Yamaha’s highly commended Tracer 9 GT sports-tourer was launched back in 2021 during the global pandemic, meaning I missed the opportunity to test ride the then-new model. Everyone I spoke to who had ridden the GT praised it, so I had high hopes for the new 2023 Tracer 9 GT+, which gains a huge spoonful of new tech plus some smart updates.
The headline tech is the introduction of Radar Linked Unified Braking System – a world first – and, for the first time on a Yamaha, adaptive cruise control, hence the large radar at the front. But that’s not all: a new seven-inch TFT display, slick new switchgear, a larger rear disc (for the new braking system), a new seat design and a new quickshifter all debut on the 890cc triple.
Yamaha has left the excellent, charismatic 890cc CP3 triple alone. That means the same peak of 87.5kW (117hp) as before with the same 93Nm (at 7000rpm) peak torque figure, too. A third-generation, two-way quickshifter that allows
