Yamaha India launched the MT01 motivated
by the government’s announcement for permitting to import bikes with
capacity bigger than 800 cc. Yamaha got the 1670 cc MT01 that has the
potential of giving a torque that could go up to 150.3 Nm at 3750 rpm.
Now where are you? Off? Settle down. Power or looks? You can’t say which
is the attractive point of the new Yamaha MT-01. It contents the heart with its truly macho looks.
Indeed I find Yamaha MT01 as a bike that
has a combination of style, power and comfort and it seemed to be as a
bike worth waiting. You can go bonkers over the bike while riding on the
highway with full release of the throttle. Let me be honest, it is the
utmost reality for majority bike lovers. While bike lovers awaited for
the bike with bated breath, competitors waited with skepticism to see
how Yamaha MT-01 will look like and it is sure going to be love at first
sight for anyone.
Looks: Yamaha MT01 is
not a bike but an aggressively designed and styled rocket (c’mon to have
a 1700cc engine packaged in a bike is not all that joke), but Yamaha
could unleash a grunt close to 2k and it scares one and all with its
looks and grunts equalling a beast on the road. The bike seems to be
massive and heavy but CF die-cast technology offers less weight to the
bike and makes it easy to manoeuvre the beast. Although looks wise its
big enough to appeal, it’s indeed narrow enough to cut through the
traffic without too much of a hassle.
What catches everyone’s immediate
attention, is the two big exhausts that resemble like cannons or rocket
launchers almost extending up to the end of the rear seat. The headlight
is designed in the traditional way but it is a multi-reflector
51/55-watt headlight that is quite powerful. The dash panel is stylish
with 3D effect analogue tachometer.
The bike features radial tyres that are
tubeless and has 4 spoke lightweight mag wheels. The digital speedometer
shows in well-lit panel. The bike has disc brakes and twin exhaust
pipes are slung upward that makes them look like rocket launchers. The
MT 01 also features 43 mm inverted forks, low-slung rear shock,
radial-mounted callipers and shows off aluminium sport-derived chassis
with a truss swing arm similar to the R1.
Control and Comfort: The
MT01 runs on a V-twin 1670cc engine and is powered with air-cooling
technology and the engine gives a torque that is no less than mind
blowing. The engine generates a maximum power of 66.3 kW, 90 bhp @ 4,750
rpm. The bike has a tall-ratio gearbox to get the maximum output. It
also features digital fuel injection system and sports a TCI ignition.
The seats of MT01 are very comfortable that does not strain you on long
drives and the bike has powerful rear and front suspension. In spite of
an over powered V twin engine the Yamaha MT01 can boast of a smooth
clutch and switching gears is easier. At normal speed level the bike
tends to vibrate but will zoom quite smoothly once accelerated.
Yamaha MT01 feels like a sports bike
with almost a blowing effect of the back-blast when given full throttle.
The bike is all-engine vehicle and the testimony is the thunderous
torque. The five-brake system is more than sufficient and overtaking is
amazingly effortless. Performance wise, you get what you expect from a V
twin 1670cc engine. Initial couple of kilometres will look challenging
but then it takes you off to a road of pleasure if you get used to the
astonishingly loud noise it makes.
The MT 01 is priced at whopping 10.5
lakhs and is available in three colours: Lava Red, Competition White and
Midnight Black. The overall performance of the Yamaha MT01
keeps up to the expectations of a powerful engine and will be one of
the dream come true bikes of a bike enthusiast. The bike is very
comfortable and is appealing in terms of aesthetics’ too. It might have
been exuberantly priced but the owner won’t repent one bit. Even if the
bike sports the conventional pipes the bike maintains to look the best.
Yamaha MT01 for sure is a head turner so go lay your hands if you get an
opportunity to test drive it, and if you are one rich jerk and can
afford an MT01: Man! I envy you a lot.
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