XSR900GP

[Supermofo]

Only ridden 2 bikes with QS. My track R6 and it was super sensitive and I kept triggering it when I didn't want it so turned it off. And Weeksy's XSR, I think I used it maybe 3/4 times in the ride I had as I kept forgetting to use it.

Sure they work fine but never having had one I'm not bothered about having one. If I had a bike with one I'd try it but short term I reckon I'd forget or keep blipping as it's learned behaviour. I'd have to consciously lock my fingers to the bar.

[Skub]

You're a bit strange you lot.... Whilst the QS/Blipper is different, that doesn't mean it's not brilliant. It took minutes to learn and get out of the non-blipping mode.. i love both, not because i want valuable fractions of a second, but because they're cool.

Y'all realise that with pretty much every modern bike having a slipper clutch, you don't need to blip anyway ?

I stopped the blipping thing in about 2006 as my ZX10R had a slipper clutch. I still do on the H1,because I like the noise.

[Taipan]

I've never had a bike with a slipper clutch? It sounds like a warranty claim is due to me!

[weeksy]

I've never had a bike with a slipper clutch? It sounds like a warranty claim is due to me!

MT09, 690 duke

[Taipan]

I've never had a bike with a slipper clutch? It sounds like a warranty claim is due to me!

MT09, 690 duke

Did they? Wow, glad I didn't pay extra for them then!

[weeksy]

I've never had a bike with a slipper clutch? It sounds like a warranty claim is due to me!

MT09, 690 duke

Did they? Wow, glad I didn't pay extra for them then!

I expect your Honda CB1000R does too... I can't think of the others off top of my head

[Taipan]

MT09, 690 duke

Did they? Wow, glad I didn't pay extra for them then!

I expect your Honda CB1000R does too... I can't think of the others off top of my head

Wassit actually do?

[weeksy]

Did they? Wow, glad I didn't pay extra for them then!

I expect your Honda CB1000R does too... I can't think of the others off top of my head

Wassit actually do?

stops the back wheel locking up when you change down without blipping.

So 5th to 3rd in 1 go, just let the clutch back out... it sounds like it over-revs, rather than having the back wheel a hoppin and a skippin.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I remember my first ride on a big four stroke when I changed down too fast like I would on my schoolboy two stroke MX bikes, I nearly went over the bars and the rear wheel left a big skid mark

I did that on an XJ550 when I normally rode an LC

[mangocrazy]

Just popped in to CMC Motorcycles in Clay Cross and asked a few questions about the latest XSR900s.

The standard model is expected in showrooms in February and list price is £10,610
The GP version is now expected in April and will still cost £12,500. So a Yamaha posh frock costs £1890. And that's without the fairing lower/belly pan (an additional £599 to you, sir)

There's better news on the bar end mirror front - the mounting points for conventional MT-09 mirrors are still present on the bar furniture, so they can be retro-fitted. Whether or not Yamaha (or the dealer) will be open to swapping mirror types over at no cost is open to question.

I really don't like bar-end mirrors.

It's not just the looks, it's the way they make a slim bike unacceptably wide. I measured the overall width between mirror ends, and it was over a metre, FFS. With the mirrors tucked in, the overall width was still over 850mm. That would entirely preclude getting the bike down the alley way between the terraced houses, as that has a minimum width 0f 850mm. But at least there is a workaround.

[weeksy]

TBH i can't see any reason not to buy one of the 2022/23 pre-reg type for £9000. Absolute bargain. Forget the fancy frock shit.

[weeksy]

Yeah it's a weird situation, you could have this ex-demo 2023 version in the garage for £8,500 - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155763566499 ... R9iy2syRYw

Or pay another £6,800 for the fancy paint, small fairing version with the fancy exhaust.

Doesn't really seem worth it does it.

£7000 for 203 miles of use.... Heck.... The ex-demo seems remarkably WAY better value.

[weeksy]

heathen

[mangocrazy]

All it will do is put me off buying anything because the GP is too expensive compared to the base model and the base model is gopping.

I'd hardly call any of the XSRs 'gopping' - some are more attractive than others I grant you. I can easily get along with the XSR's looks whereas most of the MT range I find visually 'challenging', no matter how good the bikes may be.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

All it will do is put me off buying anything because the GP is too expensive compared to the base model and the base model is gopping.

I'd hardly call any of the XSRs 'gopping' - some are more attractive than others I grant you. I can easily get along with the XSR's looks whereas most of the MT range I find visually 'challenging', no matter how good the bikes may be.

No, the XSR is goping, it's so ugly I bought a Honda instead.

[mangocrazy]

Most Hondas are gopping, to be fair. That may or may not include yours.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Most Hondas are gopping, to be fair. That may or may not include yours.

Mine's a thing of beauty, it's also fucking mental.

[Bustaspoke]

I'd hardly call any of the XSRs 'gopping' - some are more attractive than others I grant you. I can easily get along with the XSR's looks whereas most of the MT range I find visually 'challenging', no matter how good the bikes may be.

Apart from the 'GP' I''d call all the MT & XSR range visually challenging,so visually challenging to spend money on one!
They're the opposite of a Ducati,probably excellent bike's to own but so ugly I'd put a cover over it

[mangocrazy]

I'm a bit bemused by all the flak for the non-GP XSR900. So what we're saying is that putting a half-fairing on a bike and giving it an 80's Marlboro fag packet paint job turns a bike from gopping to desirable? The frame, swingarm, tank, wheels, suspension, brakes, electronics and dash are all exactly the same, but putting a posh frock on it completely changes the way you view it? Weird, I call it...

Anyway, here are the pair we're talking about - both images from Yamaha's web site and both from the same side view.

2024-Yamaha-XS850GP-EU-Legend_Red-Studio-002-03.jpg (199.96 KiB) Viewed 331 times

and the gopping version...

2024-Yamaha-XS850-EU-Legend_Red-Studio-002-03.jpg (187.65 KiB) Viewed 331 times

[weeksy]

I still prefer the blue or the black... but i honestly don't see what others really dislike about the bottom one.