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The Yamaha Tracer 900 (FJ-09 in North America; MT-09 Tracer in Japan, South America, Australia, and New Zealand) is a sport touring motorcycle first offered in 2015. The 3-cylinder crossplane engine comes from the MT-09 (FZ-09 in North America).
Yamaha YA-1. YA-1 built August 1954, produced January 1955. The first bike manufactured by Yamaha was actually a copy of the German DKW RT 125; it had an air-cooled, two-stroke, single cylinder 125 cc engine [1]
In an MCN 5-bike group test in 2015, the testers felt that the MT-09 Tracer was a better bike and better value than its four competitors, namely: a Triumph Tiger 800XRx and a Tiger Sport, a Honda Crossrunner, and a Ducati Hyperstrada. [19] The US online magazine Cycle World stated "Handling, too, feels more refined and solid than ever." about ...
In 1984, executives of the Yamaha Motor Corporation signed a contract with the Ford Motor Company to develop, produce, and supply compact 60° 3.0 Liter DOHC V6 engines for transverse application for the 1989–95 Ford Taurus SHO. [29] [30] From 1993 to 1995, the SHO engine was produced in 3.0 and 3.2 Liter versions.
In 2019 Yamaha briefly announced a GT version of the Tracer 700, similar to the larger Yamaha Tracer 900 one. It included side cases and a few other touring features, but the market availability of this variant is unknown as it was removed from the Yamaha official sites in all the countries, the only references are motorcycle magazine reviews [2] and some Yamaha dealers in Europe.
Yamaha Motor Company: Parent company: Yamaha Corporation: Production: 2002–2011: Predecessor: TDM 850: Successor: Yamaha Tracer 900: Class: Sport touring: Engine: 897 cc (54.7 cu in) Forward-inclined parallel 2-cylinder, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC, 5-valves: Bore / stroke: 92 mm × 67.5 mm (3.62 in × 2.66 in) Compression ratio: 10.4 : 1 ...
GE supplied the car's Tracer I direct-traction motor, which developed 20.7 horsepower (15.4 kW) and was installed in place of the original VW engine. GE also supplied an EV-1 motor controller. [17] The main battery bank was made up of 16 6-volt batteries connected in series for a total of 96 volts.
The 9ff GT9 is a sports car based loosely on the Porsche 911, [2] built by German tuning company 9ff, founded by Jan Fatthauer.Based on the Porsche 911 (997) GT3; the cars are extensively rebuilt and fitted with a heavily modified 3.6-4.0 litre flat 6 engine that produces 738 to 1,120 bhp (550 to 835 kW; 748 to 1,136 PS), depending on the configuration. [3]