MT07 Tracer / Tracer 700

[Rogue_Shadow]

Surprised no one has mentioned this one yet.
Admitted I've been waiting patiently for more news about the MT07 Tracer since I saw how successful the standard 07 was.
So I'm bias and no one else seems to give a

Will update with reviews when available

Releasing in July

https://www.cycleworld.com/sites/cycleworld.com/files/styles/large_1x_/public/images/2016/04/2017-mt07-tracer-first-look-image-18-3a.jpg?itok=LAAfmRUE

https://www.motoplanete.com/yamaha/zoom-700px/Yamaha-MT-07-700-Tracer-2016-700px.jpg

https://www.monsieurvintage.com/photos/2016/04/yamaha-tracer-700-UNE-595x456.jpg

[wristjob]

what makes this better than the run of the mill mt07?
or a 10 year old tdm?

[techathy]

[Rogerborg]

Decent enough and it makes the V-Strom and Versys - which are also tarmac tourers/commuters, not "Adventure" bikes - look about £500 overpriced.

17 litre tank would be nice and the seat looks comfier (although 30mm higher ), but unless I was planning to really do a lot of touring or pillion-taking, I reckon I'd just go for the MT-07 ABS, add an aftermarket touring screen, and spend the £450 savings on fuel.

It's nice to have the choice though, and Suzuki and Kawasaki must be pretty right now. I'd expect the V-Strom and Versys to drop in sticker price to match it, if they want to keep selling any.

[UPDATE] - roflcopter - Suzuki have just raised the price of the basic V-Strom 650 to a full £7K. Right, good luck with that.
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[Piercee100]

That look's so much better than the standard MT07... Why do they put the ignition barrel in such an odd place? Fugly as hell. I guess it's so they can sell you a bikini fairing later on. In the flesh, that front headlight made it look like it suffered with Downs syndrome and a hunchback!

Was looking at the weekend and Kinda fell in love with the CB650f parked next to it and even the new SV650 parked along side that was prettier (white with blue wheels really suits). What I found odd is both the SV650 and the MT07 have that massive radiator and the cap clearly exposed on one side- sticks out on the SV. Where I live that would either get nicked or a screwdriver through the rad.
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[c-m]

It's a weird one. I like it, but as a two up tourer I'd want more than 70bhp even if it is at the rear wheel. Hell as a solo tourer on tarmac I'd want more than that.

Not knocking it though. At £6,300 it's very well priced, and I'd go for it in a heartbeat over a v-strom. Less said about the SV650 the better. It's one of the blandest bikes I've ever ridden. Thik the Bros 400 was match.

What I' waiting for is the rumoured XTZ700 based around the same engine.

[DrSnoosnoo]

*Sperg mode activated*

I like how the downpipes are shaped around and away from the oil filter. I bet you could do an oil and filter change on that in about 5 minutes!!


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[Matt B]

[techathy]

[wristjob]

[Snowdonia Rider]

Yeah Yamaha do seem to have kept this one quiet compared to the fuss they've made about the rest of the MT lineup. I only realised there was a 700 Tracer last week when I was looking at Yamaha new stock from Millennium in St. Helens.
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[Yorkshire Geek]

That's rather nice, want!

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[kaintxu]

I´m seriously considering this bike.

Insurance companies are asking me for a ripoff, 2000 pounds, due to it being in an underground residential private car park instead of garage. So instead of the Tracer 900 I wanted I might go for this as it is cheaper.

[stevo as b4]

I'm not really one of you people that gets wet pants over a pumped up semi adventure bike style exercise on a decent middle weight bike, but then I don't like cross over cars or anything that crosses boundaries between exact styles or purposes either.

I don't get how a taller bike with more weight and less aerodynamics, yet with the same horse power is better to ride? It therefore must be an image thing, and I don't buy bikes on image really.

Oh and someone said that it's a 70bhp bike at the back wheel, and yet Yamaha claim 74bhp at the crankshaft. Someone could be lying about numbers, or perhaps people are mistaken? Because I bet my last breath it's not both!

To OP I'd take a versays 650 if it's cheaper, and it's the original and pure design, not an attempt to go a notch higher whilst copying the rivals DNA.

[Rogerborg]

[DrSnoosnoo]

[stevo as b4]

Yeah ER6 in a dress or more like a set of hiking boots and cargo pants, but the fact remains it is and was the first 650cc middle weight roadster to be made into a mini wannabe R1200GS. That's why I like it more, and I do prefer the looks to the Yam too, it's more minimalist looking I'd say.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

It's a meh from me. Will need better suspension/springs as soon as it leaves the dealer. Good if you really want to try the Charlie/Ewan thing but can't stretch to a R1200GS, or they're too big for you.
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[Rogue_Shadow]

Still no reviews with my local dealer having No idea when they are receiving stock

[stevo as b4]

You might have successfully picked a few holes in my argument, and reminded me I'm forgetting alot of shit like another BCF'er does frequently.

But the biggun R1200GS now runs 17'' tubeless wheels does it not? The versays is the first mini me bike running the same size rims?

V-strom has different front and rear wheel sizes, and there's no advantage to that as it's a bit fat and crap hence being easily forgotten. You did say it was SV650 based.

The KLE is a better mini adventure bike, and probably the first small twin example, please don't say TDR250 as it's beyond shit off road.

But the KLE never had a 17'' wheels version with sporty road tyres like the BMW, or the Triumph tiger 1050.

[Rogue_Shadow]

[Matt B]

Very positive review and, as said by the reviewer, a lot of bike for the money Sounds like it would suit those roads down in Cornishland.

Only negative for me, that would really have made it desirable, is the lack of a USD fork up front.
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[ScaredyCat]

£6300.. that's not a bad price at all. USD forks would have been nice, but it would have pushed the cost up, and the MT-09 Tracer is only £8149 - 1800 quid difference.
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