[visordown.com] - Yamaha XSR700 revealed

[Ninjette Newsbot]

HERE'S the new Yamaha XSR700, a custom-style edition of the MT-07 which has just been officially announced and revealed in these pictures.

It's the machine Visordown exclusively told you was coming last month, after Yamaha unveiled a concept MT-07 restyled by legendary Japanese custom-builder Shinya Kimura.

That concept was intended to 'validate the hypothesis' of a custom-style MT-07, Yamaha Europe's product manager Shun Miyazawa told Visordown at the time.

The XSR700 is the production version. It adds to Yamaha's range of custom-style special editions, which also includes the XJR1300 Racer and XV950 Racer. Where those are based on already traditional-looking machines, the naked XJR1300 and XV950 cruiser, the XSR700 is the first to stem from a contemporary-styled model. We recently revealed how Yamaha had also considered the R1 for the treatment.

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