JvB-moto XSR900
German customising house JvB-moto recently turned their craft to Yamaha’s XSR 900 and came up with this special to showcase their aftermarket kit offerings that transform Yamaha’s triple-cylinder naked in to something a little more out of the ordinary.
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This bike offers a tough stance and Jens vom Brauck explains his approach.
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“The biggest retro influence is on the lines and proportions. I am a big fan of 70s and 80s concept cars and got a lot of inspiration for this build there. The bike has an understated, clean look and has more of a concept bike ‘feel’ than a typical custom bike.”
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The bike was first presented at the 2019 Café Racer Festival where it received the Best of Show prize.
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The CP3 captures perfectly the JvB-moto design philosophy of clean lines that enhance the stock bike as a base for easy customisation and breathe new life into it.
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While the retro theme is in part an influence on the CP3, the design is inherently minimalist.
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The dark blue Yamaha racing colour used was darkened further and made matt, highlighting the new bodywork whilst retaining the stock bike’s character.
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Carbon-fibre wheel covers and Behringer front brake discs packing extra stopping power. Lightech footrests help reduce weight and give an assuring platform for the rider, with a new seat to accommodate the feel of the CP3.
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Ultimately JvB-moto envisaged the CP3 as a reflection of the XSR900’s exciting 850cc 3-cyclinder engine, unchanged in the customisation, and designed the bike to look how the engine feels to ride. The Termignoni exhaust amplifies the emotive sound of the triple and provides a small boost in horsepower, completing the CP3 package that raises the very high standard of Yard Built specials even further.
Jens elaborated on this approach: “I wanted it to look fast without looking aggressive, for it to be less retro and more minimalist, with a reduced and purposeful design.”
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Yamaha’s Sport Heritage range is made of state of the art technology machines with retro looks – the range is an easy access to real personalization and through collaborations with professionals like JvB-moto, the brand aims to bring this creativity even closer to the customer.
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JvB-moto is now developing a kit to enable customers to either reproduce their own CP3 or just adapt parts of it, emphasizing that the bike is a perfect fit for the vision of the intrepid customiser looking to easily make their own set of customisations to the Yamaha XSR900.
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The kit includes:
– Wheel covers
– Brakes
– Footrests
– Seat
– Exhaust
– Front fender
– Fuel tank covers
– Handmade tail section with LED taillight
– Speedometer relocation kit
– Tapered handlebar and raiser
– LED headlight and cover
– Front and back LED indicators
– Number plate carrier
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There is also a range of parts yet to be developed. JvB-moto expect this bolt-on kit to be available to customers in early 2020, and will give them nearly unlimited options to tailor their own XSR900.
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