2024 Yamaha XSR900 GP Review - is the social hype justified?
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- With a look that harks back to the YZR500 from the 80s and 90s, the 2024 Yamaha XSR900 GP takes an incredible engine and chassis combo and adds the retro look that has caused such a social media buzz since it's announcement - is it the R9 we were all waiting for, or one better than that?
BikeSocial's Simon Hargreaves heads to Portugal for a spin.
#motorcycle #xsr900 #yamaha
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro and welcome
00:54 - History of the XSR model
06:26 - Engine & electronics
08:15 - Suspension & frame
10:30 - Riding position
13:14 - Fuel tank
14:00 - Price & rivals
15:15 - Riding montage
15:45 - Conclusion
28:12 - Outro
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Need to take it offroad to simulate the UKs crumbling infrastructure.
From what Simon’s told us about the launch, it sounds like the Portuguese roads weren’t much better.
@@bennettsbikesocial ...around Lisbon. Get up into the north and they're amazing 🙂
Not in Lisbon, too much traffic and poor roads, don't know what Yamaha was thinking
Hey if you call that offroad here in my country we call that smooth road🤣
Same in the US. I'm tempted to get a Niken just to cope with the crumbling road.
Best looking bike of 2024. Bring it to USA Yamaha!!
A great thorough explanation of the specs. Thank you. As other channels have missed out on covering the finer details. As a 50 year old Australian, who started out on mini dirt bikes as a 4 year old, then progressed up with dirt bikes until I could get my license for the streets where my first one was a TZR-250. Loved that bike. Then spent time racing in the Australian 250 cc Production class on RGV-250’s and then finishing off racing in the Australian Superbike Championship late 90’s. So, as someone, with experience, who still loves two wheels as much as I’ve ever done I will be adding one of these into my garage this year just on looks alone. The rest of the package is purely a bonus! 👍😎🇦🇺
Thanks Marcus 👍
I will buy the full fairing version even if it is just to put it on my living room. Cool factor is a 10
@@hogueraleksander5868 I’m actually thinking the same and buying two for this reason. Just need to get it by my CFO… 😂
Thank-you Yamaha. From your loyal North American customers. ❤ Honto ni arigatou gozaimashita
Honestly the BEST bike review I have ever seen. I could feel your excitement over what this means to us older guys. Thank You!
This is the best review on this bike so far.
Seriously no need to keep apologizing for yapping and being excited. You brought a lot of extra handy info in doing so.
I’ve been awaiting this launch with as much delirious anticipation as Simon. Partly to hear about the bike and partly to enjoy Simon’s exuberant description, provided the GP met expectations and it looks like it’s hit the mark. Fine job Yamaha and another classic Hargreaves’s review. Thank you
Thanks Martin! This one cost me a few years in stress.
Best review I've seen yet. Thanks team
Very informative video as usual
For a ex owner of a 93 YZF750R and a 98 R1 that bike is the bike to have in the garage, love it !
Brilliant review. Thanks!
Great review...there seems to have been a rash of reviews from your trip. But this is the best. Although frustrating that Yamaha didn't let you all off the leash with the bike.
Thanks for watching! We’ll be ripping around a UK track next month…
Dang I’m in the US and dreaming we get these at some point.
Brave and bold move by those sneaky yamarians. Love it.
Absolutely
Excellent review !
Thank you 👏👏👍👍
Glad you liked it!
bike of the year for me ,
Brillian review. Thanks!
Great review; worth the wait 😉😄
Great review and looks like a dream bike for me 😁👍
Another fabulous review Mr. Hargreaves. I love your attention to the details and knack of talking about just the questions I want answered. And godamnit!! I just bought a new bike last September and now I WANT one of these. I am the demographic for this bike so Yamaha have nailed it.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love the finish and the looks,but I think the Tracer is a more practical(boring)proposition.
Nice one Simon....I think i prefer with lower fairing but either ways it looks fab. Tbf 12.5k these days isnt bad for what you get. Great package. When you getting yours?
At last a nice looking bike from Yamaha. £11,000 would be a more realistic price. Great in depth review, cheers.
As always a brilliant review Simon. To me bike of the year.
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Excellent review Simon. Please stop apologising for "waffling on". Your enthusiasm and attention to detail is why so many people consider you to be their favourite motorcycle journalist and also love to tune into FEC. We want the details!
