2014 Yamaha MT-09 Street Tracker

The Street Tracker is, claim Yamaha, “a scrambler-inspired bike that is equipped with a range of special high quality components. Built for riders who are searching for more emotion and individuality, the MT-09 Street Tracker offers a cool and sophisticated new look.”

Born out of a mix of influences from the Japanese factory, and the firm’s Italian design and development arm, the Tracker gets a unique matt finish to the frame and bodywork, a short carbon front fender with aluminium stays, and there's also a new aluminium front number board that adds to the image and gifts the rider a little upper body wind protection, too. The new side boards are also aluminium, as is the purposeful billet handlebar brace.

A two-tone seat, comprising a brown leather top section with black Alcantara-look sides, nestles into the new knee grips adorning the matt grey fuel tank, and the rider gets wider footrests to plant their off-road styled street boots on.

Also unique to the new version is the totally black frame, while the 850cc triple is also treated in a matt black finish, topped off with a bronze coloured cylinder head, further complimented by dark bronze wheels and a gold coloured inverted fork.

For more noise and go, there’s an Akrapovic exhaust system available as an optional extra, which exits to the right side of the bike's stubby tail.

Highlights

• Dirt tracker/street scrambler looks
• Aluminium front number plate
• Short carbon front fender with aluminium stays
• Aluminium side number plates
• Slim and flat two-tone brown/black seat
• Knee pads and matt paint for the tank
• Wide footpegs
• Billet handlebar tensioner
• Matt black frame, matt bronze wheels
• Hi-level Akrapovic exhaust available as an accessory