Yamaha FZ700

The Yamaha FZ700 was a 4-stroke motorcycle made by Yamaha Motor Company only for the 1987 model year. Unlike the Yamaha FZ750, this bike had a full fairing. The motorcycle used a 697cc version of the five-valve-per-cylinder Yamaha Genesis engine.
The inline four-cylinder engine had a displacement of 697cc which made it as powerful as possible without being classified a heavyweight motorcycle, thus escaping the tariff on large-displacement motorcycles that was put in place to defend Harley Davidson against imports.
The model was given a favorable review in the motorcycle press. Magazine said the FZ700 trades "a little of the top for racy new street clothes and a price tag that really wails."

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