This is the best UA-cam review on this bike so far and from the comments it would seem that many other people would agree. Your journalistic experience is evident in this video and it stands out from all others on UA-cam. Excellent work. Looking forward to the next one.
I’m 30 odd and can’t remember the old models but it’s a fine looking bike.
I think the tank size is about right as you’d be wanting to get off it possibly before you’ve emptied the tank to stretch out a bit. Having cruise control will make a difference though to give your right wrist a break.
Good points, all true.
All the enthusiasm for this bike always makes me feel young, as it's still 10 or more years too retro for me. Seat looks like something out of the 1970s, the fairing 80s at best.
Hope to see a 90s retro bike soon, while I'm still somewhat physically fit.
suzuki katana exists
@@catfunt5583 Another homage to an early 80s model... Looks nothing like a 90s sport bike, not to mention it's already back off the market here.
I have the GT+ and yes the Motorize by Garmin is subscription, but has more functionality than the MT09/GP App. What we dont get as a flagship though is the fuel range to empty on the GP, and the Self cancelling indicators on the MT 09 SP.
Great looking bike but can’t help thinking a 1992 893cc Fireblade is lighter and produces more power.
Have to say this channel is excellent, it has to be the best bike channel on UA-cam.
The biking experience of the commentators is second to none.
A few more hp but more weight not less. You have to compare wet weight not the dry brochure spec.
Beautiful bike 😊
I have never seen such an enthusiastic review before, if you don’t end up winning the best presentation for the XSR900GP there is no justice in the world 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Have you put your order in yet.
Great review, best yet by a mile & I've seen them all. Stunning bike & a not too silly price either. Very very tempting. It'll be interesting to see how well it actually sells given all the interest. If they keep making it, magine all the stunning paint jobs they can use...black & red RD, white & red LC, blue & yellow or red & white TZR, black & yellow TZ. The list goes on.
Yamaha is such an underrated brand. They just get it right.
Not always. Their styling on a lot of the MT range has been divisive. The fit and finish was not great. And like Simon and many others have said, Yamaha made some mistakes with the handling on those earlier models. But this bike ticks all the right boxes. Kawasaki have the lovely Z900rs and Yamaha now have this gem. I would like to see Honda and Suzuki do something similar.
A very enthusiastic and erudite review! The design is more or less spot on except for the headlights and license plate holder. Maybe there is a tail tidy option out there somewhere.
Well done, Cheers!
That is gorgeous, but my wrists and back demand more comfort nowadays. I have no doubt Yamaha will sell plenty of those.
I'm the same. I'd love one but my body would rebel after a pretty short time.
One reason why I prefer the setup of the Velocity Moto kit. Keeps the straight bars and more comfortable ergos of the stock bike. I also prefer the headlight on that kit too.
@@Pccart1121 I hadn't seen that before. I'm moving to the UK next year so that would seem like a great opportunity to check it out.
That’s a beauty mr H, what do you think about the fairing lowers and fruity pipe and are there any other options to be added ?
Yup, both available. The full list is like this (I should've mentioned them in the vid tbh):
XSR900 GP - Racer Pack (Silky White) £2750.00
TINTED SCREEN XSR900GP 24 £144.00
AKRAPOVIC EXHAUST XSR900 EU5+ £1990.00
XSR900 LICENSE PLATE HOLDER £161.00
LOWER FAIRING XSR900GP SW 24 £599.00
XSR900 GP - Racer Pack (Power Grey) £2750.00
TINTED SCREEN XSR900GP 24 £144.00
AKRAPOVIC EXHAUST XSR900 EU5+ £1990.00
XSR900 LICENSE PLATE HOLDER £161.00
LOWER FAIRING XSR900GP PGD 24 £599.00
AKRAPOVIC EXHAUST XSR900 EU5+ £1990.00
LOWER FAIRING XSR900GP SW 24 £599.00
LOWER FAIRING XSR900GP PGD 24 £599.00
SUSPENSION LOWERING LINK CP3 £88.00
XSR900 LICENSE PLATE HOLDER £161.00
ALUMINIUM FRONT FENDER BLACK £173.00
ALUMINIUM FRONT FENDER ALU £173.00
STEM MOUNT SP £65.00
ANTI VIBRATION MODULE SP £28.00
GRIP HEATER - 120MM £173.00
RADIATOR GUARD XSR900 24 £136.00
SIDE SLIDER £222.00
TANK PAD XSR £30.00
XSR900 KNEE GRIP PADS £69.00
RIDER FOOT PEG £98.00
COLOUR FINISHING PLUG SILVER £27.00
COLOUR FINISHING PLUG BLUE £27.00
COLOUR FINISHING PLUG RED £27.00
BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER KIT £132.00
REAR BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER LID £54.00
TINTED SCREEN XSR900GP 24 £144.00
SOFT BAG SUPPORT XSR900GP 24 £115.00
THROW OVER SOFT BAGS S £244.00
TANK BAG RING-CITY,SPORT,TOUR £37.00
TANK BAG URBAN £242.00
Such a great looking bike compared to the rest of the MT / XSR range. I do think Yamaha noticed how popular the Velocity moto conversions have been on the XSR900 and 700.
