Yamaha XS-V1 Yeehah!

[xwhatsit]

I think it looks great, especially the colour scheme. There's a couple of crappy plastic bits (see the sidecovers for an example), but Yamaha seem to do that in many of their bikes. Seat, rear guard, and headlight looks awesome; silencer needs to be replaced with a long skinny megaphone instead of that fat sausage thing.

Twin shocks are twice as beautiful as a monoshock, I always say

[idleidolidyll]

Here's a better idea of what it's like: a 360 degree video clip from the Paris Show

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/motors.../sp/index.html

[dwnundabkr]

cool very retro i would be in my old xv1000 was a bloody good bike.

[Pinstripe]

Groovy bike, would make a great cafe racer i reckon, want one. cool headlight too

[Bren]

Yes, another "retro" looking bike is hitting the motorshows. Its a Yamaha loosely based on the early XS models of 1970 onwards. The strange thing is that the old XS models started out as a parallel twin yet this new one is a V-twin. Yet aside from that tiny detail it looks good, and looks retro enough yet with just enough serious sporty attitude to be (in my opinion) a good contender for the "I Want It" list...Anyway here is what has been said about it....would love to see it go into full production.

Yamaha released this image of the XS-V1 Sakura, which it is calling a prototype (rather than a pure concept). This model will be one of 19 exhibition models presented by Yamaha at the 40th Tokyo Motor show beginning on October 27. The XS-V1 Sakura draws inspiration from the first four-stroke model produced by Yamaha, the XS-1 in 1970.

What the Yamaha reps said:

We display the “XS-V1 Sakura” (special exhibition model / prototype) as a symbol of our long-nurtured corporate philosophy. This is a V-twin sport model with a look of “Japanese style” in the image of Yamaha’s first 4-stroke model, the XS-1 (650cc), released in 1970. Its design is full of XS-1 DNA, in its simplicity and functional beauty and finds new refinement in a retro-modern aesthetic. It is a model that proposes a very Yamaha and very Japanese vision of premium motorcycling life, bringing together the unique characteristics of a 1,000cc air-cooled, V-twin model with its strong pulse feeling and easy-going running performance in a finely crafted body that is lightweight and slim and defined by a low seat height.

And finally some pictures....first of the old school XS-1, and then the retro flavored copy...

[Conquiztador]

Yes to:
Motor (Nice!)
Wheels (Yep, spoked ones any day!)
Tank (Slim enuf. Could use one of them for a project I have in mind...)

No to:
Mufflers (Need megaphones! These phuckers must weigh a ton!!)
Headlight (Jeesus!! A phuckin flying saucer!)
Side covers (Totally out of place!)
Handlebars (Ahh, come on! Bull horns anyone?)

[98tls]

Bit like comparing Raquel Welch to trailer trashi mean Britney Spears,Give me the old one thanks.

[Bren]

funny...i did do a search too...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Ok that nice... I use to have a XS before I upgrade (or downgraded depends on your point of veiw) to the XJ 650 Special

[Fryin Finn]

I rode a TX650 and an XS1 in my yoof - heres a pic of me on the XS1 with 6 bend bars and my left arm in plaster - perficly comforble.

[Bren]

Ok that nice... I use to have a XS before I upgrade (or downgraded depends on your point of veiw) to the XJ 650 Special

Definitely a downgrade...The XS range are classics...

[avgas]

Him interesting. But i suggest the press has it wrong.
All XS models were inline. 2,3,4
XV was V.
I know its complicated. But if they made a XS single - it too would be inline.
Ol' man has most of the population of XS750/850 sittn in the shed. Really need to get atleast one of those triples back on the road for him. He hates the 650 with vengence - his words "They were a dog then and a dog now, lots of problems - rather own another bonny" He liked the 11, but not his piece of cake. He liked the 850 as it had good mags, that didnt self destruct!

[Pixie]

Uh, if it's a Vtwin, why does the front cylinder have two headers?

Optical delusion

[Pixie]

Bit like comparing Raquel Welch to trailer trashi mean Britney Spears,Give me the old one thanks.

Old can be good.
I bet Raquel no longer has her own teeth....

[Bren]

I rode a TX650 and an XS1 in my yoof - heres a pic of me on the XS1 with 6 bend bars and my left arm in plaster - perficly comforble.

Funny this thread should pop up again....and the mention of a TX...as there a '74 one on TM at the moment...only $800 too...bugger..I almost considered it too

TX 750 on Trademe