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New Old This one got two thumbs up as having one of the most comfortable pillion seats around. What’s new: Now in its third generation, Yamaha’s middleweight sport-tourer, now called the Tracer 9 GT, is new from the ground up. It has a larger, more powerful engine, a new frame, and a state-of-the-art electronics package that includes semi-active suspension. Any bike that comes billed as a Gran Turismo has some pretty high expectations to meet. Changes are apparent right out of the gate in the newly-designed front fender. This year there’s all-around LED lighting that ensures two-way visibility through smaller dual headlights and new cornering headlights. A revised, adjustable, rally-style windscreen comes well vented to reduce the dreaded head-buffet effect to a minimum. Aesthetic revisions continue into the stylish handguards. The unique twin 3.5-inch multi-function split TFT displays are interesting. The left one features Key running information like the a multi-coloured bar-type tachometer. As the revs increase, the colour changes. It’s quite lekker! There is also a digital speedometer, fuel gauge, gear position and TCS mode indicator. The left screen can be switched to the TCS mode and setting display, enabling the rider to select the desired intervention mode for the electronic rider aids. The right screen is split into four separate sections, each one displaying a range of information such as odometer, tripmeters 1 & 2, temperature and more. The Tracer 9 GT shares lots of stuff found in the naked MT09 SP and that’s a bike we really loved, so we were really curious to see what Yamaha had done to this one. This bikes Deltabox chassis comes straight from the MT-09 as do the lighter 10-spoke Spin-Forged wheels and an engine rotated almost 5 degrees more upright in the frame. Yamaha has given the Tracer a new longer 64mm aluminium swingarm that still keeps the bike’s wheelbase at 1500mm. The Tracer’s new rear subframe is significantly beefier than before. The max load weight, (rider/pillion/luggage combined), goes up to 193kg. It also allows for the use of panniers and top box at the same time, where the old model was only spec’d for one or the other. Brakes are the same as the MT-09, with radial four-pot calipers up front matched to a radial master cylinder pinched from the R1 Superbike, and a simple two-pot caliper at the rear.
Was: R144 950 INCL. VAT Now: R124 950 INCL. VAT Was: R179 950 INCL. VAT Now: R159 950 INCL. VAT Was: R94 950 INCL. VAT Now: R84 950 INCL. VAT There are many different types of commuting, ranging from city streets to stretches of superslab. And we've got the ultimate commuter bike for you. www.yamaha.co.za · +27 11 259 7600 · Facebook: Yamaha Southern Africa · Instagram: @yamahasouthafrica
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