A teaser video from Yamaha Motor USA indicates the 2025 Yamaha YZF-R9 is due for public unveiling on October 9. As expected, details are scarce but what can be inferred from the video is pure Yamaha sports bike.
Yamaha’s signature Racing Blu is in evidence, in the blurry background shot of the new sportsbike. From the silhouette we can expect the styling and design to closely resemble Yamaha’s other sports bikes, the YZF-R1 and YZF-R6.
A clear shot of the headlight is presented, with central single projector LED headlight and ‘eyebrow’ DRLx, again, similar to Yamaha’s current sports bike design language. The final shots show the new Yamaha sports bike doing a burnout and taking off.
From the closeup shot, the swingarm is much the same as the current Yamaha MT-09, down to the chain guard. The wheel design is different from the current MT-09 but clad in Yamaha Racing Blu.
In Malaysia, the MT-09 presence in the market is coming close to a decade, after having gone through three iterations. Do you think the YZF-R9 is the perfect complement to it since Yamaha Malaysia has lacked a proper sports bike offering in the catalogue for a long time?
Either way, when, and if, the. new R9 makes it Malaysia shores is a question yet be answered. Leave a comment with your thoughts and opinions below.
Knowing HLY, we aint never gonna get any sportsbikes besides the R25 and R15. I still dont understand why HLY refuses to bring in more big bike models. We are actually missing out on a lot compared to our neighbours like Thailand.
As far I understand yamaha, it could be but very slim chances. Look at R7, not that we can’t afford but Yamaha bring in more expensive T7. Cant brain this.