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yamaha mt-07 tracer

  • Model Yamaha MT-07 Tracer tidak hadir dalam rangkaian Hong Leong Yamaha Motor.
  • Adakah kita akan menyaksikan model ini dilancarkan sewaktu Persidangan Pengedar Yamaha pada hujung bulan ini?
  • Atau adakah kita akan menyaksikan kehadiran motosikal MT-09 Tracer GT?

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  • The Yamaha MT-07 Tracer is missing from Hong Leong Yamaha Motor’s lineup.

  • Could we see the model launched during the Yamaha Dealer Conference at the end of this month?

  • Or might we see the MT-09 Tracer GT, instead?

There is model which is currently missing from Hong Leong Yamaha Motor’s big bike repertoire – the MT-07 Tracer.

It’s near the end of January, which is time for another HLYM Annual Dealer Conference. The conference has always been held at Genting Highlands and welcomes Yamaha dealers from around Malaysia. Therefore, it’s the best opportunity to launch new models.

Yamaha MT-07 Tracer

However, the MT-07 Tracer (or Tracer 700 in other countries) is nowhere to be seen in Malaysia ever since its debut in 2016.

On the other hand, The MT-09 Tracer is the sport-touring version of the MT-09 naked sportbike. In order to fulfill that role, it is equipped with a top fairing with dual headlamps, tall windshield, handguards and a flatter passenger seat.

2019 Yamaha MT-07 Tracer

Therefore, Yamaha gives the MT-07 Tracer the same treatment as its bigger cousin. As in top fairing with dual headlights, tall windshield, handguards and a flatter passenger seat.

The MT-07 is renowned for its low-down and midrange torque, ease of handling and low seat height. As such, it provides a great base for the sport-touring version.

2019 Yamaha MT-07

However, there are other version to both Tracers called the MT-09 Tracer GT and MT-07 Tracer GT, respectively. These variants include colour-matched side bags (panniers), besides larger and adjustable windscreens.

2019 Yamaha MT-07 Tracer GT

Could we see the Mt-07 Tracer or both GTs at Genting? Watch this space!

2019 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer GT

  • Pusingan MotoGP Malaysia 2017 baru-baru ini telah menyaksikan Hong Leong Yamaha Motor (HLYM) membuat sebuah pratonton motosikal Yamaha YZF-R6.
  • Terletak di dalam astaka gergasi di kawasan Mall Area dalam Litar Antarabangsa Sepang, motosikal R6 yang terbaru itu telah diletakkan bersebelahan dengan motosikal Yamaha YZF-R1S.
  • Motosikal Yamaha SCR950, XSR700, MT-03, dan MT-07 Tracer 2017 juga turut diperagakan bagi menghiburkan dan mengujakan para pengunjung.

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The recent 2017 Malaysian MotoGP round saw Hong Leong Yamaha Motor (HLYM) previewing the 2017 Yamaha YZF-R6.

Located within their giant pavilion in the Mall Area of Sepang International Circuit, the new R6 was placed right next to the Yamaha YZF-R1S.

The 2017 Yamaha SCR950, XSR700, MT-03 and MT-07 Tracer were also present to entertain and amaze the crowd.

During the recent Shell Malaysia MotoGP round held at the Sepang International Circuit, there were many activities going on from the moment you park your vehicles until you get back to them way after the races have ended. As you enter the Welcome Area, you’re welcomed with many booths, activities and so much more as you proceed to the Mall Area. (more…)

Back in March of 2016, we ran a report that Yamaha had officially ruled out any hope of there ever being a touring version of the MT-10. Back then, our report and those circulating the grapevine said that any chance of there ever being a MT-10 Tracer was quashed when Yamaha introduced an option touring pack that included “a tall Tracer-like windscreen plus luggages, which should complement the MT-10’s standard-equipped electronic cruise control feature.”

Well, tides and markets are constantly changing – and now there are new reports around the net suggesting that a mysterious new trademark has revealed that a Yamaha “Tracer GT” is supposedly on its way to global markets.

Yamaha has never spoken of a “Tracer GT”, so there is a chance that it could be one of two things – a more extensive touring kit for existing Tracer models with panniers and taller screens perhaps?

Or it could just be the highly anticipated MT-10 Tracer? Why not actually? There is already the MT-07 Tracer as well as the MT-09 Tracer (above), so a MT-10 Tracer would fit right in? Right? Well, on the flip side, maybe not.

The MT-10 is based on the manic R1, so putting on a screen and slapping on panniers would in effect, as some online reports suggest, create a R1 Tourer.

But before we completely rule it out, consider for a second that BMW created touring version of the S1000RR superbike and called it the S1000XR and almost immediately the bike was selling better than the RR in some markets. And Ducati almost single-handedly created the Sports Touring segment with the Multistrada 1200S, so there is an established market for it already and Yamaha knows that.

The Japanese company has previously offered a MT-10 Tourer Edition early 2017. The touring MT-10, shown in the photos above and below, featured soft panniers, a pannier frame, touring screen, GPS bracket, hand guards and a comfort seat.

Having already tested the market with the Tourer Edition, it would come as no surprise then should a MT-10 Tracer appear. At this year’s EICMA perhaps?

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