How Do The New Yamaha YZF-R7 Be Different?

As Yamaha thinks highly of their products, they have always been working on how to make products better. In mid-2021, Yamaha announced its new R7 or YZF-R7 with a 2022 model year. It’s basically a new motorcycle for Yamaha with a middleweight motorcycle engine in a sporty chassis, without the extreme specs of the YZF-R6.

I am sure that you want to find out how the Yamaha YZF-R7 is so different from all the other middleweight motorcycles such as air valve motorcycles in the same category. It’s also helpful to look at how the Yamaha YZF-R7’s specs make it a little unique in the motorcycle world. It’s an amazing mix of aggressive position, an engine known for strong mid-range and competent suspension.

The Yamaha YZF-R7 is different from the Yamaha R6 in a grunty middleweight and a top-end screamer. The very first thing people will assume is that the Yamaha YZF-R7 is an evolution of the Yamaha YZF-R6. A motorcycle like a dual exhaust motorcycle that had racers giddy for two decades before Yamaha retired it from street use in 2020.

The trend is for motorcycle manufacturers to make engines larger to help them obey emissions regulations so that it can help the manufacturers get more power in spite of the added baggage of exhaust restrictions. This happened with the 2021 Yamaha MT-09.

Even though the YZF-R7 is an automatic motorcycle with a larger engine in terms of utter capacity. It’s the CP2 engine from the MT-07, which is a street-oriented engine.

So what do the two transmission bikes have in common? The most evident thing is the riding position. Both the YZF-R7 and the YZF-R6 have an aggressive position that plenty of people will find uncomfortable on the road for more than 30 minutes.

The second thing they have in common is that they’re both lightweight motorcycles such as the cheapest automatic motorcycle with competent suspension and braking. Both the YZF-R6 and YZF-R7 weigh in under 190 kg, with the R7 being slightly lighter. They both have fully adjustable front suspension and adjustable rear suspension, though the R6 has a more advanced motorbike shock.

This is an important factor to mention since one criticism of most middleweight street motorcycles is that the suspension is too soft and that it often lacks flexibility. This is something people say about the MT-07. Both bikes also have similar tyre profiles such as motocross tyres.

The most evident difference between the Yamaha YZF-R6 and the YZF-R7 is the engine. As we all know, the R6 has an inline four-cylinder engine with a huge top-end rush of torque, and a redline north of 15,000 rpm. Racers will keep it screaming above 9,000 rpm most of the time to get the most out of the peak torque. The R7 has a parallel-twin engine that redlines at 12K RPM and encourages most riders to shift around 9-10,000 rpm at most. Moreover, most street riders are totally happy shifting at 5-7K. You can freely make most of the torque from around 4,000 rpm, after all.

The character of the engines of motorcycles such as wide tire motorcycles is also very different. The Yamaha YZF-R7’s CP2 engine is a twin with a lumpy sound that’s something like a V-twin, but a modern one. It has a stable off-beat purr that an aftermarket exhaust system can turn into a loud bark.