With its European counterpart, the 2014 Yamaha MT-09 dropping earlier today, America

[Admin]

With its European counterpart, the 2014 Yamaha MT-09 dropping earlier today, America too will be getting a 847cc three-cylinder naked bike for the 2014 model year, the 2014 Yamaha FZ-09. Replacing the Yamaha FZ8 in the Japanese company’s line-up, the FZ-09 is the first motorcycle from the tuning fork brand to sport the Yamaha’s new line of three-cylinder engines.
The Yamaha FZ-09 comes about as the MIC is reporting its second-consecutive year of growth in the 751+cc sport bike segment, as well as increase in commuter riding over short-distance sport riding.
With those trends in mind, Yamaha has punched out the displacement on its middleweight naked bike, and focused on giving riders a comfortable, yet stout, motorcycle. Priced at $7,990 MSRP, we think Yamaha hit the nail pretty much on the head with this one.
Perhaps our only real complaint about the new triple is that we don’t love the looks of the 2014 Yamaha FZ-09, but we don’t hate them either. And with only a couple aftermarket bolt-ons, the FZ-09 could really be a lot of things to a lot of riders, and look down right gorgeous.
On a more practical note, the new Yamaha FZ-09 sits the rider more upright than the Yamaha FZ8, which means that the FZ-09 will be more comfortable on longer trips, and its 414 lbs wet weight should be appealing as well — that’s a 53 lbs weight reduction over the FZ8′s wet weight figure — booyah!

Continue Reading @ ashphaltandrubber

 

[strata12123]

The 53 lbs reduction just sounds superb! It just made the model even better than the previous ones. It will definitely make the difference in performance and speed.