News – Yamaha explains its new MT-09 – Used YAMAHA

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Yamaha explains its new MT-09

News - Yamaha explains its new MT-09 - Used YAMAHA

Fully unveiled ten days ago by Yamaha, the new MT-09 will land in France in September (standard) and November (ABS) 2013. But to make us wait, the manufacturer publishes some additional information on its new motorcycle…

The official Yamaha Motor France website gives access to a mini-site that no motorized two-wheeler enthusiast should overlook: the. This section allows you to discover, in the company of product managers, behind the scenes of the development of motorcycles and scooters of the brand with three tuning forks..

In addition, this "platform"wants"interactive"since its readers can"leave their reactions and comments through surveys and online questionnaires", specifies Yamaha.

The price of the new Yamaha MT-09

The French network have just come out of a major convention during which the price of the MT-09 was estimated … but not formalized. In the United States, on the other hand, the price of the future Yamaha (called FZ9 there) is already announced: $ 7,990, compared to the $ 8,890 of the FZ8.

In France, the 4-cylinder roadster is currently displayed at 8,399 euros … Yamaha Motor France should therefore be able to offer the MT-09 at the same price as the Street Triple (7,990 euros without ABS, 8,390 euros with) or even cheaper ?

Case to be continued on MNC but according to our initial information, the MT-09 should be offered at 7999 euros for the standard version and 8499 for the ABS version..

The last article published by the manufacturer naturally deals with the next MT-09, a motorcycle presented in great detail two weeks ago on Site (read).

If the introduction by the Director of Product Planning, Oliver Grill, is rather agreed, the statements of the senior vice-president of Yamaha Europe, Seiya Nakamura, are much less: the senior manager recognizes neither more nor less the lack of inspiration of his firm !

"We’ve been a bit too conservative with the new models in recent years"Nakamura San blurted out."We decided to do an about-face today and to re-design more innovative models and concepts, as Yamaha has done very often in the past.".

Rightly believing that the race for power and top speed was now in vain – on the road, not on the track where Lorenzo and Rossi would like to see the M1 spit even more horsepower! -, the Japanese big boss reveals that Yamaha is now looking to "create a new generation of motorcycles much lighter and with a more marked character".

Criticized – or congratulated, it depends – for their 4-cylinders as powerful as they are sharp, the engineers of Iwata now wish to offer engines offering the same flexibility but with more convincing mid-revs.

Gold "the three-cylinder brings in this sense a real advantage over the four in this range of displacement", recognize today the Blues.

"Everyone who flew it was really surprised", warns Seiya Nakamura:"as much as those who first took charge of the R1 when it was releasedYamaha opened a new chapter in the history of modern motorcycles….

Will the MT-09 write its own page, despite the presence on the market of competing motorcycles already very successful and efficient as the Street Triple 675 and Speed ​​Triple 1050, Brutale 675 or Brutale 800? Stay connected !

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