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Moto Tak Cukup Laju? Yamaha MT-10 Turbo 230bhp Cukup?

Kadangkala kita mendengar perkara seperti, “Moto saya tak cukup power,” diikuti dengan, “Apa yang perlu saya lakukan?” Antara caranya ialah dengan memasukkan kit piston besar, sesondol yang lebih agresif, penyuntik bahanapi yang lebih besar, menukar ekzos stended ke yang mengalir bebas, memasang ECU. Tetapi itu bosan, bukan? Tetapi satu kaedah yang agak tidak dipandang hari ini ialah dengan memasang kit turbo, seperti Yamaha MT-10 turbo ini.

Enjin MT-10 yang stended sudahpun menghasilkan 158 hp. Mari kita lihat apa yang dilakukan oleh Purpose Built Motor yang berpangkalan di Australia ke atas motosikal ini.

Mereka bermula dengan memasang kit turbo dengan tekanan 7 psi pada enjin stended MT-10 yang mempunyai nisbah mampatan 12:1. Tetapi seperti yang dikatakan oleh pengacara, mereka mendapati tanda-tanda kerosakan akibat kepanasan dan tekanan yang terlalu tinggi apabila mereka membukan enjin. Kenapa? Nisbah mampatan 12:1 adalah terlalu tinggi untuk menggunakan pengecas turbo! Jadi pada akhirnya, mereka mengurangkan nisbah mampatan kepada 9.5:1 dengan menggunakan piston dan conrod CP-Carillo agar engjin dapat ketahanan yang lebih tinggi.

Mereka juga meminta seorang pakar untuk membuat intercooler bagi menyejukkan udara yang dimampat oleh pengecas sebelum ia memasuki enjin. Ini menghasilkan dua faedah: Caj yang lebih sejuk (campuran bahan api/udara) lebih tumpat dan mengandungi lebih banyak molekul oksigen untuk pembakaran yang lebih sempurna; dan, mengelakkan enjin daripada menjadi terlampau panas. Terdapat dua kipas, satu besar dan satu lagi lebih kecil, di belakang intercooler itu yang boleh dihidupkan atau dimatikan oleh penunggang apabila dia memerlukannya.

Bercakap tentang oksigen, penyaluran udara dari kotak udara tidak akan mencukupi, apa lagi paip ke turbo, bengkel itu memasang pengambilan udara dengan penapis DNA betul-betul di atas pemampat turbo. Ia terletak di bawah penunggang, di antara lengan hayun dan bahagian bawah tempat duduk belakang.

Sistem ekzos sudah tentu dibuat khas, dengan injap buangan gas turbo (wastegate) dipasang secara luaran. Paip ekzos utama membawa gas ekzos dari pengecas turbo kepada penyenyap bunyi, satu lagi paip yang lebih pendek adalah untuk injap turbo.

Purpose Built Motor juga memasang lengan ayun yang lebih panjang untuk mengurangkan risiko tayar depan terangkat ketika pecutan kuat!

Apa yang pencapaian semua ini? Ujian dyno menunjukkan 230 bhp dengan tekanan turbo pada 10 psi. Er… itu apabila penyenyap ekzos dipasang. Ia mencecah 260 bhp apabila mereka mengeluarkan penyenyap di dalam ekzos. Dan ingat, hampir semua pengeluar mencetak nombor kuasa enjin (hp) mereka dengan membuat dyno pada aci engkol dan bukan pada roda belakang. Oleh itu, kuasa enjin MT-10 ini berada antara 260 hingga 290 hp jika dicetak pada brosur!

Jadi, cukup berkuasa untuk anda tak, tuan?

Bike isn’t Powerful Enough? How About a 230bhp Turbocharged Yamaha MT-10?

We sometimes hear things like “My bike isn’t powerful enough,” followed by, “What should I do?” Dropping in a big bore piston kit, hot cams, bigger injectors, dumping the stock exhaust for a free-flowing unit, plugging in a racing ECU are some of the ways. But that is kind of meh, is it not? But one method that is now pretty much overlooked these days is a turbo kit, like this turbocharged Yamaha MT-10.

The stock MT-10 is already doing a healthy 158 hp. Let us see what the guys at Australia based Purpose Built Motor did to this one.

They began by bolting a turbo kit to a stock MT-10 engine which has a 12:1 compression ratio, with 7 psi of boost pressure. But as the host said, they found signs of overheating and undue stress on the pistons when they pulled the engine apart. Why? One simply does not run a turbo with 12:1 compression ratio! So in the end, they scaled it back to 9.5:1 by using a CP-Carillo pistons and conrods for better reliability.

They also asked a specialist to fabricate an custom intercooler to cool the boosted air down before it enters the engine. This creates two benefits: A cooler charge (fuel/air mixture) is denser and contains more oxygen molecules; and, keeps the engine from overheating. There are two fans, one large and the other smaller, behind that intercooler which the rider can switch on or off when he needs it.

Speaking of oxygen, ducting air from the airbox will not be enough, what more the plumbing to the turbo, so the guys installed an intake with a DNA filter right above the turbo’s compressor. It sits underneath the rider, between the swingarm and the rear seat’s underside.

The exhaust system is of course customized, with the turbo’s wastegate fitted externally. The main exhaust pipes lead from the turbo’s impeller to a silencer, while another shorter pipe is for the wastegate to dump overpressured gas.

Purpose Built Motor also installed a longer swingarm to keep the front end down, rather than having the turbocharged Yamaha MT-10 wheelie over backwards!

