a really cool bike i miss mine it was a black 2004 standard looking except for puig belly pan  ... gonna get another soon ...

Really nice video and seems like a great bike. Im just about hanging on to my tiger 955 but it’s so big and top heavy I’d love something a little easier to move around. Thinking a Yamaha could serve me well for long term but there are so just many to choose from. What do you make of the fz bikes?

Mine was a great bike but it had one glaring problem. With fitted side Givi panniers it would involuntarily change lanes when a large truck passed it at highway speeds. It also would badly be blown about in sudden cross winds. Without panniers it was not a problem. Otherwise a very good bike but would of been better with ABS with the Australian models.

Really enjoyed this, hoping to get one of these soon

Nice video of a great bike !
I own a black TDM 900, year 2013.
Bought it 17 oktober 2018 with 4900km with Akrapovic exhausts.
Now, 25 oktober 2022 it has 63000km and I am still very pleased with it.
I gave it some updates on the airfilterbox, installed a Power commander 3 and K&N airfilter,  put Denso IX24B iridium sparkplugs.
It has 95 hp and 95 NM and has fuel consumption average 20km/liter.
I also changed rearwhealsprocket to 43 teeth instead of 42.
Thanks again for this nice video and I hope you enjoy the bike as much as I do !! 👌👌👍👍😃😃

I enjoyed your video. I am thinking of getting a TDM 900 myself.  I wanted ask how comfortable it is hours in the saddle so to speak.  I am 6 foot 3 inch tall.  No one ever mentions this info in a review.  I was wondering if you are a taller rider.

Nice video and good rationale for buying one.  I bought a new 2002 TDM on first release and put 165,000km on it over 19 years before a good friend decided to sell his '98 model TDM with only 26,000 on the clock and I couldn't help myself.  Sold first one to a very happy chappie and I trust this newer one will give me just as good a run for another ten or fifteen years.  I did find the bike fuels and runs more smoothly when you remove the rear baffle in the pipes, plus it sounds glorious without being too ostentatious.  Down here in Oz the twenty litre tank (closer to 21 if you're patient) will easily see you to the next petrol stop even way out west.  I've managed 420km with a little still in reserve.  With Yamaha panniers, tank bag and dry duffel bag it can carry a lot of gear and I find interstate trips of ten hour days quite comfortable.  Best all rounder bike I've ridden although I did rather find the Triumph 1050 Tiger Sport I hired in the UK a while back pretty good, but even more top heavy than the TDM.

nice one luvverly bike

Sounds like a plan, Dr. D.! I know what you mean about some meds making you feel cold all the time… I take 2 different blood thinners for two quite different ailments and it’s not fun !!!  Hope you enjoy this next cycle in the best of health!   🏍👍🏍

Comfort & range, that’s what it’s all about mate! Hope you’re well.

Funny you should mention the TDM...  I'm 66 now with a gammy leg and my wonderful TRX daily rider is getting a bit long in the tooth.....     I think if it ever blows up a TDM just might be the next big thing.  ;-)   😉  🏍

One of the bikes I fancied for a while yet never owned.

Yamaha have always impressed me by being focused on 'doing what it says on the tin', especially their engines. My first go on a full-fat RD 350 racer was beyond impressive, then I tried a TDR 250 on road tyres with TZ reeds, that was just an uncontrollable, bunny-hopping laxative that went everywhere sump-guard-first. Always amazed that their motors can take all kinds of tuning abuse & generally survive.
Instrument makers indeed, so well tuned to the customer's wants & needs . . . (did I really just write that . . ?)
Pass the bucket & enjoy the bike : )

There are many many Yamaha bikes under rated yzf 750 R being the most prominent. The Blade took the shine off the YZF but having had both the Yamaha
will beat a blade hands down in my humble opinion ?? Looks very similar but when it comes to performance and handling for that matter again in my humble
opinion having done track days and long distance rides the Yamaha gets the marks !!! Off track a little there but you do get where I am comming from I hope ???

I had one many years ago and many bikes but I still look back with many great memories.

Heated clothing is a must.

Its a great bike and does everything well .. And to get all of that into 190kilos is black magic . Considering our dl 1000s were 220 kilos plus to do a similar job .
I too am looking at lighter bikes for when the day comes .. Much as I love my huge muscle bikes I just can't handle them around the garden any more ..   I saw a cd175 on auto trader ( tax and mot exempt ) in running order . But I also keep seeing gsx750f's .. they're a good all rounder low seat and 190 kilos ish ..the last one I had was great but I saw the shiny xjr and the rest is history ...
I think ( I know ) you've made a great move for you're situation ..
Peace and love brother and enjoy the 900..👍🏻☮❤