2019 Yamaha XSR700 First Ride | Still The Best 650 Bike!

This is my 2019 Yamaha XSR700. It is a Caffeinated Suburb Commuter, a lovely canyon road companion, and just a beautiful machine to look at. It is my favorite motorcycle I have ridden so far and would recommend it to anyone with a little experience on two wheels.

[@WeTheArmed]

You have a couple of great bikes there. Very wise choices! Love the modern “retro” standard bikes, and small displacement dual-purpose bikes. It’s more fun to ride a small bike hard, than it is to ride a big displacement bike slow! Very good reviews. I look forward to seeing more of these bikes!

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Thank you! I appreciate that a lot

[@artiexr222]

Awesome bike awesome review very thorough answering all the questions cheers for the upload.

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Thank you!

[@gothops154]

Beautiful bike and great video quality! Thinking about picking one of these up as a second bike, but that new triumph trident is awfully tempting as well

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Thank you! If you're getting the bike new and leaving it stock the Trident is probably objectively the better bike. If you're getting it used I definitely trust Yamaha over Triumph. And also if you plan to put an exhaust on this is just me but I don't like the sound of triples. If you look up Two Brothers sr1 exhaust for the xsr it's pretty much the meanest sound I've ever heard out of a 650ish bike

[@rogervallve7375]

Nice review. I have a 2018 in Canada. I love it

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Thanks! Yeah they're fun

[@karlschauff7989]

I went from a Honda Hawk GT to an XSR700. I absolutely love the new bike. The Hawk handled maybe a tiny bit better, but the Yamaha has so much more power. I'll probably ride the 700 for a couple more years before I possibly jump up to the XSR900. I'm hoping the 900 gets the upgraded CP3 that the MT-09 just got for 2021.

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Yeah that would be nice, I heard its smoother with even more torque

[@JulseRay]

Nice in-depth review bro. Btw, what is the name of the helmet?

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Thanks! It's a biltwell lane splitter

[@legend7409]

what is the brand of the plate holder ?

[@TheCoolestCourier]

That's just the dealer plate. Chaparral Motorsports in San Bernardino

[@skylah9602]

Does this come with traction control?

[@TheCoolestCourier]

No, just ABS

[@schecterc1h]

Holy shit this is my home town, la cresta?

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Hell yeah!

[@kimsemoms]

21:34 you were blinking to the right the whole time. He probably thought you were letting him pass.

[@TheCoolestCourier]

You could be right actually. But that doesn't excuse him driving in both lanes while going up that hill

[@kimsemoms]

@@TheCoolestCourier true. drove like an idiot like many do

[@laundrieshanging9077]

Im considering this bike~ anyone have any regrets after getting the xsr700?

[@TheCoolestCourier]

I loved it and miss it. I like my xsr900 more but there is something very fun about the cp2 motor as well.

[@stephensoto2126]

This bike is on sale on craigslist for 7,000 right now but the thought of really dumb driver's being on their phone hitting me is stopping me man.

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Do you have any kind of less populated area you can ride like you see here in this video? I basically rode that country roads and mountains like this for most of my riding. I did it so much that now I have the opposite fear, animals running into the road. If you look at my video titled the end of my XSR 900 you'll see what I mean lol

[@stephensoto2126]

not really haha I live in Seattle & it's a concrete jungle here with real bad aggressive drivers! @@TheCoolestCourier

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Yeah, That's a rough place to own a motorcycle. I visited Seattle for tour once. Very friendly music scene! For me, riding is just as fun as playing live and I couldn't imagine life without it. But I think people are severely undergeared and under skilled who ride which both can make things dangerous. I survived that crash with the deer because of the airbag vest and head to toe armored gear.

[@leeinwis]

Will this bike attract the chics ? Asking for a friend .

[@TheCoolestCourier]

Haha more than others but not really

[@leeinwis]

@@TheCoolestCourier I knew it would !