I've made a Yamaha MT-10 Tourer! - have I ruined it? 

I love touring on my MT10. Like the integrated heated grips. Top box is brilliant for storing the stuff you don't want nicked while you park up for a brew on tour. Best thing that helps touring on an MT10 is knowing where the next petrol station is 😂😂 BTW. SW Motech blaze soft panniers work well on the bike

OOh nice one - looks good and as you say now super practical......top boxes add so much utility to motorcycles, they should come as standard! How nice of Yamaha too!!

I’ve currently got a Tracer 9GT. My dream bike would be a Tracer 10

A top box is an absolute godsend …hate carrying helmet and gloves round with me ..

Looks great, how nice of Yamaha!

They made it very nice and functional bike, MT10 is in my list for next year 😘

Certainly hasn't ruined it Tim. I did similar with my S1000R but went a bit further and added panniers, a tank bag and a comfier seat as well. Toured all over the place with it and had a great time. The bonus is when you get where you're going you can remove most of the touring stuff and you have a super naked to play on. 😃

I like it, but then I really liked the original MT10 touring edition. I held off buying a top-box for my Tiger1200 for similar aesthetic reasons, but relented a few months ago and fitted one... they're incredibly practical

I really like that the MT10 has practical 'sidegrades' available that make it such a multi-purpose bike. I love the screen shape and look but I hate you can see all the mountings behind. If it had a graduated tint that finished around the clock I'd be tempted to get one.

I put the screen on mine and a tail pack on the back and went around Southern France in July. Was a surprisingly good tourer.

yup nice setup you got there one of my favorite bike the MT-10 is up there on my list its around 24k here in Canada i had the chance to buy one two years ago but i had a great deal on a 2020 Triumph Rocket 3 GT with the touring bags for 20k so i could not pass that deal, maybe one day i own a MT-10, nice video ride safe mate.

I looked at an MT-10 as a possible 'do it all' bike to include trips to the French Alps, and Pyrenees etc. Even went as far as looking to fit pannier frames for the trip north and south. One showstopper changed my mind: The real-world tank range is shockingly bad (even when compared to a BMW S1000R, which is pretty much a similar bike). Sure, might be a load of fun down there, but not if the transits are purgatory. Best of both worlds - an S1000XR.

Well not sure what to say... Well it's practical at least! Do they not do soft panniers??

Don't worry Tim - i did the same to my mt07 before i did the nc500. Bigger mra screen, kobra handguards, Yamaha heated grips, sw motech mirror extenders, Yamaha tank bag, venturi tail bag, Yamaha side panniers, Yamaha top box. Most of it came off when i got back, but i can use the bags and top box whenever i want, as all the frame mounts are still on the bike.

Nothing wrong with luggage. And when you get to your destination, off it comes and you can have a play! Mind you, riding up Send Road is an adventure in itself - mainly due to the p*ss poor road surface. Safe riding.

Perfect. Love that Yamaha did that for you (whether free or not, they did it and didn’t forget). #HandSausage

Absolutely no reason not to do this. I kitted out my 2020 model with Hepco & Becker C-bow panniers and rear case, with Yamaha touring screen, and did a 5 day trip around the far north of Scotland ( from Cornwall) with no problems. I've now transfered the kit to my MT09SP, with equally good results. You don't have to be on a 250kg tank to enjoy touring.😮

I have a top box and large screen all the time the heated grips are hard to operate from the wheel with so much power on tap but are neat I used oxford sports grips they wire straight in under the screen

Nice upgrade, not been out for a ride on my bike for weeks now...☹..

You get extenders for the mirrors, China or several places, does a big difference.

If you keep the top box, and ever take passengers, the little back rest they do is a nice purchase.

I would recommend fitting an oil cooler and radiator guards.