Think plenty of these bikes are going to be sold.
See, Portugal is getting a good spraying with Chemtrails that morning. Hazy milky sun the rest of the day on your video. #GeoEngineering. The Yamaha looks beautiful 😍
Thanks you, yes; the Yam is I think, the best-looking bike from Japan in last decade.
But that's not actually the sun, it's just a very big lamp in the sky. And it's not actually the sky, it's a huge dome. In fact it's not even Portugal; we got in a plane which went up and down again 3 hours later in the same place, and the alien lizards just rearranged England to look like Portugal. Trees, houses, everything. Very clever 😉
@@writestuffmedia that's what the simulacrum wants you to believe
@@Emily-ou6lq yes, I know... and oh blimey, now I don't know what to believe. Ah damn, I'll have to trust my basic knowledge of science, the balance of probabilities, Occam's Razor, a smattering of logic and rationality, the evidence, and the wisdom of experts 🙂
GPZ, GPZ, GPZ. C’mon Kawasaki, you know what you need to do…..🤞 Simon, you have the best job in the world.
Not my style, but glad interesting bikes are being made! Thanks for the video
Is it available in the U.S.? I finally like the slightly rising "CLIP-ONS" that keep my wrists correct. WHEN? Why the small tank too?
Not coming to the US, for some strange reason 🤷
Not gonna see many of them without the optional lower fairing and race exhaust. Should have came that way
Basically conning you in to another £3k. Who’d want the stock exhaust either?
Good stuff, hope a lower fairing/belly pan kit becomes available. Also not a fan of bar end mirrors.
Already available
Twin head lights and it would look epic
Agreed. Hang on, Photoshop...
Agree. Headlights off a 1994 fzr1000 would work
I've bought one 😊
I absolutely love the look of this bike.
I have to say before you even mentioned the bar end mirrors, I was thinking shame they didn't mount the mirrors to the fairing as it's styled as a retro bike, apart from the mirrors ( I dislike bar end mirrors intensely) a really good looking bike, also a shame it's got a modern dash, but then I suppose you can't have all the modern wokery tcs, anti wheelie, etc, etc... with old school dials, a slightly missed opportunity I'm thinking, for a true retro racer inspired bike, but I have to ask why are there fold out pillion pegs when there doesn't appear to provision for a pillion... bit weird...
Seat hump comes off - it's under there 🙂
@@writestuffmedia Simon, thanks for the clarification 👍
Anybody rember the trx 850. Me thinks this is the relaunch 😊
I’ve seen a few say this but I don’t really agree. The trx was meant to cash in on those who wanted a Ducati but couldn’t afford one. It wasn’t really a sporty bike and wasn’t very fast. This bike has 50% more power and weighs less. A while different standard of performance with fully modern tech. The trx was pretty bare bones when it was new
Good stuff Simon! Love love love this bike. If Yamaha bring it to North America in 2025 I’ll have one, no question!
I knew SH would be a fan ! I bought a Tracer GT+ after you convinced me to try one . But I’m ahead of you here as ordered a GP back in February 😜
With regards to the nav, the GP uses Garmin StreetCross which uses free, unlike Garmin Motorize on bikes such as the GT+, which requires a subscription. The latter also won’t work with the latest iPhone so hoping StreetCross will .
I love it but I reckon they missed a trick by not giving it 2 round headlamps owo1 style.
I wonder whether Yamaha with offer a lower fairing kit as an option? That would give you the full 500GP bike look, nice.
You may already know but the answer is yes. I was lucky in that they gave the first 40 people to put a deposit down on one of these in my country (NZ) the bottom fairing for free (normally about $800) which I managed to secure. I get the bike next month.
