Yamaha TDM 900 2010

You have to have a “certain age” to remember the first series of the Yamaha TDM 900 today, but then 850. It was in 1991 and the displacement was 849 cc for a maximum power of 78 hp at 7,500 rpm. The engine, now as then, was a parallel twin with frontemarcia distribution DOHC 10 valves and lubrication dry sump.

Since then it has gone out of the road under the wheels of coach high handlebar Yamaha and the years have brought important technical updates and aesthetic. In 1996 came the second series is characterized by the engine crank amended, passed from 360 ° to 270 ° disbursement to give more “power” on the same power. The frame always respects the configuration Deltabox Yamaha and, as on the first series, was steel.

The third generation shows a significant leap forward from all points of view. The engine displacement is growing by up to 897 cc, The power reaches the 86 HP always at 7,500 rpm, the frame from steel to pass’Aluminum and the change becomes the 5 reports of 850 becomes a 6 speed.

Cycling on the front suspension have always been traditional, with telescopic fork and single shock with linkage, and the wheels have always respected the combination of 18-inch front and 17 inch rearBut with an increase in the arrival section at the rear of the 900 version, with the 160/60-17 instead of 150/70-17.

From third generation onwards updates have always been detailed, more than anything else related to the colors and the approval relating to emissions of pollutants.

It ‘a particular history that the Yamaha TDM pioneer in proposing a type of motorcycle that time had a very clear niche and today it is fully identified in the segment of “motardone” twins are suitable for tourism, as Triumph Tiger and Ducati Multistrada.

For 2010 TDM 900 is offered in two color variants, the known ‘Midnight Black’ and the new ‘Smokey Gray’With mahogany seat and chassis, engine and wheels in both cases, black. The price is fixed Euro 8990 F.C.