YAMAHA MT-10 SP

Highlights

User-friendly electronics

Monster wheelies

Quirky looks

111Nm of torque

210kg (kerb)

158bhp

6 BRAKING Poor ABS

8 STABILITY Decent, but bulky

7 AGILITY Satisfactory

9 DRIVE Plenty of oomph

10 FUN Wheelie good fun

The MT-10 SP is a bike that I am more familiar with than most, thanks to my having one as a long-termer last year. They say familiarity breeds contempt, don’t they? Well it doesn’t in the case of the MT; what a bike it proved to be last year. Like all things MT, the MT-10 is a seriously cool cat. In fact in the MT world it’s the biggest, fastest cat going. Like a Siberian tiger crossed with a cheetah… with a bit of Top Cat thrown in for good measure. But it was always going to be, thanks to that