Originally launched in 2014, the Yamaha MT-09 was hailed as the one of the best values in the upright sportbike class. The 2021 Yamaha MT-09 hopes to achieve that title again, with an all-new 890cc CP3 engine, robust chassis and IMU-supported electronics. Photos by Joseph Agustin. Yamaha’s tuning fork was nearly pitch-perfect when it released the MT-09 in 2014. With its brilliant CP3 in-line triple…
A Quarter-Mile Wheelie In Under 25 Seconds Who said you need high power-figures to pop a bad-ass wheelie? Apparently, you don’t, because a stunt rider named Hrishi Mandke just broke the world record for the fastest quarter-mile wheelie on a little Bajaj Pulsar NS 200. The kicker? It was stock. Of course, it was stock. The record took place on a…
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Marc Marquez, and the fears are receding that it might be an oncoming train. Today, the Repsol Honda team announced that the results of Marquez’ medical assessment performed this week were positive, and the consolidation of bone in his fractured humerus was proceeding well. That had been the major problem…