I think the Yamaha Touring windscreen actually gives it more of an R1 vibe the way it is canted so far back...i like the looks way better than the stock screen although I wished it actually functioned like a touring windshield which I mean it really does not

Tim must be living my dream. I wonder if I should've done this instead of getting a v4 pikes pig (wife won't get onto the back anyway, top box is my love, radar cruise and blind spot are nice, so are the heated seat and grips, but I could deal with a normal cruise), missing the tuono engine, maybe this would be closer (as long as it's more like aprilia v4 and less like bmw i4 because s1000xr was a snooze), adventure ergos don't help the front end feel (can try dropping the front a bit I guess). Ended up with a giant screen on the multi because the oem ones were terribly loud.

Needs must mate. I bought the Yamaha mt-10 touring kit for mine and used sw motech blaze panniers, great bike in most situation but the kit didn't make it a good tourer. Have an s1000xr for touring with the option for abit of lunacy now. Slightly more power, doesn't sound as good but has nearly double the range.

Wow, what a transformation, look out goldwing owners!

Nice Tim - the more modern eqiv of how I've gone with mine...(though I'm not sure I'd go as far as a top box ;) :D (I use a rear seat very old Oxford "strap-on" tail pack instead...) It's a shame the new screen doesn't have the "blacked out" bits like my one, I think that makes it look better/less aftermarket... Wot no soft side bags though? ;) :p :D MT10 For The Tour, oh yes!!! :D :D

Looks good Tim, except the top box coloured panel is the wrong colour! Do they do one in Yamaha Blue?

Got to say that when you stated you had turned it into a tourer I was expecting a bit more than a top box, slightly higher screen and heated grips. Bit of a let down really.

I have a bit of a hankering for the non-SP version modded like this to replace my GSX-S1000F

Hey, 👋 I’m thinking of mt-10 and especially from the touring perspective… 😬 I like that it can be upgraded with some accessories to make it more comfy for the rider, but what about the pillion? Is it suitable for 2up riding? Thanks in advance!! The bike looks awesome 🙌😍😎

A top box and a screen does not a router make young man. Saying that, handy to have and heated grips should be standard these days on most bikes, sadly they are not.

I like it not ruined at all.

Mt 10 engined Nikken,the bike yamaha need to build

Next, Tim tours Europe in his Hi-Viz Jumper.

What do those horns at the end of the handlebars do? I've seen quite a few of those. Is it just styling or are they deflecting wind away from your hands?

I like it, but you should put hand guards on it at this point

How did the Tracer 7 mirrors work for you?

All to get 100 miles to a tank😅. Your wallet must love you, Tim 😂

Thought they would of done more crash proteciton stuff as dont want to end your trip on a simple slow off now do you.. i tour on my MT09sp and its brill done 17k in little over a year touring

Transforming it to a 1290sas 😂

How easy is it to remove the top box when not needed?

No, you haven’t ruined it, when I was a young man, yes it was back in the Stone Age 😆, all the bikes were “standards” and if you wanted to go touring you’d bolt on “universal fit” (aka: fits nothing) accessories, and went touring 🤪👍!

Is the MT10 much faster accelerating than the MT09 from 0-100kmh?

Didn't Yamaha make their own mt10 tourer with big screen and soft panniers?

#1 MAJOR ISSUE with the MT-10: NO INTERNAL STORAGE. Not even for a TOOLKIT, or even a flat-repair kit. This is terrible for me. #2 - Not many riders in the US like top-boxes... different culture; they look way too big and DORKY to us. The RACK.. yeah, that's cool for me, bit more svelte

As long as your happy who cares...but for me i can't and won't do screens...i do easily 20k per year on nakeds in all weathers and if i don't feel wind then i'm in the car 😂

hello bro what's ur height?

God forbid you should mod a fun bike to how you like rather than riding a 250kg adventure bike that’s become the norm even though they’re pretty poor for a decent day scratching some of these bigger bikes are so disengaging you may as well be in your car

Can't understand why you would buy an MT-10 and then make it into a tourer and make it look hideous...just buy a GS

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!😢

Suzuki Gsxf 1000 are more comfortable and smother motor✊🔥🔥

U need a hefty wallet when ure out touring on mt10

ruined it

You don't buy these bikes to tour with. By the time you add a bunch of ugly shit hanging off, you will have spent thousands and back where you started. Should have kept the KTM

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