2017 YAMAHA SCR950
FIRST RIDE
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ing what side of the fence you
sit on—versions. Think bikes
such as the FZ-09/XSR950 and
FZ-07/XSR750 (that we don't
get in the U.S.). The company
has an enormous heritage from
which to draw, plus some of the
best bikes on the market today.
And, with the engineering dollar
being stretched further now than
any time in history, you can bet
the SCR won't be the
last rebadged/repack-
aged/rebranded bike
we see from the Tuning
Fork house.
The SCR is the
fourth machine from
a major manufacturer
(behind Ducati, Moto Guzzi and
BMW) to focus squarely on the
scrambler market. It was a deci-
sion made for them by their
customers, who have taken
the blank canvas of the Bolt
cruiser and made all sorts of
weird and wonderful custom
creations.
"We'd always planned
to make a café racer, or
maybe a scrambler, with this
model (Bolt), but not long after
we released it we started to
Both color
schemes
are '70s
refugees, but
our pick goes
to the red.
