Yamaha YZF-R3 / MT03 exhaust dyno test and superbike build. How much power does the R3 make?

Yamaha R3 Exhaust Test Superbike Dyno horsepower Norton Motorsports
The most extensive Yamaha R3 exhaust and Superbike build information you’ll find anywhere! Read on! It’s been a couple years since I first released my article on the Yamaha R3’s power and some of the available exhaust systems. But a lot has changed in the past couple years so it was time for an update.
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Power Commander PCV vs. Bazzaz Z-Fi vs. ECU Flash vs. aRacer Race ECU

Power Commander vs Bazzaz vs ECU Flash vs aRacer Race ECU
What’s the best? What’s the difference??? This article used to be combined with some dyno and exhaust stuff for the Yamaha R3, but with all the different engine tuning options on the market today, I felt it necessary to discuss it a little more and create a separate article. There are three main categories of
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Race Report – WERA West 2016 Round 4 – Auto Club Speedway – Yamaha R3

Team YamahaR3Racing.com was out in full force the weekend of July 23-24th at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA for the WERA West Round 4.  I showed up for the track day on Saturday to get some practice on the small bike since I hadn’t ridden ACS for a few years, and the last time was
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Track Ride Review from September 6 Socal Trackdays, lots of new parts installed!

It’s been a busy few weeks around here, but I was able to get most of my new parts installed on the bike before the Socal Trackdays event last weekend and I got some good seat time testing all of this stuff.  The last time I took the bike out was in June and it
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How to remove the emissions systems and install a block off plate on the Yamaha R3

This post will cover how to remove the air injection system and charcoal canister from the Yamaha R3 using my removal kit with blockoff plate. If you will be tuning the Yamaha R3 using an O2 sensor, you will have to bypass or remove the clean air injection system first in order to get proper AFR
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Annitori Quickshifter QS Pro installed and beta tested on Yamaha R3

Yamaha R3 Annitori Quickshifter QS Pro
I installed the prototype Annitori QS Pro this past weekend.  This kit didn’t have a complete harness like the retail kits will have, and we had to figure out what size rods would replace the stock shift rod, so I won’t post the full installation pictures yet, but here’s some photos of the shifter installed.
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Annitori Quickshifter for Yamaha R3

Annitori Quickshifter for Yamaha R3
I’ve decided to try out the Annitori Racing Quickshifter for my R3 instead of using the Bazzaz Z-Fi TC.  The Annitori system is completely plug and play and only retails for $299, making it considerably less expensive than the standard offerings from Bazzaz and Dynojet.  It also features a strain gauge shift switch for use in
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