Is there a sit-up version of it and has it come out at the same time as the race version?
No. There is the standard XSR but you can get a bikini fairing and seat unit similar to this one for it.
There is another modern bike I can think of that has cool retro styling ... but it's an adventure bike - the Ducati DesertX 😉
Great review but what camera you using as could only get 1080 max res unlike 2160 as expected ?
I wish these were in the US..
Yet another awesome bike my country doesn't get...
Not assuming you're in North America, but at the launch I heard the US importer isn't bringing the bike in. Talking to some European Yamaha staff (who are responsible for it existing) and even they are confused by that decision. But the factory can't force the importer to take the bike.
I don't need it. But I WANT it!
(Which I'm sure is Yamaha's plan...)
Does it have an option to get a belly pan?
Yup, it's a Yamaha accessory option.
Wish it was in Kenny Roberts colours like the anniversary R1's
There’s no way they don’t release this in speed block yellow in a few years
MV Superveloce ! Mind you it’s double the price 😊
I was looking for this comment.
Hope you enjoyed Sintra.
Why no US release?!?
Lovely looking bike, but it's crying out for faring mounted mirrors. Bar-end mirrors are dreadful.
How do you find that alpinestars javket? I’m thinking of investing in one. But I am a 6ft4 fatty 😃
Also, love that bike…..best looking thing since the 916!
I think many prospective buyers will hang on to their money until they see the imminent R9. If they are not careful there could be a lot of XSR900 GP owners with buyer’s regret next year.
The R9 will fill a different roll. It will not be a retro type machine. It's riding position if it comes out will be more radical and thus uncomfortable.
Have you put your order in yet, Si?
Not on my income!
Honestly only thing that's off is the gauge cluster, good ol' analog would look far better here
if i were in the market for a new bike i'd give this some serious consideration. ticks a lot of boxes for me.
You can turn off all the aids but you can't have wheelie control on without also having traction control on too, at least that how it works on a 2021 mt09.
That is very true.
Is it worth 2,500 to 3000 more than a xsr900 though?
I can't afford either, but I'd say so.
these LOOK absolutely amazing.. however, the specs aren't all that impressive? my 2024 ZX6R is putting down 130whp. @117bhp for this 900, it's probably only putting down 102-105whp?
i was looking at these for a brief moment, until i'd realized they're the same price as the ZX6R 40th anniversary without being able to touch the performance of the Ninja..
we already know what i went with..
You did have a look on the torque figures, did you? On the street, the xsr should perform better than a 636. The anniversary Kawa is so sweet it does not even matter. Have fun, awesome bike.
Love that new ZX6R but the riding position is lot more radical and it will have nothing like the grunt of the Yam.
@@christiand.7930 the new 636 has improved cam profile which is noticeably better than prev years.. the gearbox is also so close ratio, that i barely notice a difference between it and my liter-bike (R1)
@@fyorbane i'd read reviews that the pegs were too high, so i went into things thinking, "rearsets" but after riding it, i dont find the bars to be too low or the pegs to be too high.. and im 6ft 185lbs. handling is absolutely amazing and after shedding some exhaust weight (amongst other bits) it's 30+lbs lighter!
It does have competition in the MV Superveloce and the Triumph 1200RR, but both of thos are double the price.
I want one just to look at. I'd have to then say to my Tracer 900, beauty is skin deep, I love you just as much ... honestly....
I guess you liked it then 😂 😂😂 Great review 👍
Not coming to USA 😅😂😭
speaking for everyone in the United States, we want it
Soooooo!!!!
YAMAHA!!!!
My 2020 Street Triple RS (as well as my wife and bank account) says:
Thank you, Thank you very much, for not bringing
the 900GP to the U.S.😡😠😤
3 cylinder trx850.
It's ironic. An American livery and American GP riders made that livery famous in that retro era and this machine won't ever make it to the U.S.A. market.
You can blame the Yamaha US importers for that.
@@fyorbane True - Yamaha Europe were scratching their heads. I guess the factory could *force* an importer to take a specific model, but it'd be a bit of a nuclear option. My guess is the US importer will wait and see how it goes in Europe and might bring it in at a later date.
Lovely at explaining things but, the amount of time you spend riding one handed is a bit disturbing.
