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Living with a 2005 Yamaha MT-01
By Grant Leonard on 15/06/2005 14:26:39
Grant Leonard started TWO magazine. And he is a very nice chap indeed. He had a Yamaha MT01 for a year and here's his review
- difference between a driver and three wood, that. Ask Colin Montgomerie.The Road Star's engine has now, very imaginatively, turned up in the MT-01 streetbike. The MT-01 is more our style, here in the UK. It's Yamaha's answer to the Street Rod, or Buell
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Niall's Spin: Yamaha MT-01 review
By Niall Mackenzie on 21/09/2010 12:25:10
It promised so much that it was bound to fall short, but now the hype has died down, what's it really like to ride?
Click to read: Yamaha MT-01 owners reviews, Yamaha MT-01 specs and to see the Yamaha MT-01 image gallery.Tuned-up, air-cooled 1670cc cruiser engine and an image that makes all Harleys and retros look like effete antiques. This is the cruiser
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First Ride: 2005 Yamaha MT-01
By Jon Urry on 31/03/2008 20:28:22
It's big and bold, but is Yamaha's design-leading naked bike any good or just the product of an overactive imagination?Jon Urry travels to South Africa in search of answers.
When Yamaha people talk about the concept behind the MT-01 they use words like 'soul', 'heartbeat', 'character' and other such adjectives that aren't often used in reference to Far Eastern bikes. Let's face it, most Japanese machinery is fashion
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First Look: Yamaha MT-01 SP Limited Edition
By Visordown News on 02/04/2009 10:55:54
Ohlins suspension and flashy paint for Yamaha's bulging V-Twin
Striking...but still an MT-01 when all said and doneLATER THIS week Yamaha UK will announce the impending release of the MT-01 SP.The limited edition special will feature gold anodised fully adjustable 43mm Öhlins front forks, a top-spec Öhlins
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Industry Eye: Yamaha launches YZF-R1 and MT-01 in
By Tim Skilton on 06/12/2007 10:23:45
Best selling Yams sent to tempt growing market
Yamaha Motor India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Company Japan, one of world's leading bike manufacturers, has rolled out two of its flagship models, the Super Sports YZF-R1 and the Torque Sports MT-01 in the Indian market. Yamaha India
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Hellion motorcycle looks the business
By Visordown News on 06/02/2008 10:55:12
Tricked up bike based on Yamaha's MT-01
HERE'S the latest tricked-up Yamaha MT-01 (no, really!) from Gregg's Custom Cycles - called the Hellion.Quite apart from showing what Yamaha could, and some would say should, have done with the MT-01, the bike is an awesome lesson in simplicity
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Living with a 2005 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
By Warren Pole on 15/08/2005 14:37:02
Warren 'Wozza' Pole blagged a Kawasaki ZRX1200R in 2005 and wrote this here review on it
August 2005Ever since Noah were a lad I've been raised on sportsbikes. Others have come and gone, but left to my own devices and I'll be back on a sportsbike before you can say 'shredded licence'.I decided it was time for a change. But to what? I needed something big and fast tha...
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The Odd Couple: James May motorbike review
By James May & Colin Goodwin on 28/01/2011 10:04:06
Top Gear's James May and Autocar Magazine's Colin Goodwin team up with Yamaha and Harley-Davidson in a quest for the alternative to scary sports bikes.
Sport?The 'odd' box. The box, in fact, that you might put potential owners of the new Harley-Davidson VRSCR Street Rod and Yamaha MT-01, neither of which is exactly a conventional motorcycle. Surely it's the sort of tackle that May himself might buy
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Road Test: Street Rod vs. MT-01
By Colin Goodwin & James May on 29/04/2008 21:05:40
Top Gear's James May and Autocar Magazine's Colin Goodwin team up with Yamaha and Harley-Davidson in a quest for the alternative to scary sports bikes.
of the new Harley-Davidson VRSCR Street Rod and Yamaha MT-01, neither of which is exactly a conventional motorcycle. Surely it's the sort of tackle that May himself might buy?"Funny you should say that," he says. "The dealer from whom I bought the XJR13 has
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Yamaha issues safety recalls
By Visordown News on 17/10/2006 12:06:06
Two issues crop up that could affect existing Yamaha owners
of the following models, manufactured between 2002-2005:YZF-R1, FZ6N/S, FJR1300/A, TDM900/A, MT-01, XV1700PC XT660R/X In a small number of cases, the idle speed may become intermittently unstable, causing the engine to stall. However, unlike the Wild Star issues
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