Some interesting Stats

spook · Post by **spook** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:18 am

I lifted this information from the site sited below. It was a forum post...can't vouch for it's accuracy but it is interesting. Hmmm, that Mick Doohan bike sounds interesting!

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums

Yamaha FZ750 1988
17 races 4 wins 0 championships .23% start to win percentile...
New 6454 used 2519 and below...
Like the GPX it's hard to believe that the FZ750 was a WSB contender,
but it was and it actually won a few races. To be fair the FZ was a
bit of a stop gap measure before the introduction of something better.
Fabrizio Pirovano gave it his all and got second in the championship
in 88 but it was Mick Doohan who got 3 races wins on a rare aluminum
framed FZR 750... the first of the Deltabox designs...

Yamaha OW-01 1989 1992
98 Races 16 wins 0 championships .16% start to win percentile
The OW-01 was Yamaha's first real assault on the WSB title and showed
how the serious the Japanese factories were getting about winning he
new championship. To give it it's full designation the Yamaha FZR750R
OW-01 (letter O, W, zero, one) developed on from the FZ750R and used
similar Deltbox frame and inline four, five valve head engine. Well,
similar is some respects, but the OW-01 was a much more dedicated
bike. Although it was a homologation special the OW-01 was sold
through normal Yamaha dealers, and you could buy your race kit
alongside it. For a price. As a road bike the OW-01 was just as bit
too dedicated. The flat slide carbs didn't make it too nice to ride and
the relatively high state of tune of the engine meant that services
needed to be regular to avoid a very expensive repair bill. Anyone who
has ridden one will remember the chatter from the four butterfly EXUP
valve at tick over and probably the instant power delivery that only
flat slides can deliver, usually at just the wrong moment. On the race
front the OW-01 did quite well. Terry "Too Tall" Rymer became the
first British rider to win a WSB race when he claimed top spot at
Mansfield Park New Zealand and Peter Goddard and Michael Dowson also
had trips to the top of the rostrum.

Yamaha YZF750SP 1993 1998
146 races 6 wins 0 championships .13% start to win percentile...
New 11,450 used 5190 to 6183
Where the OW-01 was a race bike that was converted to a road bike...
the YZF750SP was a road bike converted into a racer... As a road bike
it didn't do all that well... but as a racer it gained recognition
mainly due to it's riders pushing it well beyond it's limits is an
effort to remain competitive and none was better than the "Samurai of
Slide" Noriyuki Haga... Team mate Colin Edwards got podiums but not
the top spot...

Yamaha YZFR7 OW-O2 1999 2000
52 races 5 wins 0 championships .09% start to win percentile...
New 22,200 used 15,120
Having tried the road bike route with the YZF750 Yamaha abandoned
this as a bad idea and instead opted to create a homologated special
like it had with the OW O1... Enter the OW O2... a true homologated
racer loaded with Ohlins front and rear... the engine had titanium rods
and valves... slipper clutch... and a first for a production Yamaha-fuel
injection... the frame was gleaned from Yamaha's GP knowledge banks...
What a bike!!! Like the RC30 and RC45 everyone wanted an R7... even
though the road bike was sold in restrictive form... it didn't take
much to uncork 135RWHP... If it wasn't for an ill advised diet Haga
could have won the 2000 title... he took 4 wins and second spot after
getting docked 45 points due to use of a banned drug ephedrine...

hotcam · Post by **hotcam** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:21 am

Interesting read, brings back some memories.

I remember when Haga was banned - I believe it was
an anti-hayfever remedy...
I also remember the Yamaha GTS1000 with a FZR motor and fuel injection
in 1993, well before the R7 (but the R7 was probably the first racer, is that
what the authors were trying to say?)

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:46 am

Yeah very interesting. Now go back a bit more, & have a look at the FZR 1000 win record in both production & superbike racing before they went to a 750 limit..
Man I love the 1000s

PS I think you'll find in 1992 Magee won the WSB round at the Island, on a Aussie prepaired Peter Jackson OWO1. Its on youtube. What a race!!

stan · Post by **stan** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:01 am

i've said it before, and i'll say it again and a gain, without a doubt the best two races i have ever been my pleasure to watch

slightly better than watching Vale beat Biaggi by a short half wheel to win the race and the world championship

Man do i love the island

stan