2020 Yamaha MT-07 to come with turbocharging?

2020 Yamaha MT-07 to come with turbocharging?

Very popular in the Malaysia market is Yamaha’s MT-07 but the model is getting a little long in tooth now, after its launch in 2015. However, a couple of photos have emerged, sourced from tmcblog.com and greatrider.com, showing what is purported to be a Yamaha MT-07 with turbocharging.

These patent drawings show a two-cylinder mill with a turbocharger installed, with the exhaust headers siamesed into the turbocharger and the forced induction air going up the left side of the engine. Turbocharging for motorcycles is not new, of course, with all the Japanese manufacturers coming out with a forced induction motorcycle back in the 1980s.

Turbocharging for motorcycles fell by the wayside by the mid-1980s, with developments in intake tract and cylinder head engineering delivering all the power riders could handle without the complexity, weight and lag of using a turbocharger. But with increasingly tightening emissions regulations – Euro 5 comes into force in 2020 – manufacturers have been looking for ways to get better power output from their bikes without flouting the law.

This means small capacity engines with forced induction to make up for the shortfall in power that comes with meeting emissions standards, a page taken from car engine makers. It remains to be seen when and how the future Yamaha MT-07 might do this without the disadvantage of turbo lag.

The 2019 Yamaha MT-07 carries a 689 cc, liquid-cooled, Crossplane two-cylinder that produces 73.7 hp at 9,000 rpm and 68 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm. Priced at RM38,288 excluding road tax, insurance and registration, the MT-07 comes in Race Blu and Matte Grey for Malaysia.

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Mohan K Ramanujam

Coming with diverse and extensive experience in heavy engineering, Mohan enjoys making anything with wheels go fast, especially motorcycles. His weapon of choice is the Desmoquattro engine, and he has a penchant for anything with a dash of Italian design. Strangely enough, he insists he's a slow rider.

 

Comments

  • panjang on Apr 18, 2019 at 3:06 pm

    Lag shod not be a major issue as bikes are lighter to begin with.

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    • redpilled on Apr 18, 2019 at 3:55 pm

      the problem with lag is not the output, its the delivery- pulas skarang, esok baru gerak.

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      • panjang on Apr 18, 2019 at 6:11 pm

        U dont get my point. Its about power to weight ratio,overcoming inertia,peak torque.
        An EX5 is equally as quick as any bike from standstill to the first few meter….unless the bigger bike launch like crazy.
        That first few meter without boost is not a major issue. Once the boost kicks in(peak torque), then only it makes the difference (after that first few meter) which is similar to having a big cc bike. I doubt turbo bike will rev as high as its NA predecessor.
        People always mistaken when say turbo got lag. Yes its correct for vehicle tuned for super high hp which comes at high rev. Modern tech like VGT, etc had reduce lag to almost none.

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        • Redpilled on Apr 19, 2019 at 1:29 pm

          Likewise, you didn’t get my point, which is power delivery- in a roll on situation, if you crack open the throttle, the turbo won’t respond immediately. Furthermore, It wouldn’t be prudent for Yamaha to invest in a more complex valve train tech that would inevitably make the engine taller and top heavy, and to bolt a petrol VGT turbo that is metallurgically and mechanically expensive to build for a twin cylinder engine that doesn’t have equal firing pulses (270° crank angle for a parallel twin does that, and makes it sound like an L twin).

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          • panjang on Apr 20, 2019 at 12:00 pm

            There is this thing called gearbox. For lazy people its called automatic gearbox, for man its called manual gearbox. Even with big NA engine when u are cruising lazily and out of nowhere wound the throttle wide open to the stopper, nothing will happen…unless u drop a few cog.

            After experiencing stock VGT system on both petrol and diesel vehicle built for everyday use i would say lag is no more an issue. If using aftermarket big turbo then its to be expected like most Ah Beng and Ah Mad car.

            They can do it and it might be expensive for them but wont be for consumer as they wony risk sales. So expect +- same selling price. Everyone thought electric car will be expensive, wont travel far, etc and out of nowhere comes Tesla.

            Is turbocharged bike the future?
            NO…Not even turbocharger car is the future. Even european manufacturer find it hard to meet latest emission std even with their turbo petrol engine.

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          • Redpilled on Apr 21, 2019 at 11:10 am

            Dude, VGT turbo petrol cars? Only two manufacturers make the cars with vgt. Porsche (718 Cayman S/ Boxter S and 911 Turbo, and the new Suzuki Swift sport, which one have you driven?

            And what do you think would happen if you’re scraping your knee mid corner and near the exit the power just jumps at you?

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      • Smaller tebo on motor engine so less spool time?

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    • turbo antilag syok what..hehe

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    • 4G63T DSM on Apr 19, 2019 at 10:38 am

      Lag is not about weight of the vehicle.

      Technically, turbocharger lag is the result of not enough/high enough gas/velocity to spool up the turbine, and therefore, the compressor does not produce enough pressure for the intake, and hence the lack of power until engine RPM climbs to the point the compressor is able to produce “boost”.

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  • bikecarlover on Apr 18, 2019 at 4:57 pm

    depends on the boost, if just 0.8 not much significant, if 1.5 boost then if suddenly turbo kicks in during coming out from corner can spin (esp newbies)

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  • Yang mahal on Apr 18, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    Technology zaman batu

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  • Johnson on Apr 18, 2019 at 7:04 pm

    MT-15 is waste in India

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  • Esteban on Apr 19, 2019 at 5:06 am

    Whit the latest efi sistems and the turbos whit variable geometry the lag is minimum

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    • Redpilled on Apr 19, 2019 at 10:13 am

      And how expensive would that be?

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      • panjang on Apr 19, 2019 at 12:54 pm

        The tech has been around for some time….how expensive can it be?

        Its no different between designing new engine for the next gen model and designing the turbine to fit smaller engine. When manufacture claimed the next gen model is designed from ground up, does they sell it super expensive compared to the previous gen model?
        How do they manage to keep the price within certain range when they had to do ground up design, must be black magic right?

        If its designing new tech then thats a whole different chapter.

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  • Don’t bother to turbocharge, supercharge instead just like the H2..

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  • Lorenzo Antonio on Apr 19, 2019 at 11:47 am

    mt 07 is much better bike than any other brand.i want to buy this here in the philippines,with or without turbocharging,plus abs

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  • Jaktananda Kharsel on Apr 19, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    Nice bike

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  • Rafi Superbike on Apr 19, 2019 at 6:12 pm

    Turbo? Bolehlah torai

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