Yamaha MT-10

Is the MT-10 still on sale?

Not new in France, apart from any remaining dealer stock. The 2024 model year is the last one sold by Yamaha France: the MT-10 and MT-10 SP are archived in Yamaha Europe’s product data and missing from the “Hyper Naked” range, where the MT-09 SP is now the top MT model. Yamaha has made no official announcement that it has been discontinued. According to the press, the MT-10 was not homologated for the Euro 5+ standard, mandatory for new registrations since 1 January 2025: Visordown quotes Yamaha UK, which was still selling it in 2025 thanks to a derogation, and RideApart and SoyMotero describe the end of its European career. In the United States, it remains in the range as a 2026 model. This page covers the 2024 model year.

How much did it cost?

Yamaha France’s last price was €15,999 for the MT-10 and €18,999 for the MT-10 SP (prices applicable as of 1 January 2024). There was no 35 kW version for the A2 licence. In the United States, the 2026 model sells for $14,999 and the SP for $17,499. The SP adds second-generation Öhlins semi-active suspension, a belly pan, braided brake lines and a specific colour, and weighs 214 kg.

What did the 2022-2024 generation bring?

According to Yamaha, the 2022 model year brought a more powerful Euro 5 engine (165.9 hp instead of 160.4), with steel conrods, increased crankshaft inertia, a three-duct airbox and a titanium exhaust. It also introduced a six-axis IMU, the APSG ride-by-wire throttle, a two-way quickshifter, a 4.2-inch TFT screen, a speed limiter, a Brembo radial front brake master cylinder and new twin-eye LED styling. The 2024 model year only adds the Midnight Cyan colour.

How good is the engine?

The 998 cc CP4 inline-four uses the YZF-R1’s crossplane crankshaft and its uneven firing order (270°-180°-90°-180°). It makes 165.9 hp (122.0 kW) at 11,500 rpm and 112 Nm at 9,000 rpm. Cycle World ranks it among the all-time great engines, MOTORRAD finds it very strong from 4,000 rpm and MCN praises its spectacular intake roar. Moto-Net, on the other hand, finds it rough and thirsty, and MCN finds the throttle abrupt in town.

How does it ride?

The aluminium Deltabox frame is derived from the R1’s. The 43 mm KYB upside-down fork and the KYB shock are fully adjustable, with 120 mm of travel. Motorcycle.com and Cycle World praise the suspension set-up, MOTORRAD a neutral chassis and comfortable suspension. The brakes pair twin 320 mm floating discs with four-piston radial calipers. MCN finds them less communicative than those of its European rivals, BikeSocial merely adequate.

What electronics?

The IMU manages lean-sensitive traction control (five levels), slide control, wheelie control, adjustable engine braking and cornering ABS (BC2 mode). Four customisable modes, four power maps, a two-way quickshifter, cruise control and a speed limiter are standard. There is, however, no smartphone connectivity, which MOTORRAD regrets.

Fuel consumption and maintenance

Yamaha quotes 6.83 L/100 km, giving a range of about 250 km from 17 litres. Motorcycle.com recorded about 7.1 L/100 km over a day of twisty roads, BikeSocial 7.6 to 8.6 L/100 km on a fast-paced launch ride. The manual calls for an oil change every 10,000 km or every year and a valve clearance check every 40,000 km.

Who is it for?

The MT-10 is aimed at experienced riders with a full A licence who want a superbike engine in a roadster usable every day. Visordown sees it as possibly the best choice for the real world against 200 hp super nakeds, MOTORRAD as a bike that favours rideability over the power race.

Where does it come from?

Yamaha launched the MT-10 in 2016, following on from the FZ1, a roadster derived from the R1 of its day. The first generation (160.4 hp, 210 kg) was sold from 2016 to 2020 in France, before the 2022 overhaul.

Recalls

No recall affects the MT-10 in France; the only NHTSA recall for the current generation concerned only bikes distributed in Hawaii.