Yamaha has hinted that this is the future of MT-09 and there ’ s plenty of changes for the MT range ’ s styling direction , with both the us to drool over . current generation MT-09 and MT-10 getting

The 2021 MT-09 , which is due on New Zealand

sideways looks with their headlight design .

shores in March with an as yet to be finalised

Yamaha ’ s CP3 three-cylinder motor has

price , sees massive changes across the board

grown in capacity , now closer to the 900cc

including a big injection of technology

hinted at with the MT-09 name , now boasting

including a TFT display , rider aids , larger

889cc of capacity and a boosted 117hp backed

capacity engine , less weight and a new overall

by 92.8Nm of torque .

visual design .

While the power and torque figures are both

While the bike has further evolved its styling ,

up over the outgoing model , the way the MTnow

featuring a new single LED headlight up

09 delivers its power has also changed with

front rather than the twin lights of old . The

peak torque arriving a full 1500rpm earlier for

new LED headlight assembly features a single

even more mid-range shove .

central bifunctional projector headlight with

Previous iterations of the MT-09 have been

multiple LEDs that provide a broad , powerful

criticised for a slightly lively chassis , so Yamaha

beam with soft edges for both low and high

went back to the drawing board for the 2021

beam settings .

model with an all-new frame and sub-frame .

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