XSR GP

[nigel s]

More marketing fluff.
But that is a VERY good looking bike.

[Upt North]

Oh to be young and bendy again.

[Pete O Tube]

The riding position isn't that extreme (even for me at nearly 63 and 6' 2") - I have a suspicion that either an XSR 900 GP or ZX4RR screamer (in the ZXR anniversary colours) will be in my garage before the end of the year, the question is, do I sell my Triumph STR 765?

[Dark-Strom]

Only thing with any 900 triple Yamaha is the exhaust looks crap and turns to crap in no time.
Seat doesn't look overly long, and quite far forwards, but that seems to be the style lately I guess...
Tail pieces on modern bikes are a lot shorter and ruins the look for me - don't  like a bike that ends half-way along the back wheel...
Must be getting older 😆

[Pete O Tube]

Having sat on the XSR 900 GP at the Bike Show (twice) its proportions/dimensions are fine for its intended purpose - a thrash round for an hour, a brew, and an hours thrash home.
Stick a tail tidy on it.
Having had an MT09 for four years, the exhaust is no worse than anything else if you keep on top of cleaning, besides, the Akrapovic that is listed as an accessory looks a whole lot better.

If only Yamaha had brought out the R9.......

[nigel s]

Keep it quiet.......but I find sporty bikes quite comfy.
Even at 6 foot four and 58  years young.
As Pete O Tube says it is just a matter of using a bike as intended.On sporty bikes you tend to move around on the bike a lot more.Harder work,but then you only have to last a tank full,which is not far.
The only sports bike I had a problem with was the last model CBR600RR.Not  a comfort thing, but my head was IN FRONT of the screen . I had to shift position to see how fast I was going (officer).
The Bol D'or style screen on the XSR GP should be OK for me.

[Brockett]

yeah, but no, but yeah, but Wayne Rainey smiles and nods approval. So that makes it a good video eh?  It does it for me.

However, the bike looks like a photo-fit bike where the design team added their ideas of sporty bits from "back in the day" without any clear design objectives.   A Marmite bike which, if brought to the market as is, will die after an initial sales peak.

[nigel s]

You may well be correct Brockett.
Though sometimes that can make for a future "icon".
Maybe?

Buell Lightning anyone?

Ho Hum

[porter]

For me the only thing good about that video is seeing one of my racing hero's again, as for the bike it looks like something I'd made in my garage with old left overs and some orange paint rattle cans, but maybe that's the point. Not for me but then I'm not into all this retro crap that's about at the minute. I've done the open face helmet, wax cotton jacket, naked bike lark back in the 70's and I'm not going back!

[The Doctor 46]

I think it will look 100% better with the bottom half of the fairing which is mentioned somewhere. It will finish it off as it should look and make Wayne even mor happy, he was known as Mr Perfect and the bike as is is only half way there at best. Anyway, it's going to be nice to look at but would wreck my back after less than a tank full so I will be staying with a VStrom, probably for ever. 

[2112]

I like the idea behind it, and It'll probably be a great bike and sell very well. I just think the tailpiece lets the whole show down, it's almost like Yamaha gave it to a different department to finish off but without showing then the rest of the bike. Very odd and out of proportion to me.

[nigel s]

This is different ,no stubby tail piece.
A Laverda Jota for the modern times?

[The Doctor 46]

In my opinion that is a very nice looking bike but again, the review tells me nothing really and I would need a half hour min on it to decide if I really liked it or not. Still, it's made to look the part and it certainly does that. 

[2112]

It's a very neat styling job and looks more 'factory' than the 'factory' manged...