Menus
- 3-stroke rodeo, 3 cylinders
- Rocking horse between roadster and supermoto
- Discovery
- In the saddle
- Contact
- In the city
- Highway
- Departmental
- Braking
- Comfort
- Convenient
- Consumption
- Conclusion
3-stroke rodeo, 3 cylinders
Rocking horse between roadster and supermoto
Yamaha had surprised by launching the MT series…. an exceptional look and engine closer to the variation of a concept bike than of production motorcycles; a finding valid for both the MT03 and the MT01. The choice to release an MT-09 after announcing its "first" 3-cylinder engine from the 2000 era therefore presaged a separate machine on the market, far from a possible and umpteenth version of Fazer. No, the MT-09 does not borrow from anyone and has no possible parentage except the name and an acronym on the tank. So, a new successful model as exclusive as the 2 previous machines in the range or a thunderclap on the market? Test….
Discovery
We were expecting a very big roadster…. a real logic in a market driven by this type of machine, at least in France. The MT-09 does not meet the codes of the usual roadster, far from it.
With an oversized front fork seemingly borrowed from a giraffe, a particularly compact frame, a saddle that has two-seater only in name and an LED tail light that looks like it came from an Ice Age character and side scoops … . the model does not automatically fit into a category while still getting closer to the supermotard than to the roadster.
Even the ignition key that we go to find on the front fork, in front of the headlight, is not standard. Even the overall size hides its game well with its air of small 600 cm3 while we have a real 847 cm3.
We then admire the perfectly molded swingarm. Finally, the pot is perfectly hidden under the engine to extract itself to the side. Everything announces 115 horsepower (106 still in France for the moment) for 87.5 Nm of torque…. only ? The numbers sometimes hide a whole different reality and the test will confirm it.
The most important novelty is the all-new 3-cylinder cross-plane engine with cylinder design offset from the crankshaft that is supposed to give linear performance without compromising on the character of the latter..
Only the finish is "standard", at the Yamaha level, excellent and of quality.
In the saddle
Frame and compact engine (the engine weighs 10kg less than that of the FZ8), thin saddle on the outside are confirmed when stepped over – easily – the whole. Because once in the saddle, you have more the impression of being on a 600 than a 900. The saddle, very thin, allows the pilot of 1.70m to put both feet on the ground, despite its 815 mm height. The felt weight seems particularly light, well below even the official 171 kilos (188 kilos all full made, 191 with ABS) which already place it as less heavy than all the 600 on the market, almost even closer to a 390 than d ‘a 600.
The hands move apart to rest on a relatively wide, flat handlebars. The bust leans noticeably forward. The legs are barely folded. You will just feel the pressure of the crankcase against the calf on the right, when stopped. It almost feels like an Austrian production rather than a Japanese one. The small mirrors from a special tuning series are minimalist and offer an equally small field of vision. The kickstand retracts easily (as well as it is easily placed).
Contact
The arm extends to go and insert the key in front of the lighthouse. The fully digital counter, offset to the right, is reset: counter, bargraph tachometer, fuel gauge, clock, gear indicator engaged, totalizer, partial double-trip, mode indicator…. everything is there and is easily readable even under the sun.
The engine wakes up with a general turbine noise, already a little angry, but without the English whistle or the Italian noise. However, nothing really stifled here, on the contrary. The beast awakens in standard mode: the default mapping setting. By pressing the button on the right comodo, you go from standard to A then B, respectively, "sport" and "quiet" modes. Let’s test mode B to start ….
In the city
Rear wheel…. that’s what awaits the unsuspecting pilot who clicks first and turns the grip like he would turn the grip of a 600 Fazer. The start is brutal, violent as the revs rise instantly in the towers with a general howl. Second, third…. the response to the throttle is instantaneous, violent each time. Even the supposedly milder B-mode doesn’t change much. Or let’s say rather that in A mode everything is even more brutal.
