I thought I would share what I have been up on my MT09
The clutch has been bugging me so I bought a second clutch pull lever & cut the plate off & welded on a longer plate, the new plate is 8mm longer from centre to centre = a much lighter clutch, I had to bend the cable bracket so the inner cable pulls straight, I will put a nice titanium bolt & nylock nut on tomorrow.
I won't be building any more this is a once off mod for my bike. COPY & paste links if you cant see the photo's
1. MT09 40mm
2. Yamaha Bolt XVS950 Actuator +5mm or +12.5%
3. Yamaha MT-03 +10mm or +25%
I rode with this mod for a while & progressed to the next stage in contacting Magura in Germany but they don't list or build a kit for the 09's, I have been working with them & have a final version fitted to my 2014 MT09 which will hopefully come out in the future line with Magura. Otherwise the listed parts is the kit that I have fitted to my bike.
You need to remove the tank & air box to fit the kit, it threads through the frame no problems & follows the same cable path as the OEM cable, the kit is plug & play I only had to wiring in the clutch switch.
I wired in the clutch switch just behind the head light as I did not want to modify the loom by the bars, I matched the connector for the new clutch switch & soldered in the new connector loom that I made.
I will need to sort the brake lever out now to matching colours
If you contact Paul he will do you a better deal on all the parts.
Paul Hoey
Magura, Liquid Intelligence,
ACD Racing Parts, Mishimoto, SCAR,
Blitz Vision, Storm, WeaponMX, Factory,
TamerMX, Frank Industries, Racer00, Goat
At the beginning of this year I was the first to work out how to fit a cheap damper to the 09, since then a few of the guys have improved on my version which is great to see.
I am not saying everyone must do this mod all I am showing is what I have done to my bike, a steering damper mod for under Oz $90.00.
I did some testing on the air box & filters & these were my findings.
I am not indorsing this mod all I am doing is sharing info from back to back testing, Ok we have some results from installing a DNA filter & cutting the snorkel out with before & after Dyno runs using the same Dyno, same bike, same day, with no other modification besides the filter & snorkel removal, they are only small gains but they are a result that would show more gains with a freer flowing pipe which I will measure when I get my Akra Carbon in a few weeks time. I took the best runs from each sets of tests.
Before & After HP V RPM, Blue run completely STD bike, RED run DNA filter + snorkel removal
Before & after Torque V RPM
A Before & after A/F ratio we can see the DNA & snorkel mod runs the bike a little leaner.
The interesting one is when the bike is measuring HP over time under the same Dyno brake load, the DNA & snorkel mod produces a nice gain in HP when measured over time, this test simulates acceleration over a known calculated time period.
What we did, we removed the air box lid, cut the snorkel off, drilled out the baffle plate & removed it, then cut the intake hole bigger on the lid.
The larger hole is still protected from water entry.
Final thoughts, the MT/FZ 09 has a well designed air intake system & there was little gains from the mod, at least someone has posted the results, as mentioned the mod will show further gains once we bolt on a free flow pipe, the intake noise is low with the mod but comes with a nice growl on hard accelerations, there was no losses anywhere with this mod so not a bad result in the end, watch this space more Dyno results to come.
I will explore pod filters next or a full foam filter air box setup simular to what I run on my 1290, I will look at doing some 3D printed straight stacks to see if there are any gains there.
If you contact the guy he will do you a better deal than off EBay. I asked for 1.0kg/mm springs at the time of order, to cut a long story short the heaviest spring they offer for this set is 0.85kg/mm, so I stripped the new cartridges & fitted my Sonic 0.95kg/mm but need to do a few adjustments to make the Sonic spring fit.
The Sonic springs are 30mm longer so I got my mate Kev2 to machine the identical spring spaces 30mm shorter, I also removed 2 of the fork spring centralizing spacers machine new ones the same length as the two removed but with a bigger diameter so it centralizers the new Sonic spring. All went together like a glove, a nice improvement to my ride.
I also made my own fork spring compressor, which only cost a few $
I have just about replaced every bolt on my 09 with Titanium except main engine casing bolts, the lower frame bolts were seriously rusted for a 4 month old bike, I am on bike 48 & this one has the worst bolts I have ever seen for it's age, they look fine until you pull them out.
Fitted my Akra Carbon, with around a 4kgs saving over the STD pipe, have booked a custom map in the coming weeks. The pipe is not as loud as I expected, the ride is smooth, can feel a bit more mid range torque, rev freely up top, should go well with a custom map.
I have seen and ridden Kev's bike with the Magura haudrulic clutch conversion today while he fitted his O2 controller mod to my bike.
It is a very professional installation and could have been part of the original bike it is that clean an install.
Kev's O2 controller mod is also a quality part and transforms the EFI closed circuit fueling jerkiness into a seamless transition from closed to part open throttle.
Ok the Akra is only one day old & needs to be modified, I want to build a Auto Tune PCV map before I head to the Dyno for custom mapping in two weeks time & you ask why because I like to play, I had to weld in a 2nd O2 sensor bung so I can do the job correctly.
Thanks to Kev2 for your help today.
We also have real problems here in Australia Queensland if you get cause with a none compliant bike when you have removed the Kat, big fines & lost points, so I have worked out a solution today for that using a Akra Kat I had lying around, I will have the Kat removed for any mapping. The Kat was not a correct fit & need to have a thin stainless steel sleave machined up to hold it central, the length was perfect & the cat is bigger than the inlet into the Kat chamber, it is a 200 core cat which will not affect the performance by much, there is no sound difference with or without the Kat.
The Akra carbon shows between +8 to +10 rear wheel HP gains between the STD & Akra pipes.
This is what the difference are between 4th gear in BLUE to 6th gear in RED
This is the difference in Torque between the old Yamaha OEM flash with custom PCV map with STD exhaust Verse the latest Yamaha OEM flash with custom PCV map with the Akra Carbon measured on the same Dyno in 4th gear.
Shoria battery, I bought it in 2011 fitted it to my 990 SMR, then fitted it to my 2012 SMT, then ran it in my 1290 for a year & it is now fitted in my 09 & still going strong 4 years later.
Just got the bike yesterday but already have some plans
planned mods...
ohlins suspension
flashed ecu
different lighting
belly pan
brush/ hand guards
I'm sure more will be added
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