Test Ride LaunchYamaha XSR900
While it shares its name with the outgoing XSR900, this is a brand-new model for Yamaha’s Sport Heritage range, in every way.
You name it, it’s been changed. Yamaha’s 2022 CP3 (crossplane triple) engine is effectively a brand-new motor, thanks to the majority of parts being changed. The frame and rolling gear are also new; of special note being the new wheels, which are the lightest aluminium alloy wheels that Yamaha has ever produced, thanks to the ‘spin-forged’ process (essentially the wheel is rough cast and then spun while very hot and the rim shape formed) which strengthens the rim and thus allows it to be thinner and therefore lighter (the two wheels are 700g lighter than before), and also having the benefit of the weight loss being at the most beneficial place.
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The bike has actually been lightened in many places – not just the wheels – and this includes the Deltabox style frame (‘style’ as it’s not a true Deltabox thanks to
