Yamaha Mt 09 Tracer Gt Review
Mechanically the underpinnings here are very similar to the fj 09 that has gone without major modification for a few years.
Yamaha mt 09 tracer gt review. We compare the 2020 bmw f 900 r and yamaha tracer 900 gt sport touring motorcycles. Here s our yamaha mt 09 tracer review. Yamaha s mt 09 based offerings have been a point of personal interest since i tested the mt 09 in 2013. Check out our comprehensive review of.
We outfitted ours with a bunch of yamaha accessories and hit the road. Test by richard collins photography by yamaha doing a 3000km round trip to phillip island was a great opportunity to test yamaha s mt 09 tracer in the twisties and the boring straight line normally bum numbing roads. Yamaha was busy last year adding a brand new name and refurbished looks to its lineup with the tracer 900 and a slightly more tour tastic tracer 900 gt. Yamaha s tracer 900 gt is a great platform on which to build an ideal middleweight sport touring machine.
The tracer gt is not really an all new bike. Yamaha motors have unveiled a huge array of model updates for 2018 including the addition of a mt 09 sp version of their popular nakedbike as well as an updated mt 07 with updated tracer 900 versions including a gt version. Review by kris hodgson images by david h. The famous mt 09 847cc triple cylinder is also put to good use in the tracer 900 gt it s still the same off its chops powerplant however it s a lot more usable for everyday touring and sports touring is you ask me and it s an immensely rewarding engine to aggressively downshift into corners with a great sound track despite a minimal belly mounted exhaust.
The yamaha mt 09 tracer is a great bike using the firm s 847cc triple motor in a comfy upright package. The name the rest of the world has had for a little while now. Cracking the throttle of the gt is blissful at worst and. At the 2019 yamaha tracer 900 gt s heart sits a brilliant inline 3 derived from the mt 09 with engine maps to fit its touring focus.
Fans of the fj models and indeed the fz.