After the perfect tool for a touring motorcycle? There’s plenty out there to pick from - but you would be silly to not consider either the Yamaha Tracer 9 GT or Honda NT1100.
Due for March 2022, it’s the return of the inline six-cylinder luxury tourer. Brand new BMW K 1600 GT, K 1600 GTL, K 1600 B, & K 1600 Grand America.
It’s the perfect way to authentically review a sports tourer, Visordown took the Yamaha Tracer 9 GT for a tour of Wales, staying overnight at the Nick Sanders Expedition Centre. Come along for the ride.
SINCE 2015 the Tracer has been the sensible one in the otherwise lairy Yamaha MT family, with the GT model adding a bit more sophistication alongside it since 2016.
I ALWAYS find it a bit difficult to get excited over the launch of a sports tourer. Higher bars here and a detuned engine there, it tends to be more or less the same recipe every time. It’s all gotten a bit predictable.
Just what is a sports-tourer these days? Used to be a middle-for-diddle model with zero sex appeal, but these days it could be anything from a superbike with luggage to a purpose-built mile-muncher