MT-07 WHEELIE GOOD FUN!
Some bikes punch well above their perceived weight limit and deliver far more grins per pound spent than considerably more established machinery. One such example is the Triumph Street Triple, which stunned the world when it was originally unveiled and quite rightly went on to dominate the middleweight market due to its amazing triple motor and agile chassis. In 2014 Yamaha pulled off a similar trick, although in the case of their new budget parallel twin, it really was a bolt from the blue.
On paper the Yamaha MT-07 was, well, let’s be truthful here, what appeared to be a fairly run-of-the-mill parallel twin budget middleweight. After all, what did we have to compare it to? Yes, the Kawasaki ER-6n was a giggle, but it wasn’t exactly a game changer, while the
