Yamaha MT01

**Cajun** · 3rd May 2005, 22:04

Okay i took this bike for a quick spin on sunday avo

First thing you notice is the huge engine, in a small frame, and its unqiue styleing, some people love it other hates it, personally i find it pretty nice looking.

Thumb the started and you are greeted with a nice loud sound out of the stock exhusts(amzed these go thru the sound nazi's)

I was very dispointed with the 1670cc engine over all 90ish hp, with 150nm of torque, so the specs read, i don't know where they got that reading from, giving the bike a nice big handful in 2nd(5 speed box), and i waited and waited, with the amount of torque on tape you would expect a nice kick in the pants or simlar, but i have felt better pulling power out of vtr which only has 95ish nm of torque. Saw close to twice the legal speed limit controled closed roads

Handleing felt pretty good, not sportsbike area, pretty nimble none the less, it handled it 240kg(dry weight) pretty well, didn't feel high.

Seat height felt high, with a widish seat, it will not suit the small folk.
This bike is selling for $25000 or so i have heard, it is not on yamaha, nz aussie, or us site, but is on the yamaha europe site, with a wide range of yamaha extras you can buy for it.

Over all i give this bike a 6.5/10(motor feeling lack of torque really let it down)

**idb** · 4th May 2005, 00:59

Your experience reads very similarly to a magazine review I read a few weeks ago Cajun.
Interesting bike, reasonably agile, but seemed to run out of puff pretty early.
Overall performance rather disappointing.

**StoneChucker** · 4th May 2005, 18:21

Hence the name... "Empty One"

**Zapf** · 4th May 2005, 19:22

ermm... sell my 750 and get a super duke!

**Biff** · 16th May 2005, 11:57

A lovely looking bike though. Shame it has no guts.

**Fart** · 16th May 2005, 14:44

Will the MT01 be a good bike for around town? I am thinking of getting a bike to get around places and my current cbr600rr for weekends.

**James Deuce** · 16th May 2005, 14:47

Originally Posted by Fart

Will the MT01 be a good bike for around town? I am thinking of getting a bike to get around places and my current cbr600rr for weekends.

I reckon!

Sounds like my ideal garage. MT-01, R6, Road Warrior.

**Eurodave** · 16th May 2005, 15:16

Sounds to me like a mufflergutectomy , K&N filter & a chip ala Buell would help liberate a bit more stomp, this thing should be able to pull treestumps with that amount of ccs & potential torque. Should be heaps of fun to ride then,short shifting to surf that big phat torque curve!! I LOVE BIG V-TWINS!!!