costs do to our bank accounts.

2007 Yamaha R1 Right Side View
The bike manufacturers continue to feed our desires for speed and attitude, and the 2007 Yamaha R1 has had a complete redesign with those goals in mind. Anyone who's owned or ridden one in the past knows what this bike is all about, yet Yamaha decided that it needed to be even faster, lighter and sleeker.

2007 Yamaha R1 Left Side View
The cause is likely the fly-by-wire throttle system not catching up quickly enough to sudden low-rev throttle inputs, but we had a solution. Our inexpensive, stylish and easy remedy was to install a larger rear sprocket from Stealth. The two larger teeth in the rear transformed the power delivery significantly, and low-end response became noticeably punchier and more enjoyable. Now it pulled away off idle and wheelied out of corners in second gear-the way it should be.

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