MCN Test: 2009 Yamaha XVS950 Midnight Star first ride

MCN Man Adam Child headed out to Georgia, US, to get the first ride on the new XVS 950 Midnight Star from Yamaha. Satisfy all your biking needs at http://www.motorcyclenews.com

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[bibibabke]

Very nice bike. Looks great, especially red one. I'm not a chooper fan but if I'd go for a cruizer this would be the machine. I think this is optimal package, not too heavy, easy to ride....beautiful

[epiphysisbro]

@tasatasat

160 km/h (approx. 100 mph)...

[mlacomb]

The floorboards of the 950 have replaceable inserts if you scrape too much; keeps you from having to buy new boards every time they get messed up. I've only scraped them 3 times last year and none this year - if you're not riding aggressively, you'll never touch the boards unless the road is really uneven or built up incorrectly for the turn.

[mauriciopassosmeneze]

realmente. há vários comentários da durabilidade desse motor. a moto é linda, mas o motor não aguenta pau. a vulcan 900 tem um motor sem reclamações. quem comprou só elogia. quero trocar minha shadow 600 que não quebra por outra maior que não quebra, mas tá dificil de escolher. rs rs

[SuperAdammo]

guys bought as my first bike !

its great and easy to handle

[SuperAdammo]

guys bought as my first bike !

its great and easy to handle

[tasatasat]

What did he say the top speed is? Couldn't understand him.

[jwardmagic07]

@jurbina76

How did you manage that? On yamaha forums I have read so many people having footboard scraping problems on the XV1900 when taking turns, and even it was mentioned in motorcycle magazine and some online bike review website let alone this review lol Maybe you are just riding the motorbike 'correctly'? lol

[jurbina76]

@jwardmagic07 I bought mine about 2 months ago and las week took a trip from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and the footboards never touched the ground.

Add to that the fact that the bike carried me and my wife for 700 miles during the weekend and it hung like the big boys. You can't go wrong with it

[jwardmagic07]

I saw another video of the XVS 950 and on each turn the footboard or something would scrape the ground. When you say the footboards will deck out easily, do you mean, they will scrape the ground if you turn too sharply? This seems quite a major downside to me as I'd want to keep the beauty in top condition! Not keen on continuously buying new footboards!

[mauriciopassosmeneze]

ESSAS MOTOS SÃO LINDAS, MAS AQUI NO BRASIL HÁ ALGUNS COMENTÁRIOS RUINS COM RELAÇÃO A DURABILIDADE DO MOTOR, ESPERO QUE A YAMAHA VEJA O QUE ESTÁ OCORRENDO, POIS VOU ADQUIRIR UMA MID E NÃO QUERO TER PROBLEMA COM O MOTOR, QUE DURE UNS 30 ANOS NO MÍNIMO.