Thank you! - sorry about the one-handed thing; several people have commented on other videos. I'll try not to do it so much, but it's an expressive thing. Don't worry, it's all perfectly in (one) hand.
Sometimes I ride with my left hand on the right handlebar, just because I like feeling what counter-countersteering is like 🙃
Tail tidy and a nice pipe 😮
Gorgeous - not you, mr reviewer! What lets it down is 1) the headlamp, though I can see why it's like that if you want a replica track bike. 2) the rear number plate/light mount (I realise this is for EU law, or whatever). But 3) That exhaust is just so wrong? It is screaming out, I think, for twin, or triple silencers out there on the right side of the bike. That is going to be up to Akrapovic or some-one to address. Would I buy one tomorrow, funds permitting? HELL YESS! :-)
Just for a moment... 😂
Don't rock my boat at all, give me a T9 please.
Okay I get my coat.
Well done Yamaha.
Deposit down Si?
All over it 😏
Yamaha just put the damn bottom fairing on every bike! It’s supposed to be a FAIRED BIKE so what’s the problem are you that cheap? It completes the look of the bike so well. Without the bottom fairing it just looks like it’s missing something.
They post-rationalise the decision by saying it's to allow riders with a memory of the TRX850 or original 1986 FZ750 to get something from the bike. Personally, I quite like it without the lowers, but then I always preferred half-faired bikes... I like seeing the motor.
Cadwell, definitely, but would it be just the ticket on wet, miserable bumpy UK roads? Younger riders won’t have the history of the retro looks and older riders probably won’t want the crouching riding position. Then there’s the jarring small square afterthought that is the headlight. If you’re doing a retro do it properly FFS and put a round headlight in a rounded fairing!
Everything but the mirrors it’s just me. Bar end mirrors and my ability to destroy them is a long history. What we really need in a helmet tech that gives us a floating heads up display for everything
Does no-one in Europe stop at stop signs?
The question is, XSR900 cafe or this?
This. All day.
Tripping balls would be a better description
great so yamaha can now build the r9 just slap the r7 style fairing seats into this and call it a day.
I'm not really sure why everyone is raving about the looks. It really doesn't look cohesively put together. To me, it looks like a parts bin bike.... because it is. The tank's bulbous design, dimensions, and lines don't work with the fairing nor the rear hump. It needed a different tank to pull in the front and rear together and not just a simple swap-over from the naked XSR. The rear hump is way too small, it should be wider, and should be one piece with the seat unit like how it was in the old bikes.This bike just looks like 4 different teams designed it. One team designed the rear hump area, one team designed the frame engine and swingarm (they do come from a different bike after all), one team designed the tank area, and another team designed the front fairing. It just doesn't work together. Lazily put together.
Opinion from a nobody...
@@60435 I’ve given my opinion, explaining the factual reasons leading me to form this opinion. If you don’t like it fine. You can have your own or you could at least explain why my reasons are wrong. But to say a nobody…. I would say stop projecting, some of us have educations in Engineering at some of the world’s best universities.
The price has killed it stone dead for me
What ? It’s a bloody bargain !!!!
@@magaudion My MT09SP was only £10k where is the extra £2k+ for this?
@@terrynicholson9273 the MT09SP is £11806 so this is only £700 more . The fairing alone would cover that !!
@@magaudion I paid £10k in Jan 23 for mine brand new from P&H and I had other dealers willing to sell me one for the same money. The Ohlins shock alone must surely be worth more than an ABS half fairing and a paint job?
@@terrynicholson9273 so you’ve got the old model which the dealers wanted to shift to make room for the much improved 2024 bike ? You can’t compare an old bike with a new bike ! The list price of the GP is only £700 more than the MT09SP.The fact you negotiated a deal on an old bike is not even relevant !
It's the exact same engine as the 2021 MT 09.
MT09 has been slightly updated for 2024. Gearbox and intake mods.
@@writestuffmedia the transmission is not the engine... but ok.
Great ha 👍
What's the height of this gentleman?
I'm 6ft from the top down.
@@writestuffmedia 👍👍 and u felt good or comfortable riding it for an hour?
A beautiful bike considering the absolute moose the original is.
I bet velocity moto arnt selling many RD 500 kits now at 1700 unpainted
Boy it needs a tail tidy more than any bike known to man.
Yamaha really should've increased the price abit and included the lower fairing. It looks like a crashed bike 🤣
only 117 hp is kind of disappointing