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FEATURE I HAXCH MOTO YAMAHA XZR900
great bikes of the time, like the YZR500,
YZF750, TZR250 and FZR400. It seems
to have really landed at the right time
and had a big impact of people under 40,
because those were our formative years
and the ones we remember as kids.
"I got obsessed and looked at so many
pictures just to guide the whole build.
It's a tricky thing to do, but somehow to
capture that design language of what
Yamaha were using in the '90s but then
reshape it all to start from scratch for a
completely new bike, it's great to hear
when people see certain things in it. I'm
really happy with it."
CN
(Above) The back-end is pure YZF750, so much so that even Colin Edwards would be proud.
(Below) Front and rear comparisons of the XZR show just how slim the build is.
