2017 YAMAHA SCR950

Yamaha’s Sport Heritage lineup grows as the V-twin SCR950 joins the XSR900

KENT KUNITSUGU

Yamaha is definitely taking the classic bike revival movement seriously. First, the retro-styled XSR900 based off the FZ-09 platform made its debut earlier this year, and from what we hear, the bike is already selling well. Now the XSR will be joined in Yamaha’s Sport Heritage lineup by the SCR950, a bike styled in the classic scrambler/enduro vein of the ’60s and ’70s. Using the 942cc, SOHC, 60-degree, air-cooled V-twin engine (with carbon-fiber-core belt drive) and double-cradle steel tube frame from the Yamaha Bolt cruiser, the SCR950 adds sportier steering geometry, spoked wheels, stouter suspension pieces, block-pattern on-/off-road tires in 100/90-19 front and 140/80-17 rear sizes, along with styling cues to replicate the old DT series enduro bikes of the ’70s. The rear subframe is different than the Bolt’s unit,…

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