Selling sv and bought this bad boy

Yup MT-03. I will do a decent review in a month or so.

This is a model powered by a liquid-cooled 4-stroke SOHC, single-cylinder, 4-valve, 660cc fuel injection engine on a machine that proposes a “Roadster Motard.” This model was developed with “Kodo” (pulse) as its key concept an featuring an engine with outstanding response and a wide torque band on a new-design body to provide a sharp and exciting ride.

The following technical specification applied for Yamaha MT-03 2006 models. Herein you will find detail information about the engine, dimension and weight, oil anf fuel system, transmission, chassis and electrical system specs of the motorcycle.


DIMENSION and WEIGHT

Overall length 2,070 mm (81.49 in)
Overall width 860 mm (33.85 in)
Overall height 1,115 mm (43.89 in)
Seat height 805 mm (31.69 in)
Wheelbase 1,420 mm (55.90 in)
Ground clearance 200 mm (7.87 in)
Minimum turning radius 2,225 mm (87.59 in)
Weight with oil and fuel 192 kg (423 lb)
195.2 kg (429 lb) (EU3 version)
ENGINE

Engine type Liquid cooled 4-stroke, SOHC
Cylinder arrangement Forward-inclined single cylinder
Displacement 660.0 cm3 (40.27 cu.in)
Bore × stroke 100.0 x 84.0 mm (3.94 x 3.31 in)
Compression ratio 10.00 : 1
Starting system Electric starter
Lubrication system Dry sump
Engine oil type SAE10W30 or SAE10W40 or SAE15W40
or SAE20W40 or SAE20W50
Recommended engine oil grade API service SE, SF, SG type or higher
Engine oil quantity:
Without oil filter cartridge replacement.
With oil filter cartridge replacement.

Total amount (dry engine)

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3.00 L (3.17 US qt) (2.64 Imp.qt)
3.10 L (3.28 US qt) (2.72 Imp.qt)

3.40 L (3.60 US qt) (2.99 Imp.qt)

Air filter element Oil-coated paper element
Recommended fuel Premium unleaded gasoline only
Fuel tank capacity 15.0 L (3.96 US gal) (3.30 Imp.gal)
Fuel reserve amount 4.25 L (1.12 US gal) (0.93 Imp.gal)

Originally Posted by Geodude

Thats a tidy looking bike mt-03? Ian505050 is that you in the pics?

No thats the girlfriend. I took her for a ride and she said it was really comfy and preferred being pillion on this compared to the sv.

The suspension is light years ahead of my sv650 which has standard set up. This is probably why she enjoyed it a little more.

They retail at about £7500 where as an sv retials at £4750? which is probably why the suspension is quite a bit better.

[rictus01]

I wasn't aware the suspension was anything special, I think it's reworked fazer forks (non adjustable) and a preload adjustable rear shock, I know they stiffened up the front and shortened the gear ratios for town work (which is why the Aprillia version is faster), but then I guess in comparison to worn stock SV stuff it would feel tighter

Cheers Mark.

Originally Posted by ian505050

No thats the girlfriend. I took her for a ride and she said it was really comfy and preferred being pillion on this compared to the sv.

The suspension is light years ahead of my sv650 which has standard set up. This is probably why she enjoyed it a little more.

They retail at about £7500 where as an sv retials at £4750? which is probably why the suspension is quite a bit better.

How much!!!!!???? I was going to say I liked it, but that much for 45bhp and 100mph. What else does it do for the money?

[andrewsmith]

Harley 2nd hand

RS50 with £3k of work

Im not a speed freak but i couldnt go backwards to 45bhp. As much as i like the look of it.

i had one

good in the twistys sh*t on the Mway and crap on A roads

poor tank range (90 miles) lack in power, 2 up is intresting expensive to fix
forks are fazer forks as mark said and are rubbish lol

looks very nice though

my old one

[DarrenSV650S]

Why are they so expensive?

Becasue they weren't build down to a budget. Its all about quality. Its yamaha trying to build a Honda!

[andrewsmith]

and Yamaha pretty much added 50% to the price over the same 3 years they upped the price of the R1.

I had haggled one of them almost new (700 miles) in 2009 for about £4k (RRP was £5k)