Motorcycles

2469 readers

4 users here now

Here we discuss everything related to riding, maintenance and gear.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Stuck between an XSR900 or a z900rs (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

17 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Anyone have input here?

I'm trying to decide which I like, yammie noob had a cool vid comparing the two with the xsr seemingly on top, but spec-wise, the z900 should be wild. I'm aware there are tune and exhaust kits to wake the undertuned z900 up.

I like spirited riding, but mostly on straights as I roar off to a campsite in the mountains. What do you folks think?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Both are pretty great, can't go wrong with either. Personally is go with the Z900RS cause I like the sound better and it has a bigger gas tank.

P.S. Yammie Noob is a real dickhead.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah, good point on the tank. I like the style of the z900, matches my current UJM a bit better.

What happened with yammie? I don't really follow any channels besides fortnine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He's fired someone and made a video about it. Yammie deleted the original video because everyone trashed it so much.
He crashed into some guys Porsche while riding on the wing side of the road while his licence was suspended.
Dude is just a talentless hack. I remember watching a video he did about how to get a bike into the back of a pickup then later noticed he did the same exact video like a year ago. Then noticed he does that a bit, he's just not very creative and is out of ideas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Jeez. That guy "spite" & the lady are who actually did the z900rs vs xsr900 review, yammie just cameos uselessly a few times.

I never really liked their channel anyway, so thanks for the heads up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know about #1 and #3 (Spite has his own channel now) but never #2. Proof of that one? He seems to ride a lot more responsibly than lots of motorcycle channels (Gixxer Brah, etc.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Source. Maybe he wished up after multiple crashes.