What does all this achieve? Dyno tests showed 230 bhp, running on 10 psi turbo boost pressure. Er… that was with the exhaust silencer’s baffles installed. It hit 260 bhp when they removed the baffles. And remember, virtually all manufacturers print their horsepower numbers by dyno’ing their engines at the crankshaft output shaft without the transmission, so this MT-10’s power output should be betwen 260 to 290 hp if printed on a brochure!

So, fast enough for you, sir?

Ini Rupa Sebenar Yamaha MT-10 2022 Akan Datang?

Baru-baru ini Yamaha dikhabarkan bakal memperkenalkan MT-10 generasi terbaru yang akan dinaik taraf dengan reka bentuk dan ciri terbaru bagi tahun 2022.

Bagaimanapun, dalam perkembangan terbaru, terdapat sebuah foto telah bocor di ruang internet yang didakwa sebagai Yamaha MT-10 2022 yang bakal dilancarkan.

Meskipun tiada pengesahan setakat ini namun berdasarkan gambar tersebut jelas naik taraf utama dijalankan terarah di bahagian enjin tatkala tidak banyak perubahan dilaksanakan pada bahagian rekaan keseluruhan jentera.

Selain daripada enjin yang dijangka mencapai standard Euro5, model tersebut turut memaparkan konfigurasi ekzos berbeza.

Berdasarkan pandangan kasar, tidak banyak penambahbaikan dilakukan namun dijangkakan Yamaha bakal menaik taraf aspek elektronik MT-10 memasuki tahun 2022.

Apa yang pasti, Yamaha bakal mengemas kini model MT-10 setelah MT-07 dan MT-09 serba baharu telah pun dilancarkan hujung tahun lalu.

Ini Rekaan Baharu Yamaha MT-10 2021?

Pelaksanaan Euro 5 menyaksikan Yamaha memperkenalkan MT-07 dan MT-09 serba baharu bagi 2021.

Namun, pengeluar motosikal Jepun itu masih kunci mulut mengenai model yang berkongsi platform YZF-R1, MT-10.

Yamaha MT-10 masih belum menjalani perubahan rekaan sejak 2016 dengan hanya beberapa kemas kini dilaksanakan selepas itu.

Bagaimanapun, menyaksikan reka bentuk MT-07 dan MT-09 dirombak secara keseluruhan maka bukan satu kejutan jika MT-10 bakal diolah bagi 2021.

Moto.it berkongsi imej ‘render’ yang membayangkan rekaan baharu bagi MT-10 2021 yang jelas memaparkan penggunaan lampu ala ‘Gundam’ serta bentuk tangki seperti yang ditawarkan MT-09.

Meskipun sekadar imej render namun Yamaha tidak perlu melaksanakan rombakan besar terhadap bahagian enjin tatkala YZF-R1 2020 telah pun mematuhi piawaian Euro 5 sekaligus hanya perlu ‘memindahkan’ platform tersebut ke MT-10 untuk tahun depan.

Yamaha MT-10 Tracer: Cap Dagang Baru Mengesahkan Kewujudan Si Buas Ini?

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Yamaha MT-10 Tracer: New trademark confirms this beast exists?

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?

Yamaha MT-10 ‘Tracer’ ruled out

No plans for ‘Tracer’ touring version of the Yamaha MT-10 streetfighter. (more…)

Stunting new Yamaha MT-07 Moto Cage ‘Night Fluo’ edition

Stunt-inspired Yamaha MT-07 Moto Cage ‘Night Fluo’ edition unveiled in the UK. (more…)

Yamaha MT-10 specifications revealed (+ video)

Yamaha MT-10 specifications officially released with glitzy promotional video. (more…)

EICMA 2015: Yamaha MT-10 debuts

Having already set a milestone with its all-new 2015 YZF-R1, Japanese powerhouse Yamaha have opted surprise everyone by debuting the superbike’s naked offshoot during EICMA 2015.

Meet the all-new Yamaha MT-10 super-naked. Essentially, this is the budget-friendly Yamaha R1S superbike as we know it reborn as a streetfighter.

As far as its design goes, the work is rather controversial to say the least with Yamaha fans being divided over it. Nevertheless, we can’t argue at the fact that it looks rather sharp and quite futuristic, more akin to some of Yamaha’s radical concepts instead of a full-blown production bike.

More importantly, the MT-10’s arrival signals Yamaha entry into the competitive super-naked segment, and sees the brand completing its range of offerings to cover a wide spectrum of buyers. Yamaha has been absent in the high performance naked bike segment since perhaps the Fazer 1000 model.

Being based on the venerable R1 superbike, the MT-10 shares the same 998cc CP4 crossplane in-line four-cylinder from its fully-faired sibling, albeit detuned ‘slightly’ with just 165hp and roughly 101.6Nm of torque. Complementing the powertrain are features such as a three-level traction control feature, a slipper clutch, as well as a cruise control function.

The chassis is also derived from the R1S, with the MT-10 also retaining the same suspension set and swingarm assembly. And, minus the Bosch IMU, much of the R1S’s electronics package is also retained here in the MT-10. Other notable highlights include a full LCD dash, 320mm twin floating front discs with quad-piston radial calipers combined with a single 220mm rear disc with a sliding calipers, as well as ABS.

Clearly, Yamaha has got the BMW S1000R naked in its target crosshairs, explaining the standard equipped cruise control. This being based on the budget R1S, we can also expect this MT-10 to carry a lower pricing from the flagship R1 as well. There is no doubt though that the MT-10 now sits at the top of the brand’s MT naked model range.