I rode the R1 and it’s an overkill on the road whereas the R7 felt a bit under power for advanced riders. I believe the R9 will be perfect on the streets.
R9 vs. GSXR-750? Suzuki still makes the 750 right? 😅 I'm really interested and want to ride a MT-09, the more I hear about them from owners the better they sound... I keep forgetting that my local dealers actually let people test ride them (but not 1000-R's, but yes for the Z-H2? Kinda weird imo) I think the MT-09 might be the only potential "Unicorn" or, "perfect" street bike that's on the table for me- I want something light, naked/ upright, and fast with gobs of torque, but dropping $20K+ for a Super Duke, Speed Triple, or Z-H2 is just not happening any time soon. So I guess MT-09 might be my best, and only, bet?
Wonder why Yamaha didn’t consult the YT peanut gallery when engineering the R9? Everyone here seems to have high level degrees in physics and moto design. They could have saved so much money 😅
@@TheOriginalJadolphbut they really are. Lol. For streetbikes it's obviously just for the looks. Would you really be able to hit speeds and lean angles - in the STREETS - required to make use of the aero effects these offer?
@@bbt0101 in my location yes. But I do understand not everywhere has curvy backroads that allow you to do so. They are designed with the power platform in mind so they arent going to design them to only be functional at top speed. They are mainly for cornering. Typically you slow down when cornering so my guess is they are optimized for 80-130mph.
People who think the R9 is a replacement for the R1 are the same smooth brains that thought the R7 was a replacement for the R6.... It's the same stupidity over again
So basically when your on the track the pit crew has a tablet or whatever that pairs to your bike thru an app. And they can basically text you messages while your riding. You know. ..to basically give you pointers and advice on the fly while your riding. The messages show on the dash.
If you don’t like it don’t buy it. Looks like a nice bike, fits perfectly between the r7 and r1. As for the winglets these bikes need to be manufactured and sold so that Yamaha’s racing teams can use them. So yeah they’re not gonna be much use on the road but they’re for their racers not road riders
@@MeiZ125 they have to produce and sell a certain number of the bike for it to be eligible to enter race series. Like how when they released the new r1 with winglets now they use it in wsbk
The power with the new gearing will probably beat a r6 in a line, but at least to me it won't replace the r6. I don't think that the motor gets talked about as much as it should anymore. I loved how the power came on at 11k and screamed to the moon. It was super predictable and easy to manage in the corners. One of the things I had a problem with at first with my current bike (R1) is that it almost has too much TQ when leaning over in the canyons.
Like I wrote last year when nobody believed me when I said there is an R9 coming out in / around 2025, I just wished really hard that Yamaha would not put the clip-ons so low down at the side of the tank like they had on their R6, R1 and also the R7. These bikes just have a riding position that does not rhyme well with the street and weekend rides for hours with friends. This bike is still more set up for track than the street, even though it has passenger pegs yes =) , the riding triangel is far to extreme, those clipons on the R9 looks exactly like how low the clip-ons was on my friends Ducati Panigale 959 that he sold again after riding it for a week. He did not want to ride it more out in the street than 60 min then home again because he got cramp and pain in his back So that was my biggest concern when I first heard about Yamaha buying up the patent and stuff for the R9 model/bike name a couple of years back, that they were going to build this bike more like a track-bike than a sportbike for the street =( I could never own or even fit on a bike like that without getting cramps in legs and so on. Why Yamaha did not make the riding position more like Aprilia RS660 or Ducati Supersport 950S where you are still sporty but more comfortable, you can be outside riding for a whole day on those bikes without any real issues, that would have made the R9 a much better street-bike and then many could have it as their only bike. Now it is almost like riding around on a R6 on the road position-wise which most people stopped doing when naked bikes / sporty street-bikes almost took over supersports completely on the road =) Try test--riding a Ducati Supersport 950S or Aprilia RS 660 if you have not already, I can promise you after one hour on those and the R9, which of those bikes you would prefer riding around the rest of the day on.
@@auntjanet2346 thanks for the tip, I never thought of that before. No I will be going with something like the Ducati Supersport S, very comfy yet still sporty and I like the sportstyled motorcyles a lot
@@auntjanet2346 Ducati did it better with the new V2, with bars above the top triple clamp and a fairing design that also accommodates optional lower clip-ons.
