RIDE REVIEW I 2024 YAMAHA TRACER 9 GT+
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Yamaha says it wasn't look-
ing to replace the GT by making
the GT+ faster or sportier but to
instead bump up the GT's "level
of capability and comfort sig-
nificantly." And how did Yamaha
attempt to do that? By upgrad-
ing the GT's electronics suite, so
much so that Yamaha gave it a
new name.
Plus, What?
What is the difference between
the GT and GT+? Just from the
looks of things, not much. It car-
ries over the same 890cc CP3
Transverse inline-triple engine,
cast aluminum frame and semi-
active suspension as the previous
model. Bodywork hasn't changed,
nor have the panniers. Instead,
the GT+ is all about technology
and its heavily upgraded electron-
ics suite. The previous GT was
already loaded with electronics;
now it has even more, and what it
already had has been refined.
But the biggest news is the
new Adaptive Cruise Control
(ACC) and radar-linked Unified
Brake System (UBS), a first for
Yamaha. ACC automatically con
-
trols cruising speed, decelera-
tion and acceleration to match
the vehicle's speed in front of
you to maintain a constant fol-
lowing distance based on four
adjustable presets. ACC couldn't
happen without Yamaha's new
Millimeter Wave Radar (MWR)
unit, housed inconspicuously in
the GT's nose between its two
small headlights.
The GT utilizes data from the
MWR and its six-axis Inertial
Measurement Unit (IMU) to as
-
sist your braking input when the
distance to the vehicle in front
closes to a certain level while
simultaneously adjusting front/
rear braking bias and front/rear
suspension damping force. If a
car ahead is determined to be
too close for the given brake
pressure, the system assists
by adding more braking force.
Yamaha has given us four follow
-
ing distances to choose from—a
minimum of one second and a
maximum of two seconds. The
The 2024 Yamaha Tracer 9
GT+ features mostly upgraded
electronics, including radar.
