THE latest member in Yamaha's eclectic and rapidly multiplying range of Sports Heritage bikes is the XSR900. With heritage looks and the DNA of the hugely-successful MT-09 – what could possibly go wrong? Very little is the answer.
The smooth and twisting roads of Fuerteventura provided a great stage for the XSR900 to perform. The first word on my lips after a strong black coffee at the first rest stop was 'fun'. The three-cylinder engine loves to be revved and pulls hard all the way to 10,000rpm. Firing an XSR out of corners in second and third gear is going to surprise a lot of people and its mild appearance belies its performance. Retro or not, there's still 115hp on tap from this explosive inline triple.
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