An MT-09 with a fairing & winglets. Ok, if that is what someone wants, good for them. I prefer a high revving inline 4 cylinder. They just sound & feel amazing once the cat comes off & ECU is flashed💯🔥✔️💪🏾
Love it. Wings and all. It is functional but only at top speed. But it adds to the look. Who needs bikes? But we all ride them. Who needs wings? Not the average rider but we want them.
I really hope either Yamaha or the aftermarket makes a set of fairings that get rid of those stupid winglets. Zero reason to have them outside of closed course racing. If that happens I will probably end up getting one.
Winglets can help with stability at highway speeds if done right 👍 allows you to make a lighter bike with a pointy front end that's still confident in the high speed/ windy scenarios
Downforce is the reason. It’s crazy that multiple bike manufacturers engineering and R&D departments must be pissing away time and money for no reason at all! Good thing all these YT professors know better!
I can hear the disgusting sound coming out of it when people are revving it just to flex how awful the sound is. Like gargling Listerine or something, and the spit as icing on the cake 🤭
@adiohead they need it for emissions, plus it's literally the most popular modification people do to their bikes, so why would yamaha waste valuable resources on it outside of passing emissions and volume testing?
that exhaust has always looked so strange and uncool. im sure theres good reason for it - design, weight, emissions, etc. But i hope owners go aftermarket immediately!
You might be new to motorcycles. Name a motorcycle brand on planet earth that's not using a powerplant in multiple models. When you're through with that thought, consider an automotive brand that is not using a powerplant in multiple models. All four of your laughing heads. And your god.
This fad of winglets needs to stop. None of these bikes require winglets with the exception of the one percent who write them in MotoGP. Especially a bike as relatively slow and underpowered as this one. All this does is illustrate the human syndrome of ADD and needing something new into different.
@@High_Octane it is...why would you need an R9 when R1 basically is the dope of yamaha!!! Id go straight for R1 why waste my money on this junk!!! and yes the winglets is stupid its just form no function.
@@ReyZata1 Oh I dunno... Double the cost is something someone might look at, Maybe the R1 being tool to get around a race track and being a track orientated machine that makes a outright terrible street bike could possibly be another. Things like that, I own a 2024 Hayabusa and would take a R9 before a R1. I've ridden R1's. I really hate them. Peaky uncomfortable overpriced machines is what i got off thinking about them. But hey, If brochure numbers or internet points matter to you (which is the only reason I got a busa obviously, not comfort reliability and making a good street bike or being able to take a passenger on a life changing pull) than a R1 could be a good fit, or of course your a seasoned rider than can utilize a R1 around a track and not really care about street riding.
I like the look of the bike! Only that hole under the tank 😖 one thing is for sure it will sound bad same as the mt09 no matter what exhaust you put on it simply it sounds bad !
So you have no idea what you're talking about then. They were targeting the space left vacant by the r6 (which had 117hp), this bike has 117hp with room to grow, and almost as much torque as an r1
I rode the R1 and it’s an overkill on the road whereas the R7 felt a bit under power for advanced riders. I believe the R9 will be perfect on the streets.
Exactly, the CP3 is the unicorn sweet spot imo. I love my MT10 but sometimes even that is too much for the lower speed roads.
@@ganuvien mt09 is faster than the mt10 in any way that really matters.
@@qwerty-dm8gr Yeah the weight difference is pretty noticeable too going from an XSR900 to a MT10, the MT10 corners kinda weird too.
@@qwerty-dm8grabsolut bs… mt10 is way more stable and has way more grunt and power and is just more grown up
R9 vs. GSXR-750? Suzuki still makes the 750 right? 😅
I'm really interested and want to ride a MT-09, the more I hear about them from owners the better they sound...
I keep forgetting that my local dealers actually let people test ride them (but not 1000-R's, but yes for the Z-H2? Kinda weird imo) I think the MT-09 might be the only potential "Unicorn" or, "perfect" street bike that's on the table for me- I want something light, naked/ upright, and fast with gobs of torque, but dropping $20K+ for a Super Duke, Speed Triple, or Z-H2 is just not happening any time soon. So I guess MT-09 might be my best, and only, bet?
Wonder why Yamaha didn’t consult the YT peanut gallery when engineering the R9? Everyone here seems to have high level degrees in physics and moto design. They could have saved so much money 😅
YT professors say winglets r dumb 😂
@@TheOriginalJadolphbut they really are. Lol. For streetbikes it's obviously just for the looks. Would you really be able to hit speeds and lean angles - in the STREETS - required to make use of the aero effects these offer?
