XSR900GP

[Taipan]

My MT09 had a quickshifter and it worked well, but I rarely used it. After 40 years of not upshifting with a WOT, it just felt wrong and I couldn't get used to it! DCT FTW!

[weeksy]

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 ?

[KungFooBob]

It's when you have more than one bike and some do/don't have QS and slippers

[Potter]

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 ?

You didn't grow up not using one though, for some of us we'd need CBT to get out of the habit

It's when you have more than one bike and some do/don't have QS and slippers

I have bikes with different gear selections, and I've had bikes with the gear lever and even the kickstart on different sides.
My Jap bikes have been one down five up, my race bikes were one up and five down and my old British bike is one up three down.

[Dodgy69]

Embrace the technology.

[weeksy]

You didn't grow up not using one though, for some of us we'd need CBT to get out of the habit

Well no, but my first 15 years of biking they didn't have them. Admittedly that's less than you guys, but FFS it's not a fortnight.

[weeksy]

I have bikes with different gear selections, and I've had bikes with the gear lever and even the kickstart on different sides.
My Jap bikes have been one down five up, my race bikes were one up and five down and my old British bike is one up three down.

But somehow you manage to adapt

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

You're a bit strange you lot....

You've only just come to that conclusion?

[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.

[Potter]

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

[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.