Forget all your references to what you might call a hairy roadster: Duke, X11, Speed…. are lambs next to the MT-09. Release the right grip appreciably to set the warning, accelerate again and after noticeably crashing in front, the bike rears up to launch forward. At this level, it’s no longer just a player, it’s a permanent rodeo. It takes a little time to master the beast, to grind the exact and precise dosage of the throttle grip to be – almost – wise in town. Because the MT-09 can do it when it wants, able to pull into 6th and final gear at just 1,500 rpm and 40 km / h without flinching. There is only where you can accelerate without fear of going with a wheelie and again, so much does it happen and quickly exceeds 5,000 rpm, the rate at which the 2nd cool kiss effect occurs.
The technical sheet indicated a short gear ratio. It’s really very short. On some competing models, we change the gear ratio to have a little more gnac. Here, it is almost the opposite that should be done to restore some civility. Even the trickle of gas requires mastery and is especially possible in B, even in standard mode and almost impossible in mode A.
Besides that, the wide lever arm offered by the handlebars, the narrow width allow you to slip between all cars in all conditions without even thinking about it. On the other hand, the handlebars come to a stop quite easily and the turning radius is smaller than it seems. All with an overall light weight that makes getting out of all situations easily and quickly.
In fact, even the B mode seems too violent and should have been more castrated to offer a soft mode more suited to the city and the rain. And I’m not talking about mode A. But the MT-09 requires other spaces, as confined in the city as in a pen for castrated bovids…. especially as the heat rises, especially on the left.
Highway
The MT-09 takes off with violence on the motorway…. reaching the authorized speed limit at the switch of the first. Wind pressure was already starting to be felt around 100 km / h. At 130 km / h, it pushes even more. We hold on to the handlebars even more and the speedometer continues to rise and the pressure to build up. We are waiting for the optional windscreen, mandatory. The watts are there, as if at will, on the other hand, clearly, this is not its playground. And the bike aspires to find roads more conducive to its character than a long rough strip without interest.
Departmental
Roars…. the MT-09 returns with pleasure to the small departmental roads to really go on the attack, rearing from one turn to the next, to contract and kick again in the next turn. We do not know here who is riding who so much the motorbike drags its rider into entrenchments that seemed improbable to him before. The torso leans a little more forward to press forward and limit the rearing up with each acceleration (next turn), braking action. The response to acceleration is so immediate that without traction control, beyond wheelies, the MT-09 will satisfy you with a few rear glides, especially on a slightly wet road. It handles very well, especially since the frame ensures perfect rigidity in all circumstances. Suddenly, it even becomes terribly fun quickly, but it requires a minimum or a maximum of attention at all times. Fortunately, the Bridgestone S20 is up to the expectations of the machine and grips well in all conditions. You tighten your legs even harder around the tank and it’s off again…
Braking
With two 298 mm floating discs and 4-piston radial calipers without forgetting the 245 mm disc at the rear, the MT-09 offers braking largely up to its ambitions and character: extremely powerful but above all progressive with an excellent feeling. On a daily basis, we will use just one finger to master everything up front. At the rear, he sits the machine down well but asks not to be too crushed, especially with the possible lift-off of the front fork which is a bit soft, otherwise it will jam. In an emergency, lock securely, otherwise you will go over the handlebars and the motorcycle will stop before its rider.
Comfort
The saddle is thin and firm, but the MT-09 especially copes with the defects of the road, including in the city, thanks to a high travel and the original flexible tuned suspensions. It must also be said that we are so focused on the throttle that everything else disappears. And with a more supermot position than trail or roadster, there is little pressure on the wrists which allows you to ride for a long time without particular fatigue than the character of the machine. And for the passage…. which passenger? Thin saddle tip, lack of support handle, fairly high footrests and especially the character of the machine will soon be disgusting the duo. So comfort, yes, but exclusively for the pilot.
