Naked Attraction YAMAHA MT-09 SP
he MT-09 that Yamaha pulled out of the bag back in 2013 arguably saved the brand from extinction. Eight years on, with hundreds of thousands of sales to its name, the time had come to repay that debt to this naughty naked with a ground-up evolution. Of course, there are other reasons for the MT’s redesign, with a core factor being the introduction of Euro5. Unfortunately, no matter how successful a bike is, no machine is safe from the ball-ache of legislation, but Yamaha saw this forced factor as an opportunity to take the MT back to the drawing board and make it bigger, better and even more of a head-case. Aside from the odd nut and bolt, everything about this bike is new, with the salient component, the engine, benefiting massively from this box-fresh REV-olution. To offer more of a buzz up top, the much-loved CP3 motor has been given a longer stroke and an enlarged capacity. The result of which means a 4bhp gain up at the limiter end, and even more torque down low. In fact, the spread of power on tap is not simply greater throughout the rev range, but more linear and, thanks to anew ride-by-wire throttle and enhanced fuelling,
