Yamaha MT-09

[locksmith]

Looks cheap enough?
http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/uk/products/m...||nulltext

[stevierst]

Oooh, I like the look of that! Its a Street bike crossed with a thug!

[JZS 600]

MMM, me like!

[JZS 600]

14L fuel tank?

[Phil]

I like the looks. Light weight at 188kg wet. £6799. The exhaust/can doesn't look like a dogs dinner either which is hard to achieve these days given the amount of silencing/cat converter etc.  According to MCN its adjustable up front for rebound, rear is preload and rebound.
They were doing well up to the 14l fuel tank. 12l to leave a a little leaway @50mpg = 132 miles.
Seat looks a little thin too.

Hopefully a faired version with a bigger tank and fully adjustable suspension will be next.

[AyJay]

Looks excellent bar the 14 litre tank. Why do they keep doing this? Haven't they looked at the solid kicking the VFR1200 has had for the last 3 years over tank size and realised titchy tanks are f. irritating?

And who'd buy a naked Fazer 8 now that this is here?

I'm praying they do a Crossplane Fazer 1100 in the same vein.

[Skippernick]

I really like it.

[snapper]

give it another 6 or even 7 litres in the fuel tank add another 50 bhp and I'd be interested ! looks ok but no substance !

[Tiberius Onklevaart]

Really, a 14l tank?

Woopeee


If thats all you can complain about then it looks like job done for Yam.


"Preposterous......where is there on there that will facilitate my sat nav. I mean, come on. That looks like exactly the kind of bike I'd like to cross Germany on yet theres absolutely nowhere to stick my party lederhosen."

[nick crisp]

Yamaha always seem to be able to come up with something different. It'll be really interesting to see how that triple engine pans out.

[wezdavo]

I like it

[Hamos]

Triple engine could be a winner.  I would test one to compare against my street triple.

[FuZzBoM]

I assume they are going to drop the MT-03 then and replace it with this? Even if they don't good luck selling the MT-03 stock with its higher price. http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/uk/products/m...mt-03.aspx

It looks like they have tried to meet in the middle of the MT-03 and the MT-01 but been a little to reserved. Needs a bigger tank and a little more power maybe? 1 litre would have probably been ideal.
With the future R1 and R6 engines touted to be triples maybe they should have developed them and detuned the engines and put them in a range of MT bikes much like they did with the fazers?

All that aside I could still be tempted with one 

[pitternator]

if its anything like triumph triple engines, probably the best road bike engine ever , they could be successful. But.....lets wait and see eh ?

the Z750 looked the part but performed less satisfactorily.Given the " logic" of the fazer 8 concept ...who knows what could happen??

[chaz]

looks nice, a 14L tank is ok on what is a street bike and ridden at the speed limits should give a range of 140+, ok I know that's not going to happen.
Does any one know what MT stands for? when the BT 1100 and the MT-01 first came out I'm sure I read it was "big twin" & "mega twin" ?

[baggy]

If that was the case it now probably stands for Mega Triple

[snapper]

I have to say it reminds me of this

[Phil]

  Needs a bigger tank and a little more power maybe? 1 litre would have probably been ideal.
With the future R1 and R6 engines touted to be triples maybe they should have developed them and detuned the engines and put them in a range of MT bikes much like they did with the fazers?

All that aside I could still be tempted with one 

give it another 6 or even 7 litres in the fuel tank add another 50 bhp and I'd be interested ! looks ok but no substance !

Its the first of a few new bikes coming out. Expect a larger cc one later.

[Motorbreath]

Small fuel tank, 0 aerodinamics, no place for luggage. Why??
They should make a half faired version with a proper tail.

[JZS 600]

Looks like fun though 

Wonder what it would be like as a communter,,,,, :evil