My money is on a tweaked version of the MT09 - less XT, more Soft Roader.... sort of a MT-09 XT with 21/17" wheels and some longer suspenders, the same as Triumph have done with the Tigers.

It's just the way the whole market is moving, Yamaha will follow the money, not the wishes of a hardcore few.

I hope I'm wrong.


Honda's AT, it'll be nothing like people think, it's going to be governed by TUV and European type approvals that will kill it as a AT. I'm not even sure it will be a twin in the pure sense, probably a V-Twin. Heavy ABS, Traction Control and emissions equipment.

I think Triumph, BMW, Honda, Yamaha will all be a little indistinguishable from each other. The only thing that might set the AT apart is the DCT box, if they fit it.

I really hope I'm wrong.

KTM may well be the only big player in the market that will give us the bikes we desire. The smaller players will also look to cash in on the movement of the big boys into the mass areas.

Jeash, I really really hope I'm wrong.

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