
Formula 750 was a
FIM motorcycle
A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...
road racing
Road racing is a North American term to describe motorsport racing held on a paved road surface. The races can be held on a race track, closed circuit—generally, a purpose-built racing facility—or on a street circuit that uses temporarily c ...
series based on a 750 cubic centimeter engine capacity.
History
The series began in 1971 as a collaboration between the
American Motorcyclist Association
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is an American nonprofit organization of more than 200,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists' legal rights. Its motto, mission statement is "t ...
and the
Auto Cycle Union.
The FIM adopted the Formula 750 class for events in 1972.
In 1973 it became a British-based series. In 1975 the series was upgraded to European championship status and in 1977, it attained world championship status.
The Formula 750 class was seen as possibly overtaking the 500cc
Grand Prix class as the premier racing division. However, the ultimate domination by one model (the
Yamaha TZ750) as well as the increasingly popular
superbike
A sports motorcycle, sports bike, or sport bike is a motorcycle designed and optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on asphalt concrete race tracks and roads. They are mainly designed for performance at the expense of comfor ...
production class meant that the FIM discontinued the class after the 1979 season.
File:Yamaha TZ750 1976.jpg, Yamaha TZ750
File:BSA Rocket 3 1971.jpg, alt=Red-and-white racing motorcycle in museum, John Cooper 1971 BSA Rocket 3 F750 class
Formula 750 champions
Source:
References
External links
FIM page about the development of the category - partial access onlyArchived fro
the originalon 25 February 2020
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