Are You Having Abarth?

Rossi gets a sticker on his fairing, we get a pimped-up XSR900 

- Jon Urry

Let's not beat around the bush, the Abarth rep isn't some highly tuned special, it is an XSR900 with bolt-on extras that has been launched alongside a 695 XSR Limited Edition car. But fair play to Abarth, it does look really good and comes with a nice array of additions.

For £9999, which is £1700 more than a stock XSR, you get a carbon pillion seat cover and also a carbon flyscreen and front mudguard. The engine remains unaltered, however it has been fitted with a stainless Akrapovic full system with dual stacked silencers. On the styling front the bike comes in an Abarth-style grey and the suede seat has red stitching. And finally, the riding position has been altered through the addition of 'swallow tail' café racer bars. And that's the issue...