Convenient
There is VERY little space under the saddle, more exactly enough space to accommodate a disk unit. Access to the lock is directly under the saddle and is protected by a small cap: a guarantee of cleanliness and ease of maintenance. To transport the real lock, there will be no other solution than to place it on the saddle, under the strap. On a daily basis, it works well even if it is enough to have a little edgy driving for it to move. To be completed with a tensioner therefore.
Consumption
We pass on reserve around 200 km, 210 km in town…. The on-board computer indicates an average consumption of 5.7 liters per hundred … in cool driving and impossible to drop below 5.5 l / 100 even in maximum squeeze mode. On the other hand, it is possible to exceed 6 liters in muscular driving. With the 14 liters of the tank, the maximum autonomy is then 240 kilometers, more than enough for the dispositions of this wild horse. His character will get the better of you before anyway and will make you appreciate a break to rest..
Conclusion
Yamaha has released with the MT-09 a bomb, a qualifier closer to reality than even a wild horse that takes you with it in a daily rodeo. The machine is definitely well designed, elegant, perched high and can not leave indifferent by its exterior style and its interior character no biker. He would almost need a manual or an internship to be able to train it and appreciate all its qualities on a daily basis. Extreme, powerful, it is a machine that should not be put in all hands. Even under normal conditions, the rider rarely lives up to his performance and character. And yet, with a price just as good as its performance, it can only be a hit in terms of sales, because a well-designed machine and even more at the proposed price of only 7,799 euros (8,299 euros with ABS). You’d have to be crazy to spend more !
Strong points
- Motor
- 3 driving modes
- Braking
- Comfort
- Rate
Weak points
- Flexibility of suspensions
- Throttle grip dosage
- No keep in all hands
Datasheet
Test conditions
- Itinerary: small varied roads + highways and town
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Fortunately as always at Suzuki, the simple act of saying hello when entering the dealership allows you to get 10% off.
I hope that Suzuki France is not counting on its sales to go up the slope.
I find (in the photos) the suitcases very well integrated. This ultimately makes a set that is not too large.
After that, we will have to take a closer look in real life.
Bin let’s see…
and that’s flanby?
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Frankly, without having tried it, I find it quite well placed functionally, technically and financially .
First of all, the many fans of the Vstrom 650 will see it as a "natural" upgrade from their favorite model. banker before each departure. The sales figures and the Net show that this loyal clientele is important and remains attached to the model .
Technically, it seems to me not bad at all and especially without fuss, just what you need with what you need for security. I find the aluminum frame very successful, it is not wired like a space shuttle, the moulbif does not have to prove itself, we know it well, enough watts and room for "the duo climb with luggage ", dear to always rolls .
Still, Suzuk ‘could have made the effort to protect the low engine as standard, which I find really very exposed without a shoe, even for the road. I have a driving buddy who ate an empty and flattened can on the highway with his BM 1000, hello the bill .
Good after, it is clearly more an SUV than a pure and hard trail, a road that one does not see well crossing in the undergrowth. In a pinch, good rolling tracks with suitable protections and people, and that leaves plenty of fun .
I find it well positioned compared to the competition. Clearly, Beumeuh it’s not financially for me. The elitist side of their prices puts me away for good. The same goes for Katoche, whose aggressive marketing bothers me a bit. And no confidence in maintenance rates
Afterwards, we are technically below the CrossTourer and the 1200 XTZ, but we are approaching it. Clearly, we find ourselves in the "why not" compared to the trails of the Triumph family (large and small)
I would say equal with the Versys 1000 (good bike that I will try soon) .
Here are my first impressions of the beast that I find nice, I just have to try it.
that, obviously, if we go back thirty years, we have chances of finding this kind of thing.
That said, also thirty years ago, it was said that the Japanese – and it was true – had never been screwed to create something on their own: copy others, before "improving" the product ( in any case, to make it believe).
