XSR900GP
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Re: XSR900GP
I'd like a half comfy sport's bike with QS and blip. Not been invented yet.
Yep...15k is far too much and having to buy half the bodywork is a piss take. Its a 10k bike, no more. Imo.
Yep...15k is far too much and having to buy half the bodywork is a piss take. Its a 10k bike, no more. Imo.
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Re: XSR900GP
I'd choose this one over any touring bike to do a long journey. No hardship or discomfort.
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Re: XSR900GP
Was looking at gsxr750 and 1000s last night. Reasonable comfy for a SB, but no clutchless. Think the r does but rocking horse shit and pricey.
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There's one in at SMC Sheffield at the mo, the RC model listed at £17k with factory luggage, which is too high if you ask me. Had a sit on it and it felt pretty good, but heavier than I expected from the spec sheet. Having checked again, it's listed as 199kg dry weight, so probably closer to 230kg fully fueled and ready to go.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:18 pmHave you sat on one?
I'd say half comfy at best. It's half the size of a GS.
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The quick shifter on my Honda is a waste of space, it only really works well changing up if your wide flat out accelerating, but the effect of switching off 140bhp and switching it back on again has a fairly noticeable effect on the bikes handling, I'm better off doing a normal clutchless up shift, changing down it's more use, personally I think heated grips are a better accessory.
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Weird, the one I rode it was silky smooth.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:03 pm The quick shifter on my Honda is a waste of space, it only really works well changing up if your wide flat out accelerating, but the effect of switching off 140bhp and switching it back on again has a fairly noticeable effect on the bikes handling, I'm better off doing a normal clutchless up shift, changing down it's more use, personally I think heated grips are a better accessory.
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Maybe mine needs adjusting, or I'm just shit at using it.weeksy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:07 pmWeird, the one I rode it was silky smooth.Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:03 pm The quick shifter on my Honda is a waste of space, it only really works well changing up if your wide flat out accelerating, but the effect of switching off 140bhp and switching it back on again has a fairly noticeable effect on the bikes handling, I'm better off doing a normal clutchless up shift, changing down it's more use, personally I think heated grips are a better accessory.
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I've been doing clutchless upshifts for so long, I had to train my self not to close the throttle slightly on my GS or it just made the whole thing jerky.
Maybe it's your muscle memory doing an ever so slight adjustment without you realising?
Maybe it's your muscle memory doing an ever so slight adjustment without you realising?
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Re: XSR900GP
I think it probably is, I've been doing clutches up shifts since around 1989. I'm probably closing the throttle and confusing the quick shifter, it works lovely from a shifting point of view if I'm flat out and hold the throttle against the stop, but as I said, 140bhp - 0bhp - 140bhp has a noticeable effect on the bike.
It's not a big problem for me as I just change up like I have done for the last 30 off years, close throttle, change up, open throttle, changing down the shifter is good, especially if I'm on the brakes.
And the whole bike is superb, so it's just nit picking.
It's not a big problem for me as I just change up like I have done for the last 30 off years, close throttle, change up, open throttle, changing down the shifter is good, especially if I'm on the brakes.
And the whole bike is superb, so it's just nit picking.
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Re: XSR900GP
Lots of folk with Z1000s have went the aftermarket route and put the shits up the gearbag. 4th gear stripping out is a common one. I'd be a bit twitchy about a quickshifter unless it came stock.
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Re: XSR900GP
There are plenty aftermarket QS’s that are much better than the standard set up on bikes these days, the majority of bikes that come equipped with them are good enough but if you want the best then you have to go aftermarket.
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I suppose it may come down to how well the owners set them up to work properly and not cause damage?
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Re: XSR900GP
Agree. The QS on our zx6 is the sweetest in any bike ever used. It was setup on Dyno on installation though I admitwull wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:52 pmThere are plenty aftermarket QS’s that are much better than the standard set up on bikes these days, the majority of bikes that come equipped with them are good enough but if you want the best then you have to go aftermarket.
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Just been talking (briefly) to a Yamaha bloke about the XSR900GP, he said it's built on the MT platform and it has the electronics package from the R1 and various other premium bits from other bikes, can't remember if he said it has a QS, but apparently the electrics and bits are top notch, and it adds up to a bike that is quite a way above a standard XSR.
I was moaning that it's an XSR with fancy paint and he said it wasn't, it's a bit more Gucci than I was giving it credit for.
I was moaning that it's an XSR with fancy paint and he said it wasn't, it's a bit more Gucci than I was giving it credit for.
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Re: XSR900GP
They're very capable bikes btw, IME those bikes are right up front with the fast boys, in fact that's what the billionaire owner of MV rides when he's over in Dubai.
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I think that the Yamaha chap was telling porkies. Everything I've read indicates that the 'base' XSR has the full gamut of electronic toys, in the way that the latest MT-09 does. This is a cut and paste from the XSR 900 web page:Potter wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:20 am Just been talking (briefly) to a Yamaha bloke about the XSR900GP, he said it's built on the MT platform and it has the electronics package from the R1 and various other premium bits from other bikes, can't remember if he said it has a QS, but apparently the electrics and bits are top notch, and it adds up to a bike that is quite a way above a standard XSR.
I was moaning that it's an XSR with fancy paint and he said it wasn't, it's a bit more Gucci than I was giving it credit for.
And here is Yamaha's web page for the XSR 900.
https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/gb/en/motor ... r900-2024/
It's instructive to compare the specs with the GP version, here:
https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/gb/en/motor ... 0-gp-2024/
I don't see any difference between the base model and the GP other than the posh frock. The base model has the quickshifter, 6 axis IMU, slipper clutch, cruise control, blah blah blah.
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