RIDE & REVIEW: Yamaha’s 2022 XSR700 Retro Twin

[Bustaspoke]

A guy at work has a "normal" MT-07. Although I'm not a fan of the transformer face, it looks better than the XSR to my eye.I really don't know why Yamaha try and make it look like an LC, weird.

Same here,surely if they wanted to make a more retro looking MT series they can come up with a more retro headlight/instrument set up?
I'm not a Kawasaki fan but the 900RS & Z650RS both look much better than the Yamaha's

[G.P]

A guy at work has a "normal" MT-07. Although I'm not a fan of the transformer face, it looks better than the XSR to my eye.I really don't know why Yamaha try and make it look like an LC, weird.

Same here,surely if they wanted to make a more retro looking MT series they can come up with a more retro headlight/instrument set up?
I'm not a Kawasaki fan but the 900RS & Z650RS both look much better than the Yamaha's

Agreed, the 900RS is a really pretty bike.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

A guy at work has a "normal" MT-07. Although I'm not a fan of the transformer face, it looks better than the XSR to my eye.I really don't know why Yamaha try and make it look like an LC, weird.

Same here,surely if they wanted to make a more retro looking MT series they can come up with a more retro headlight/instrument set up?
I'm not a Kawasaki fan but the 900RS & Z650RS both look much better than the Yamaha's

Agreed, the 900RS is a really pretty bike.

But £2K over priced, I can put up with weird looks for a couple of grand.

[G.P]

Same here,surely if they wanted to make a more retro looking MT series they can come up with a more retro headlight/instrument set up?
I'm not a Kawasaki fan but the 900RS & Z650RS both look much better than the Yamaha's

Agreed, the 900RS is a really pretty bike.

But £2K over priced, I can put up with weird looks for a couple of grand.

And the SE version ia grand more and is completely sold out for this years allocation in UK Apparently!

[Skub]

A neighbour traded his ZH2 for one recently.(go figure) They are very small. He's tall and looks quite cramped on it.

It's an 'almost there bike' for me,even though I had a Z1 when I was 19,I don't feel the nostalgia pull like I would with an old stroker triple.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I think it's mostly the price that stops me buying one, it's an £8-9K bike in a frock.