And then to mix things up, the cherry on top was being lucky enough to swing a leg over the XSR GP for the second half of the year, which is without a doubt the most attention-seeking little ...

In addition to the fantastic new switchgear the XSR GP gets the superb Yamaha gen 3 quickshifter which offers up and downshifts plus downshift on open throttle and upshift on closed throttle.

If you can't buy your own retro-faired XSR900 at the dealer, homemade is fine. Ever since the time of import magazines and the eventual rise of The Internet, enthusiasts have, in some ways, never ...

Are we still a little bit salty that the gorgeous-looking Yamaha XSR900 GP wasn't announced for the US market in 2024? I mean, probably. But I ask you, if you've seen it, can you really blame us?