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RIDE REVIEW I 2025 YAMAHA YZF-R9
All this is altered by the five-inch TFT dash that
also gives you access to the Yamaha app in which
you can really delve into the data, such as throttle
position, track mapping, and where and when
certain systems were activated.
Seeing as our ride was almost entirely in the
pissing down rain, traction control was registered
on the higher side than what I would normally
use, but the electronic intervention is so smooth
these days. Gone are the days when these
systems were a hindrance, their effectiveness
being proven by the fact that no one crashed on a
day in which the Yamaha execs would have been
more than happy if only one bike went down.
Compared to the MT-09-derived engine, the R9's
Deltabox chassis is a bespoke unit. The name of
the game here was increased stiffness for racetrack
potential compared to the flexi-frame of the MT-09.
Yamaha engineers gave the R9 16 percent
greater lateral stiffness, 18 percent more
torsional and 37 percent more longitudinal
stiffness, plus a 2.1° steeper rake angle at 22.6°.
The R9's chassis
balance is superb,
which was emphasized
by how easy it was to
ride in the wet.
