New Yamaha XSR 900

[YouWhat]

They have nailed it with this one, looks gorgeous


New XSR 900

[Fitz666]

Looks like a slightly bigger, new RD350, so yes, it looks great.

[stang65]

Is that an actual bike? It looks like a plastic model kit, so it's a "no" from me.....

[Pothole]

Meh. st "configurator".

[Biker 1]

Looks good, although I'm not convinced about the rear hump thing....

[LuS1fer]

Still looks like lego and meccano...

[Jazoli]

At least its got a proper headlight unlike that monstrosity that is on the fugly MT09, not keen on it though.

[anonymous-user]

Not really convinced, I liked the original XSR900 (and had one) for its looks.

I think the new one will be much better dynamically, with not great looks, rather than the other way around as the old one.

[carinaman]

It's not as LC like as that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yyvdf8aVlM

[nunpuncher]

It's a no from me. The old one did "retro" a bit better despite still clearly being an MT. This one just looks like a modern sports bike that the fairing fell off.

[thiscocks]

The Christian Sarron helmet is even cooler

[poo at Paul's]

The seat just looks wrong on it.

[DJP]

The XSR has always been an ugly bike. At least this version is no worse.

[STR160]

My girlfriend has the previous model XSR900 and I think it's great. The biggest problem with it was the throttle mapping/control. I wonder if Yamaha sorted that out with this revised model.

[conkerman]

carinaman said:

It's not as LC like as that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yyvdf8aVlM

I ruddy love that.

[lukeyman]

Reminds me of the top half of the Longden. And the one eyed Minion.

[graham22]

That seat ruins the lines. It's one bike that needs a tailpiece - think YPVS style would be more in keeping than Hag's LC style (unless it had the LC side panels too).

At least Yamaha have got rid of the headstock lunchboxes!

[nunpuncher]

The seat unit is about the only thing that doesn't look wrong. Main things for me are the wheels look too small (same issue on the old one) and the massive expanse of black nothingness below the tank which makes it look far too top heavy. The smaller headlight is an improvement but why have they made a feature of the brackets?