It's hard to remember the last time a new Yamaha product has provoked such excitement. In fact, it is hard to remember anything since the 2009 'cross-plane crank' R1 that was much more than a facelift ...

Luke started working as a Freelance Writer for HotCars in 2020. After three years, he moved to a more permanent role with the TopSpeed motorcycle content team as a Journalist. Before Yamaha developed ...

The new Yamaha MT-09 is referred to as a naked bike versus a sport bike due to certain design characteristics, such as the absence of motorcycle fairings. Instead of hiding the engine behind fairings ...

Yamaha’s big bikes have had a strange relationship with the Indian market. After all, this Japanese manufacturer was the first company to officially import big bikes to India back in 2007 with the R1, ...

The Yamaha MT-09 is arguably one of the most aggressive street naked motorcycles in the sub-1000cc segment. The bike is always eager to hoist its front wheel straight up, making the MT-09 the perfect ...

The Yamaha MT-09 Hybrid is still being tested, with the final product launch still a while away Yamaha took the wraps off its second hybrid two-wheeler, the MT-09 SPHEV (Series-Parallel Hybrid ...

Just when you thought there were no more potential variants for the MT-09 family, Yamaha go and roll out a three-wheeled version at the Tokyo Motor Show. Dubbed with the catchy moniker ‘LMW-MWT-9’, it ...

TJ started writing for TopSpeed in 2015, but has been writing on motorcycle and automotive topics since 2009 for outlets such as eHow, eHowNow, and MotorTrend subsidiaries. He is certified to work on ...

Instead of names, many manufacturers use numbers and a slew of abbreviations, so it's understandable if you're a bit confused after looking at all those names on a list and deciding which bike is ...

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