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What happens when you blend an exciting CP3 triple<br />
900cc engine with a comfortable chassis and ply it with<br />
top of the line electronics? You get the new Yamaha<br />
Tracer 9.<br />
The Tracer has always been the more sensible, practical<br />
member of the MT family. The GT moniker includes a certain<br />
amount of sophistication. This year’s rendition is no different...<br />
The other day while we were at the World Of Yamaha store,<br />
we noticed a sports tourer lurking on a trailer outside the<br />
workshop. We thought it was an old Tracer, but as we chatted<br />
and walked closer, we noticed that it was significantly<br />
different. Turns out that it was Yamaha’s latest version of this<br />
model and it was on its way for Homologation …<br />
Thusly we were not yet allowed to take it for a spin.<br />
We bided our time and bombed the poor guys from Yamaha<br />
with emails and WhatsApp’s until it was sorted and they let us<br />
loose on the bike while it still had a mere 350 odd KM’s on the<br />
clock. The only one in SA so far and they entrusted our lot with<br />
it. Nine of them, Huh?!<br />
The Sports tourer segment is not massive in SA, but there are<br />
some really lekker bikes around. It’s a segment that makes<br />
sense - all given away in the name, sports performance with<br />
comfortable touring attributes. Straight off the top, this one<br />
ticks those boxes. It’s quick and nimble like a sports bike, but<br />
soft and comfortable, much like an adventure machine.<br />
We spent a full two days zooting all around JHB, long<br />
freeways, twisty back roads, solo and with a pillion and before<br />
we forget ... The Junior members of this bike mag generally<br />
get chucked on to the back of all the bikes that make their way<br />
to our offices.
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