New Yamaha Tracer 7 GT Ups The Mid-Range Touring Ante

There's a new GT in town.

By: Sabrina Giacomini

Nov 18, 2020 at 11:57am ET

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Yamaha has been very busy as of late. Among all of November, 2020, announcements, we learned that Team Blue rebranded its Tracer lineup. Here in the U.S., we’re getting a shiny new Tracer 9 GT (formerly Tracer 900) that receives some of the upgrades unveiled a while back on the equally new MT-09.

The Tracer 9 GT has a European little brother, the Tracer 7 that also turned to a single-digit convention for 2021. The Tracer 700’s base model was thoroughly updated in 2019, so it didn’t require a trip back to the drawing board for 2021 like the MT-07 did, however, Yamaha did add a new GT trim level that ups the comfort and touring ante.

The Tracer 700 runs on the same Euro 5-compliant CP2 689cc parallel-twin we're already familiar with that churns out a healthy 75 horsepower and 49.4 lb-ft of torque.

Where the new model really shines is, as the GT badge suggests, in the standard equipment. The Tracer 7 GT is outfitted with a slew of touring-friendly features—5.28-gallon hard cases, a larger, adjustable touring windscreen, and a comfort seat with different density foam and dual-material skin. These features are available as options on the entry-level Tracer should you want to add them separately.

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The Tracer is also compatible with Yamaha’s MyRide app that allows the rider to track and map rides, check out riding statistics, and share pictures.

The new 2021 Yamaha Tracer 7 GT is available in three colors: Tech Kamo, Redline, and Icon Grey. The maker’s European division has yet to announce pricing on the GT. According to Bike Social, the base Tracer starts at £7,947 ($10,570), and adding all the optional accessories to match the GT’s level of equipment adds a healthy £2,000 ($2,660) to the bill. We can likely expect the Tracer 7 GT to cut a more advantageous deal.