@@bbt0101 in my location yes. But I do understand not everywhere has curvy backroads that allow you to do so. They are designed with the power platform in mind so they arent going to design them to only be functional at top speed. They are mainly for cornering. Typically you slow down when cornering so my guess is they are optimized for 80-130mph.
@@bbt0101 the whole sports bike category of bikes are just for looks then by your logic, there is no practicality in riding sports bike on the street
I can count to potato.
If you observe carefully the wheels of the R9 it resembles the old R1 😍🔥
People who think the R9 is a replacement for the R1 are the same smooth brains that thought the R7 was a replacement for the R6.... It's the same stupidity over again
Nobody thinks that, if anything they believe it’s replacing the R6.
I want to know about the pitboard notification feature on the dash and how it works. Seems like a cool feature
So basically when your on the track the pit crew has a tablet or whatever that pairs to your bike thru an app. And they can basically text you messages while your riding. You know. ..to basically give you pointers and advice on the fly while your riding. The messages show on the dash.
The 2025 R1 winglets is insane looking!!
And totally a useless trend because it started in MotoGP and street/track bikes really don't benefit under 150 mph.
Bigger wings might make Barkbusters.
If you don’t like it don’t buy it. Looks like a nice bike, fits perfectly between the r7 and r1. As for the winglets these bikes need to be manufactured and sold so that Yamaha’s racing teams can use them. So yeah they’re not gonna be much use on the road but they’re for their racers not road riders
“They’re for racers not road riders” meanwhile they’re gonna be sold in motorcycle shops for consumers to ride on the road like every other bike. 😂
@@MeiZ125 they have to produce and sell a certain number of the bike for it to be eligible to enter race series. Like how when they released the new r1 with winglets now they use it in wsbk
Finally. That engine has lots of potential
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The power with the new gearing will probably beat a r6 in a line, but at least to me it won't replace the r6. I don't think that the motor gets talked about as much as it should anymore. I loved how the power came on at 11k and screamed to the moon. It was super predictable and easy to manage in the corners. One of the things I had a problem with at first with my current bike (R1) is that it almost has too much TQ when leaning over in the canyons.
why is it EVERY video I've seen of the R9 no one is showing what it looks like from behind, like the full bike from behind,
It's the reliable, more grunty version of an MV Agusta F3R.
Like I wrote last year when nobody believed me when I said there is an R9 coming out in / around 2025, I just wished really hard that Yamaha would not put the clip-ons so low down at the side of the tank like they had on their R6, R1 and also the R7. These bikes just have a riding position that does not rhyme well with the street and weekend rides for hours with friends.
This bike is still more set up for track than the street, even though it has passenger pegs yes =) , the riding triangel is far to extreme, those clipons on the R9 looks exactly like how low the clip-ons was on my friends Ducati Panigale 959 that he sold again after riding it for a week. He did not want to ride it more out in the street than 60 min then home again because he got cramp and pain in his back
So that was my biggest concern when I first heard about Yamaha buying up the patent and stuff for the R9 model/bike name a couple of years back, that they were going to build this bike more like a track-bike than a sportbike for the street =( I could never own or even fit on a bike like that without getting cramps in legs and so on.
Why Yamaha did not make the riding position more like Aprilia RS660 or Ducati Supersport 950S where you are still sporty but more comfortable, you can be outside riding for a whole day on those bikes without any real issues, that would have made the R9 a much better street-bike and then many could have it as their only bike. Now it is almost like riding around on a R6 on the road position-wise which most people stopped doing when naked bikes / sporty street-bikes almost took over supersports completely on the road =)
Try test--riding a Ducati Supersport 950S or Aprilia RS 660 if you have not already, I can promise you after one hour on those and the R9, which of those bikes you would prefer riding around the rest of the day on.
Get an mt09/xsr900/tracer if you want to ride around all day. Stop crying, this bike isn't for you.
@@auntjanet2346 thanks for the tip, I never thought of that before. No I will be going with something like the Ducati Supersport S, very comfy yet still sporty and I like the sportstyled motorcyles a lot
You and your friends should exercise. Sounds like a weak back and core muscles are your problem and not the bikes, I know thats tough to hear lol
I don’t want to sit straight up.
@@auntjanet2346 Ducati did it better with the new V2, with bars above the top triple clamp and a fairing design that also accommodates optional lower clip-ons.
