2023 MT Colors

[balkor2]

13 hours ago, crakerjac said:

Not sure about colors... but looks like the 2023 gets a new TFT display....

Where did you find this information?

 

[Subito]

Yamaha UK website:

https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/gb/en/products/motorcycles/hyper-naked/mt-07-2023/

[balkor2]

Just now, Subito said:

Yamaha UK website:

https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/gb/en/products/motorcycles/hyper-naked/mt-07-2023/

Thank You!

[robbo10]

And 15mm wider bars. It seems colours not yet àvailable. 

Edited October 27, 2022 by robbo10

[MADDOG94]

Thanks for posting that UK site.  I guess we can deduce from that, the colors remain the same.  2023 will continue Cyan Storm, Blue or Black.  You can see the 360 degree view of the 2023 Cyan Storm with the new dash display.

Edited October 27, 2022 by MADDOG94

[Subito]

10 hours ago, robbo10 said:

And 15mm wider bars. It seems colours not yet àvailable. 

I’m skeptical about that change, I have a feeling an ad copywriter got confused and just rephrased the spec from the 2020-2021 bike, which featured “a new tapered handlebar that is 32mm wider and 19mm taller.”

[sweetscience]

The TFT dash is a good upgrade.  Butt, they must step up their game to compete with the new honda 750 hornet and whatever suzuki comes out with.  Hoping suzuki brings a middle weight 270* crank to level the playing field, lol.

If Yamaha wants to keep their competitive edge, they should upgrade/improve: paint on the swingarm and wheels, which are very shoddy (worst I've seen out of the Big 4 companies).  Upside down forks with adjustability or SP version, haha.  Adjustable levers, purge all rubber mounts on the rearsets and shifting linkages, which contribute to sloppy and missed shifts.  Smaller profile rear wheel and tire.  Smaller chain size.  Add slipper clutch.  The gearing is OK but a tad longer could be beneficial for commuters.  There's more that I can come up with, though price needs to be low.  These changes will  enhance the performance and quality of the bike.  Yeah, big overhaul, but it is really needed at this time.

YAMAHA LISTEN!

Pardon, had to vent because Yamaha had 9 years to fix these problems.   

[robbo10]

I doubt all that will happen. And Suzuki?  Some hope.

[shinyribs]

I never have cared which way forks point, as long as they damp well. Slipper clutch , I guess, sounds cool to say...I still don't understand why anyone would want one outside of a cruiser or touring bike where a sloppy downshift might upset a fussy pillion. 

 

The new Hornet looks very promising at a glance, but we haven't ridden it yet. The 90 hp sounds great, but it's still a similarity sized engine to the 07. Experience and four stroke engine physics suggest that it will be a revvy engine that doesn't have the down low gut punch that makes so many love the CP2. 'Im very anxious to test the new Hornet, but outshining an 07 is gonna be a tough row to hoe.

 

Suzuki? Do they still even make stuff? I remember they made a neat V twin back last century that they rehashed for decades, around about the same time they were buying bikes from Kawi and hanging Suzuki emblems on them. Yeah, I doubt Yamaha is worried about Suzuki as of this moment. 

[sansnombre]

I've had many bikes in my life, and my favorite was my 07. After mods, it pulled like a tractor at low revs - super impressive. When I was younger, revving to get to the power was a thrill, but less so now. In town, if I can strongly pull out of a corner at 2500-3000, I will be impressed. 

This is the exact opposite of my current ride, a Husky Svartpilen. I can see a day when I return to an FZ07 or 09.

[balkor2]

On 10/30/2022 at 6:09 AM, shinyribs said:

Suzuki? Do they still even make stuff? I remember they made a neat V twin back last century that they rehashed for decades, around about the same time they were buying bikes from Kawi and hanging Suzuki emblems on them.

I had no idea they are\were doing that.

In the car world, Chrysler was buying Mitsubishi

  

But didn't know Bikes did the same. I Guess it makes sense

 

[shinyribs]

14 hours ago, balkor2 said:

I had no idea they are\were doing that.

In the car world, Chrysler was buying Mitsubishi

  

But didn't know Bikes did the same. I Guess it makes sense

 

Kawi and Suzuki shared models, mostly offroad stuff, but a few cruiser bikes. Kawi 's Mean Streak muscle bike was rebadged as a Suzuki Marauder.  Kawi sold a rebadged version of the DRZ400 called KLX400. My Dad's Kawasaki KXF 400 quad uses the DRZ400 engine. And I tell you what...if you want a DRZ to run good, go steal the top end and ignition from the Kawasaki quad. It's quite peppy compared to the much lighter Suzuki motorcycle  Suzuki was selling engines to Arctic Cat for decades. The word was Arctic Cat was using Suzuki engines only, but in the early 00's I had a Suzuki King Quad and I couldn't tell any differences between it and my buddy's Arctic Cat. It left me with the impression that Suzuki was making the engines and Arctic Cat was building everything else, but I can't verify that. 

It all felt cheap to me. Like those brands had no pride in their products or innovations. It might be wrong of me, but it solidified Honda and Yamaha as the premium Japanese brands to me and I haven't had much interest in keeping up with Kawasaki and Suzuki afterwards. 

[balkor2]

Most interesting.

So then Motorcycle companies do the same thing as the Automotive car industry then.

[shinyribs]

To my knowledge that has only happened with Kawasaki and Suzuki, other than the BSA Rocket 3 and Triumph Trident being sister models. BSA was Triumphs parent company at the same, so it was more of a GMC/ Chevrolet type situation vs one company just not even trying to develop something worth selling. 

Back in the '60's (?) Harley bought half of Aermacchi and started selling little two stroke street and dirt bikes, but they never hid it. They called them Harley Davidson Aermacchi's. 

Im pretty convinced that Benelli was ripping off early SOHC CB750 tech. Unless Honda was selling the tech, but that seems highly unlikely at the time given that Honda was experiencing a really great success with those bikes after struggling for a while. Benelli engines of the era are crazy similar to the early CB engines. 

The only modern day example I can think of is KTM and CFMoto joint venture, and KTM ( or more precisely Perrier Mobility) owning the brands of KTM, Husqvarna, Husaberg and GasGas. But that's a whole other conversation and I've already derailed this thread too much already. 

My apologies to @MADDOG94

Edited November 2, 2022 by shinyribs

[MADDOG94]

Just now, shinyribs said:

To my knowledge that has only happened with Kawasaki and Suzuki, other than the BSA Rocket 3 and Triumph Trident being sister models. BSA was Triumphs parent company at the same, so it was more of a GMC/ Chevrolet type situation vs one company just not even trying to develop something worth selling. 

Back in the '60's (?) Harley bought half of Aermacchi and started selling little two stroke street and dirt bikes, but they never hid it. They called them Harley Davidson Aermacchi's. 

Im pretty convinced that Benelli was ripping off early SOHC CB750 tech. Unless Honda was selling the tech, but that seems highly unlikely at the time given that Honda was experiencing a really great success with those bikes after struggling for a while. Benelli engines of the era are crazy similar to the early CB engines. 

The only modern day example I can think of is KTM and CFMoto joint venture, and KTM ( or more precisely Perrier Mobility) owning the brands of KTM, Husqvarna, Husaberg and GasGas. But that's a whole other conversation and I've already derailed this thread too much already. 

My apologies to @MADDOG94 ">

Yeah, man we definitely strayed so far from the topic, but I find this information interesting nonetheless!  I'm into all sorts of things, not just bikes.  I have a quad and I've owned SxS, dirt bikes and DS too!

[MADDOG94]

Yamaha FINALLY updated their website to reflect what we recently figured out.