VOLUME 58 ISSUE 40 OCTOBER 5, 2021 P79
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amaha has a lot to be proud of
with the three-cylinder MT motor
they built nearly a decade ago. It's
gone on to power three different ma-
chines in Yamaha's lineup (perhaps four,
if rumors of the MT-09 sportbike ever
come true), and has morphed from a
bratty, snatchy little thing to one of lovely
refinement, offering pretty much all the
torque you'd ever need and then some.
This motor has sat between the frame
spars of Yamaha's FJ/Tracer 900 range
since these sport touring machines came
onto the scene in 2015. It's been largely
the same power unit, although the bike it-
self has gone through two name changes
and now a third in the 2022 Tracer 9 GT.
Like the name, it's all changed on the
Tracer front for next year. This is the first
ground-up refresh of the model since
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK I PHOTOGRAPHY BY RAY GAUGER