After having pumped – unsuccessfully – the two-cylinder Ducat ‘, here they are attacking Triumph whose 675 is a factory of sensations.
I hope it will do as with the bi: buyers will not be mistaken, and will buy the original, not the copy.
What are these trails for ?? to ride where there is no desert in France or hills huge enough to ride cushy, I do not understand ?? poor SUZUKI they are at bay that outdated motorcycles barely born
You’re surely right Tauche, that’s why we sell so few trails in France, there are almost no forums or associations dedicated to hiking, that in spring, the roads the Alps and Alsace are deserted on weekends, that in the summer, on Corsican roads, we only see carts on the road, that the Vstrom is floundering, that the GS 1200 sells very poorly …..
I still recommend that you read some roadbooks, where some trips like the green diagonal allow you to connect Dunkirk or Le Havre (top left) to Menton (bottom right) avoiding large cities and taking the cross roads. If you have no money, go on foot or by bike …..
I can advise you a few spring trips around Aubrac, Mours, Marvejols, Rodez, Laguiole with all the fields in bloom at the beginning of May. If you are afraid all alone at night in your cottage around Gevaudan, you can always go towards the Cevennes corniche, it’s a little more signposted.
And I’m not talking about the Alps, the Route Napoleon and other pretty ballads .
Turn off your TV …..
my April 2011 motorcycle at 50,000km no lessons to receive, Corsica on the road I did and a lot of the other places mentioned too, no need for his pseudo trails, about the brands, GSBMW the bourgeois of the city adore it is beheme let’s see !!, with the good flat which eats oil at all costs, not to mention the price pouaaa !!!, the vstorm does not run the streets in my corner, the low price interests some people, but if the increase ends! !. should not be upset my dear am fifty and not born from the last rain.
in addition in the summer in the south, cross roads are prohibited for information, com in a lot of places, room for hikers.
You’re right, you’re the best and the Kingdom of Heaven is yours ….
RATHER the most objective my dear, go for a walk in the mud with your cool operetta trail it’s good for the neurons
Yeah when you show the moon to the fool with a finger, the fool holds out his heart….
To come back to the subject, I like this Suzuk ‘more and more, once decently dressed by a belly pan. Seems really well placed technically and financially. It is certain that at the moment of the choice, the heart can also play .
The selfish pleasure of owning something a little upscale like GS adventure, I can understand .
It is really enjoyable. I imagine that buying a pretty Harley, a metallic midnight blue Tbird, a Goldwing, it offers the same sensations, even when driving .
But for those who favor the functional and the useful for the pleasure of travel, the Vstrom 1000 is really going to be the ideal tool. 12/13000 Euros, it stings less than let’s say 16,000 for a Teutonic starlet in working order .
Moreover, in all meanness, I hope slyly and naively, like a big c …, that attracted by the qualities of the beautiful, some confirmed Vstromists will want to quickly release their old 650 at prices say attractive. Gnnaark gnaaark …… Well maybe I’m dreaming …..
scata na fass !!! coproskilo hhahahaha
Hello,
to the first question I answer: to ride in great comfort and especially with the legs extended to the maximum. (it is the case of a lot of bikers with the bottle and of big size, it is my case)
to the second question: almost only on asphalt (that’s good, almost all the trails remain on the road voluntarily) for the nostalgic there are a few rare XT type machines to go a little way.
To the third question: you don’t understand … and I just think you need more imagination…
Otherwise Gorandiantalvic, I rather agree with your impressions, good for the first price of beauty must see
, but if the comfort is at the level of the old (and new 650) the reliability, and the engine approval of the old 1000, I think that taking into account the relative technical simplicity, the correct price and the well-developed Suzuki network, this can work.
Good roads to all
But this is only my opinion and I understand that other equally respectable bikers do not share it
it is not bad and especially light
I have been a biker since I went to school I am 43 years old and have been riding a motorcycle since the age of 14
and the best motorcycles on our Corsican roads are largely the trails for those who ride every day given the condition of our roads…
I have a v-strom and I start to fool myself with the new one….
who owns one?
