Yamaha MT10 – The new bike
I changed bikes a few weeks ago. I traded my much loved Triumph Tiger Sport 1050 for a Yamaha MT-10.
Last year I let my 16yo self interview me regarding the Tiger – it went about as well as you would imagine. So I thought it would be fun to do it again with the new bike.
16yos: ugly bike dude, what the hell is that ?
It is a Yamaha MT-10 .
16yos: I mean, what the hell is it ?
Technically it is called a Hyper or Super-Naked. It is something close to a Yamaha R1 with less plastic, less top-end rush and way more mid-range oomph. Think of it as a 1000cc sports bike that is road relevant.
16yos: So it is a streetfightered R1 – do you crash it, or is it supposed to be that ugly ?
It actually comes like that, it is much more comfortable than an R1, faster on real roads. Trust me on this, it is way more road-relevent than an R1, much more comfortable and it makes more sense at reasonably legal speeds.
16yos: How fast is it ?