The Yamaha FZX750 was build from the early 1980s until the
mid-1990s. The US version was the FZX700 Fazer, imported only in
1986 and 1987, with a 50 cc smaller engine displacement to avoid
import tariffs on motorcycles larger than 700 cc.
Its engine was a retuned version of the four-stroke DOHC twenty-valve
four-cylinder inline engine found in the FZ750, producing ten BHP less than the
105 of the sports model, but having a stronger midrange.
It had
an almost solid rear wheel, low seat, and more chrome than would normally be
expected. Unusually, it had downdraft carburettors built into the design of the
thirteen-litre tank.