— Hello you
–Aaahhhh !!!, well mouaaa, I like this ugly, even that it tickles me the ciboulot !!, only problem !! I’m only 1m71, so a little short on legs, but solutions exist.
-Before taking the 1250 Gsx Fa, I was interested in the 1000 Versys, another ugly one, that I tried with the Grandma, who appreciated it, well seated on the welcoming saddle and super flexible motorcycle on its suspensions while riding, primordial things for her, the rest her without fool as long as it rolls without confusion !!
-Things that put me off on this bike: No central stand, Tank bag of correct size we no longer see the information on the dashboard, Original luggage very ugly but that’s only my opinion !!!, by against the 1000 Vstrom would be better off, except the Riquiqui top case, but we can change it, something that I modified on the 1250.
–I had said that the 1250 would be but last motorcycle seen that I am given as objective to stop the motorcycle at 70 years old if all goes well !! Ptain !! more than 3 years, must be done fissa.
–First of all, I want to have a go with the Granny, according to our impressions and our desires, why not !! , on the other hand not new, a good opportunity that comes close could make me take the plunge !! time will tell …
–Good day
Hello everyone..
Aye .. since January 23 I ride in Vstrom 2015 (1000)
Pfiouuuuu … reading some enthusiasts above (and also some ignorant) I can not help but bring my contribution …
So: 5 months and already 10,000 km … (Raaaaaaahhhhhhhh the passes of the Alps !! ..)
I wanted this burn because it was able to remain simple, modest and humble in the face of competition which is soaring to new heights (in technique – and breakdowns that go with it – and in budget !…
She also knew how to stay light !…
Good …. I start with the flaws …. ??????? heuuuuuu … if can be this horrible pot which serves as an exhaust (replaced by a scorpion even before leaving the store (and 3.5 kg of gained ..) if we leave the chicane it is very "civilized ".. if we remove it … MAAAMAMIIIIAAAA !…
Then …. heuuuuuuuu … the look .. ouaich .. could do better … but hey, the tastes and the colors …
Then … well that’s all my little lady (well for me 58 years old and a good thirty burns all types, all kinds, all ages, all cylinders…
So, let’s move on to the box: qualities: Heuuuu … everything else! .. So light, manoeuvrable, coupleuse, flexible, comfortable, brakes of phew … road holding in low and high speed, consumption (4.04 in mini , 7.03 in maximum but an average in normal driving which is around 5.6)
The engine performance is very enjoyable (past 6000 km not rev / min. It is fully expressed, before it was a little shy now IT’S BALL !!
The controls: clutch of great smoothness, the gearbox has started to be broken in and a little more flexible also around 6000 km and when we understand the operation of the right handle which serves as an accelerator, I manage to resume very smooth (but then really smooth) at 1500 revs on the lower gears (2000 on the intermediate and higher … it is STRICTLY NO use to try to seek more power beyond 8000 revolutions !
A very very very good burn !..
A dead rear tire at 8000 km (100 zoros at dafy includes) the front is also to change (10,000) a very good grip with the original assembly !
In short, you will have understood it … like the Versys 1000 which puts the patee in two piss fire 7000 euros more expensive than it of which I would not mention the sources, the Vstrom from suz а, the same political, the same qualities !!..
Okay, I’ll leave you .. well yes, I live in the south …
Be careful, blunder the stains of oil and chippings and also the tasks that we lay picture boxes on all the stretches !!..
Bob
think to do and say for the motorcycle !!!! before you swarm for bullshit !!! everyone rides with their means and thinks as they want !
I am 62 years old in HD and I like strom although I have never tried it (regret), not long ago I was in Guzzi Calif 1100 that I also regret! me, I love all motorcycles !!! and instead of criticizing one, the other give an opinion that advances !!
excuse the lesson!