An MT-09 with a fairing & winglets. Ok, if that is what someone wants, good for them. I prefer a high revving inline 4 cylinder. They just sound & feel amazing once the cat comes off & ECU is flashed💯🔥✔️💪🏾
already big fan of this bike. only need exhaust swap and done
Love it. Wings and all. It is functional but only at top speed. But it adds to the look. Who needs bikes? But we all ride them. Who needs wings? Not the average rider but we want them.
I want that R9 it has everything i need its a R6 on steroids 💪
I really hope either Yamaha or the aftermarket makes a set of fairings that get rid of those stupid winglets. Zero reason to have them outside of closed course racing. If that happens I will probably end up getting one.
Cry about it old man
Winglets can help with stability at highway speeds if done right 👍 allows you to make a lighter bike with a pointy front end that's still confident in the high speed/ windy scenarios
The CP3 is a wheelie monster, it needs downforce 🤣, even those corny aftermarket wings for the MT09 do actually help.
Downforce is the reason. It’s crazy that multiple bike manufacturers engineering and R&D departments must be pissing away time and money for no reason at all! Good thing all these YT professors know better!
They came from MotoGP. Under 150 mph you wouldn't even notice differences.
That exhaust is disgusting
🫳🎤
😅🤭😂🤣
I can hear the disgusting sound coming out of it when people are revving it just to flex how awful the sound is. Like gargling Listerine or something, and the spit as icing on the cake 🤭
It looks heavy too could prob shave alot of the original weight on paper by switching it out
Totally true
I'd really love to see a Tenere 900 to finish the CP3 lineup......
Please comment the seat position
Why did they switch to odd numbers?
emissions. triple and twin are much better for the emissions
@@kiddo8597 what do you mean by this ?
@@jetta.josh4exhaust fumes
Odd like the 1 in R1 ??
Or R3 ? R7 ?
It’s looks like a 2008 R6 Modernized looks cool to me 😊
Doesn’t like the headlights style old style was 🔥
It looks good but what the hell is with the huge gap above the engine..
Cook a pizza in there.
I am planning to put a down payment to reserve one of these hot toys.
Yamaha has had years to finish the bike and yet it looks incomplete and rushed together… For example look at that exhaust!! 🤢
The exhaust is in that place for mass centralisation.
@@ewganhoff The original 2016 XSR900 exhaust looks better. They made it look like a metal bucket.
@adiohead they need it for emissions, plus it's literally the most popular modification people do to their bikes, so why would yamaha waste valuable resources on it outside of passing emissions and volume testing?
Who keeps a stock exhaust on a sport bike anyways 😂 pick a better dislike
Ugly they should have make it more similar to the r1 look wise
we have not been waiting for it. It has always been here.
Any r9M in pipe? 😅
NC29 - S/M1000RR - YZF R9....... Welcome to the unique LCG twin-tube chassis..
If it's price under 13 lakh in india i will buy it on day one
put the yamaha r1 r6 next to it you can find out how cheap is r9's design.
Any word on a 2025 super Tenere?
Please start reviewing moto guzzi also!
Not close with R1😢
They can keep it...
Swing arm is too small for superbikes. 😢 looks so thin at the back.
So the mt-09 with fairings and clipons
nope
I guess you missed the part about a unique frame, swingarm, brakes, and suspension. The engine is changed as well, yamaha hasnt released the details.
@@devonnobles1083most likely very similar to XSR900 GP which the seating is more aggressive posture compared to xsr900/mt09
Listen to the video. For real this time.
Rpms need to go up
that exhaust has always looked so strange and uncool. im sure theres good reason for it - design, weight, emissions, etc. But i hope owners go aftermarket immediately!
Who is this for?
Who are you?
3-legged pizza eating aliens.
reques for yamaha r3 2025
I can get over the exhaust but that front wing needs to go
the rims looks so old
R3 PLEASE..
Is the sound when you would put aftermarket exhaust on it sounding like the r7 or r1?
Like an mt09. Its that motor
@@forgot2wipe that sux. I hate that sound. Sounds like an R6 then. I’ll stick with the R1 or R7 then
Sounds better than either imo
@@LSB44446 not to me. I like the deep roar of the R1 and R 7
@LSB44446 i wish it didn't wind/whistle so much. But that's a 3 cylinder lol
10,500 RPM? my rs660 goes higher than that wtf! I hope there will be a way to turn it into at least 12500.
