Yamaha MT-09. The natural competition?

[Grindle]

I have bought one today, purely to improve, mend, move on and make some wedge, but i was wondering, what is the bike's natural competition? Nothing really springs to mind. It's a 2015 bike so from the same era would it be the Triumph Street Triple 675? Or something like a Honda CBR1000? It's a tidy compact bike i will say that and goes pretty well, too.

[Cylon2007]

The Street Triple is the most obvious competitor, similar power output, triple engine, similar size - 675 versions. The later 765 is slightly more powerful and has better suspension and brakes but still direct competition.

[trickywoo]

Z800 and GSX S750 (bit newer) also.

[ozzuk]

Nothing compares to the Mt-09. The competition is so poor I believe prices will go up massively for these bikes



okay so I have a 2018 model so maybe I'm biased. It is great except for small fuel tank.

[Jazoli]

The street triple is nowhere near as powerful though, peak power figures may be similar but the MT09 feels an awful lot quicker to ride than a 675.

Was going to say CB1000R or Z750/900, most group tests of the time pitched them against the 675's and 600's like the hornet, I don't think they had any other broadly comparable rivals at the time of launch.

[YouWhat]

KTM 790 is in the same class I would say

[CRC25]

Z800/Z900
GSXS750/GSXS1000/Katana
CB1000r
790 Duke
Aprilia Shiver 750/900
MV Agusta Brutale 800
Other MT09 based (XSR9,Tracer 9)

From my understanding, the MT09 has a good engine, poor suspension, build quality tends to be good but not as good as triumph, when new it costs approx £8k, after 5 years its worth approx 4-5k, as you can tell i;ve been looking at getting something in the same bracket!

[Wombat3]

CRC25 said:

Z800/Z900
GSXS750/GSXS1000/Katana
CB1000r
790 Duke
Aprilia Shiver 750/900
MV Agusta Brutale 800
Other MT09 based (XSR9,Tracer 9)

From my understanding, the MT09 has a good engine, poor suspension, build quality tends to be good but not as good as triumph, when new it costs approx £8k, after 5 years its worth approx 4-5k, as you can tell i;ve been looking at getting something in the same bracket!

MT-09 Tracers are very good things, we ran a couple as hire bikes. Put around 20K on both of them & they were reliable. Seats & screens not great though. 24K service is the big/expensive one. Build quality OK for the money. Like all Yamahas, they last OK if you keep them clean.

We now run a Tracer 900 which is definitely better (seat/screen are better, swingarm is a bit longer, bars a bit narrower & you can add an MT-10 quick shifter to it). As you say, the weak point is the suspension on either - that's where you would spend the money first. Use Givi luggage rather than Yamaha if you want that.

Tiger 800 is not quite there in the same "hooligan" bracket but a good machine none the less. New Tiger 900 might be more of a handful as might be the new BMW F900 XR, but lots more money obviously.

One out of left field for something of similar age to the MT-09 Tracer might be a Tiger sport 1050. Heavier, but a very good thing. Triumphs are much more expensive to service though.