Last week Yamaha invited us for an unveiling in Southern California that included a lot of news for the the 2016 off-road lineup, but there’s little exciting in terms of the 2016 street market--thus far. These are only models introduced in Spring of 2015, with more unveilings to come this Fall.

The biggest take-away from the Yamaha event was the return of popular models, like the FZ-09, FZ-07 and Star Bolt, but with no price increases. Don’t change a good thing, but if you do, throw some paint on it.

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2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far
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2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far
The 2016 Bolt doesn’t include a price bump, remaining at the $7,990 MSRP, but includes will two new color options—Raven and Deep Blue.

2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far
The 2016 Bolt R-Spec will also keep the same retail of $8,390 and will be available in two color options--Rapid Red and Stone Grey. Both bikes will be available in dealerships beginning in August and according to Yamaha, the 2016 Bolt C-Spec will be introduced in the Fall.

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This was one of the optioned-out Bolts Yamaha had on display. Going for the H-D look.

The FZ’s

While Suzuki and Kawasaki are in a hurry to produce a middleweight competitor, the King is resting easy, introducing very little in the way of changes on the FZ-09 and FZ-07.

2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far
The FZ-07 has remained at luckily the same fair price-point of $6,990 and offered in two color options, Raven and Matte Silver with blue accents (which looks pretty bitchin). The paint also spreads to the wheels with pin strips and accents depending on the color scheme. It's a bummer that the matte silver is only available on the FZ-07, not the 09.

The 2016 FZ-07 will be available in two color options--Raven and Matte Silver--and will retail for $6,990.

2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far

The 2016 FZ-09 will also be available in Raven, as well as Impact Blue, and will retail for the same $8,190. Both bikes will be available in dealerships beginning in September.

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2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far

 

2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far

 


2016 Yamaha Street Lineup So Far
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