woot woot.....................MT10 alert

[sadlonelygit]

bit too transformers for me but a good first effort

[PaulSmith]

Looks like a z1000 street fighter project. What are the large angled supports on either side of the rad supposed to hold?

[Grayo]

Don't know if I like the look of that or not.

[Val]

at last new inline four bike from Yamaha 

I hope they will do faired version at some point  :lol

The current look is shall I say "too modern"  :eek seems to me like somebody has put random bolts and bits in a bag and then gave the bag to somebody else and told him - here it is assemble it LOL

I can live with the look if the bike is good

[AyJay]

At last. A Crossplane 1000 Yamaha that doesn't have a race riding position. That looks proper dangerous. I want one badly. In black with subtle hints of red, please! In fact, I'd go as far as a 'fuckyeah!' with that one.


It probably means a Tracer version in a year's time, too. I'll be amazed if it's under 10k at MCN is suggesting though.


I'm highly amused that they managed to get Rossi and Lorenzo on the same stage for the launch!

[noggythenog]

I like the look of it......however i reckon it is just a modern MT01 and i suspect it will be far too heavy to handle nearly as well as the mt09.....one for the posers i say....still cool 8)

[Exupnut]

It's the right colour tho..,..

[AyJay]

I like the look of it......however i reckon it is just a modern MT01 and i suspect it will be far too heavy to handle nearly as well as the mt09.....one for the posers i say....still cool 8)

50 quid its lighter than either Gen 1 or 2 Fazers and the MT 09 Tracer....

As for handling - it's an R1....

[Grayo]

I want one badly. In black with subtle hints of red, please!

Like this one ?

[bigbluebear]

Interesting.....very interesting......this could be the bike I've been waiting for.......wonder how long it will take them to get a fairing on it to compete with the Kawasaki Z1000sx and new Suzuki GSX-S1000f........got to say I'm fairly impressed

[AyJay]

I want one badly. In black with subtle hints of red, please!

Like this one ?






Yes please.

[YamFazFan]

Don't know if I like the look of that or not.

I do...and I don't :thumbdown

[Freck]

Is it just me or do these sort of bikes just look like they've had every spare bit on the production line bungee onto them?  :rolleyes
I just think there's too many lumps and bumps on them, no smooth, slim, flowing lines to the bodywork especially. I'm really not into all this angular design 

[AyJay]

Is it just me or do these sort of bikes just look like they've had every spare bit on the production line bungee onto them?  :rolleyes
I just think there's too many lumps and bumps on them, no smooth, slim, flowing lines to the bodywork especially. I'm really not into all this angular design 

Yup. I agree. I'm sure there are reasons - some bits, like the lump of plastic over the cylinder head, probably hide a mass of cables, others will be for aerodynamics, some just for show, but the net effect is a crash in the parts bin.


It does look highly technical and again, I'm sure that's because bikers are supposed to love technical stuff, but it's still 'fussy' for want of a better word. And contrast the MT-10's look with what's happening on the urban biker modification scene where everything is stripped down and basic.


I happen to really like the MT-10s look though. Looks like Biffa Bacon's Dad's bike. It looks like it would kick your head in for spilling your pint.

[nickodemon]

It might be a great bike, but it looks awful. Far too much plastic and not keen on headlight and cowling. It also looks cheap and flimsy like a chinese bike..

[BMCfaz]

Hmmm.... Some aspects look good, but I go along with those who think it's just too bitty. If I had one I'd be thinking "that'd have to go, and that, and that" until there wouldn't be much of the original left.
And I bet it comes with loads of "rider aids"!
In the end, probably not for me.

[AyJay]

It also looks cheap and flimsy like a chinese bike..

Really? You could say that about all the MT range. The 09 is littered with bits and bobs too, but I don't think it makes it look Chinese at all. Chinese bikes are big lumps of roughly finished metal and plastic stuff with substandard paint, but this looks precision engineered. The problem is it looks over designed.

What I mean by that is that it's like the whole of Yamaha's design team are still fascinated by their CAD/CAM tools and have over designed everything. Not everything has to a recess here, a clever angle there or an embossed widget stuck on the doohickey. They just need to chill out a bit and use beautiful shapes rather than trying to use every tool in Autodesk's menus.

Does anyone know anyone who can enlarge fucking STUPIDLY small tank they've given it? Seriously, if a MotoGP bike has 22 litres and an Isle of Mann TT R1 has 24, why the fuck can't they put a 21 litre tank on a naked bike. They're so proud of their cruise control and crow about it being able to be used for distance and then stick a titchy little tank on it.

Yet another bike that can't touch the Gen 1 for usability.

I'm still buying one though. Or should I wait for the Tracer version which is almost certainly being tested right now.....

[nickodemon]

Maybe not chinese  :eek  but definitely cheap looking. It will be similar to the rest of the mt range in that there is so much tacky plastic all over it. I looked at pics of the mt 07 and mt 09 and thought it looked quite good, so i went to local yamaha dealer and didn't like either because of the plastic and allen bolts everywhere :thumbdown

[bludclot]

the pillion accommodation looks iffy, in fact decidedly uncomfortable, and the tail area looks unfinished to me as if the plastic has been removed. the cowl above the lights looks tacky too. the wheels and engine look great however.


and what's with the silver pegs and hangers when the rest of the bike is black? i think that some simple changes would improve it no end. i'll wait for it to age 10 years, pick one up for 2k and modify it to my taste, seems to be my m.o.

[fazerscotty]

"Does anyone know anyone who can enlarge fucking STUPIDLY small tank they've given it? Seriously, if a MotoGP bike has 22 litres and an Isle of Mann TT R1 has 24, why the fuck can't they put a 21 litre tank on a naked bike. They're so proud of their cruise control and crow about it being able to be used for distance and then stick a titchy little tank on it."

:rollin :rollin :rollin It's been designed by Gen 2 users with very small ....................* :rollin :rollin :rollin
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