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YAMAHA XSR900
from July 2022
TAKINGTHE SPORT HERITAGE CLASSTO NEW LEVELSOF PERFORMANCE & STYLE
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Yamaha has unveiled the newest iteration of its celebrated ‘Faster Son’ design philosophy—the striking, completely redesigned 2022 Yamaha XSR900. Inspired by Yamaha’s legendary racing heritage, the new XSR900 represents a signi cant advancement in both performance and style, boasting an all-new chassis, more powerful 890cc engine, more advanced electronics package and a brilliant new look drawn from Yamaha’s classic 1980s-era Grand Prix racing machines.
Yamaha’s Sport Heritage motorcycle models drew inspiration from the marque’s extensive experience spanning seven decades of design and manufacture of famous and iconic motorcycles. During this time, the world of motorcycling has continually evolved, yet the unique emotions and intense excitement of riding on two wheels have always stayed the same. The Faster Sons design philosophy fuses iconic style with modern technology to create enjoyable and exciting motorcycles that recall the past while featuring the performance of today.
The bold, striking new look of the next generation Yamaha XSR900 is apparent from every angle. With the tank design, exposed aluminum frame and side silhouette drawing clear inspiration from iconic Yamaha race bikes of the 1980s, there is also an unmistakably modern design element underscoring the machine’s high-performance capabilities. Full LED lighting, a new full-color 3.5-inch TFT display and a host of premium touches including drilled fork caps, machined headlight stays, forged brake pedal, hidden passenger pegs, blacked-out levers, darkened brake reservoirs, bar-end mirrors, embossed aluminum rear underplate and aluminum XSR logo all combine to re ect modernity and a higher level of t and nish.
The XSR900 shares the same speci cations, individual components and fuel injection as Yamaha’s new 2021 MT-09.
A key feature on the new XSR900 is the all-new compact, lightweight aluminum frame, featuring the thinnest sections ever for a Yamaha die-cast frame.
The XSR rides on Yamaha’s new spinforging processed wheel, the sporty 10-spoke aluminum wheels
and the braking is handled by a new Brembo radial front master cylinder for better feel at the lever. This machine also utilizes Yamaha’s Lean Sensitive Traction Control System that uses the six-axis IMU data in conjunction with relative front and rear wheel speed data, the new lean sensitive Traction Control System adjusts the degree of intervention to correspond with the bike’s lean angle. A total of three intervention levels are available. This is coupled with Slide Control System, Lift Control System, and Brake Control System. If needed the XSR900 can be well Nannied. The 2022 Yamaha XSR900 will be offered in two exciting color options: Legend Blue inspired by the French Sonauto Yamaha team race colors featuring gold wheels and gold front fork or Raven featuring black wheels and black front fork. In dealerships soon for an MSRP of $9,999.