What is the point? Why is max revs so important to you?
@@ewganhoff power band?
And why does your RS660 go higher than that? Because it's gutless in the mid range.... while the R9 goes shooting away from you.
the gap is bigger than my future
How could anyone love the looks of that carryover exhaust system (from the MT-09) when it's so visible? Yuck!
Not gonna lie I’m not a big fan of the new R9 and R1 look they just look weird? I think the new R3 looks the best out of all of them.
Cruise control? QS? You repeated the same thing over and over with no new info🤔
It has cruise control
Thank you, sir, much appreciated.
@@aldoroman3931 yessir
@@aldoroman3931 it also has a QS
Nice!
@Yamaha Just put the R6 in the bag bro.
The price is a bit much
It doesn't look good, especially the exhaust and the ugly winglets.
how about the hole under the tank? this bike is fugly!
r3 pliss
The new cbr6000r looks better.
blah blah blah
my God, these people are selling you the same bike in 5 different ways MT09 xsr900 tracer 900 xsr 900GP now this 😂😂😂😂
Same engine = same bike? Is every vehicle with an aluminum LS engine a Corvette?
You might be new to motorcycles.
Name a motorcycle brand on planet earth that's not using a powerplant in multiple models.
When you're through with that thought, consider an automotive brand that is not using a powerplant in multiple models. All four of your laughing heads. And your god.
@@exothermal.sprocket 😂😂😂😂 you sound like Kamala Harris what are you trying to say? common sense is not always common.
@@richardbruney You look like Kamala, unable to write without the excessive use of icons.
This fad of winglets needs to stop. None of these bikes require winglets with the exception of the one percent who write them in MotoGP. Especially a bike as relatively slow and underpowered as this one. All this does is illustrate the human syndrome of ADD and needing something new into different.
so 100 plus horsepower is underpowered now? jeez.
@@High_Octane it is...why would you need an R9 when R1 basically is the dope of yamaha!!! Id go straight for R1 why waste my money on this junk!!! and yes the winglets is stupid its just form no function.
@@ReyZata1 Oh I dunno... Double the cost is something someone might look at, Maybe the R1 being tool to get around a race track and being a track orientated machine that makes a outright terrible street bike could possibly be another. Things like that, I own a 2024 Hayabusa and would take a R9 before a R1. I've ridden R1's. I really hate them. Peaky uncomfortable overpriced machines is what i got off thinking about them. But hey, If brochure numbers or internet points matter to you (which is the only reason I got a busa obviously, not comfort reliability and making a good street bike or being able to take a passenger on a life changing pull) than a R1 could be a good fit, or of course your a seasoned rider than can utilize a R1 around a track and not really care about street riding.
almost 120hp is underpower? did you hear yourself?
@@High_Octaneit has 117 hp not 100, thats a lot. 2008 gsxr 750 had 123 hp. Its no joke.
TOP SPEED?!?!?!🤔
250mph
255km/h
More than you can handle, or keep your DL for.
I like the look of the bike! Only that hole under the tank 😖 one thing is for sure it will sound bad same as the mt09 no matter what exhaust you put on it simply it sounds bad !
The R6 replacement
The r3 and r7 boys the only ones wet about this.
it has literally 5 less HP than a R6 and 20 more ft lbs of torque. not as big of a downgrade as you think
@@kushpaladinit looks like something is missing.
Why the winglet? It’s ugly
Big fail with this r9 expected a better looking bike and a more powerful bike to bridge the missing r6 and possibly soon to go r1
So you have no idea what you're talking about then. They were targeting the space left vacant by the r6 (which had 117hp), this bike has 117hp with room to grow, and almost as much torque as an r1
@@Villani_AV zero previous r6 owners will go oh wow! The r9 I gonna get one!
@@Villani_AV if the r6 came back I’d get one tomorrow! But don’t mind me! I’ll just continue riding my R1M
Why buy r9 when u can buy r1?
R1 2024 $26,000 USD. R9 2025 $12,500 USD.
Price.
Why buy an R1, when you can buy a MTT-420R turbine bike?
Little ass rear tire
...same rear tire as the R6 dummy
Little mind.
So sad..
Very ugly
yeah, especially that gap between tank and engine, what were they thinking? :(
Well it's cheap........ that's about it for me.
Look like gsx150
Mt09 > r9
This bike looks truly amazing