Yamaha Wins Crimson Dot Design Awards For The MT-09, R7, And A Jetski

Three Yamaha fashions have been acknowledged this yr by the Crimson Dot Awards: Product Design 2022. The Yamaha YZF-R7 and MT-09 have been the 2 bikes that have been awarded this yr, with a particular point out to Yamaha’s jetski referred to as the SuperJet.

Yamaha has been bringing dwelling Crimson Dot awards since 2012, and this yr marks the eleventh yr in a row for Workforce Blue. The Crimson Dot Awards is organized by Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordhein Westfalen and is without doubt one of the business’s most celebrated occasions. Just about any product in any business might be acknowledged on the design awards. All the things from automobiles to different bikes and even equipment, like bike baggage, can stand an opportunity to win.

Workforce Blue additionally shared the highlight this yr with Workforce Crimson, Honda. The opposite Japanese model was acknowledged for the Honda NT1100 And ADV350, marking the third yr in a row for Honda—nonetheless a number of years off from Yamaha’s streak.

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Now onto the bikes. The Yamaha MT-09 is a surprising instance of Yamaha’s “Darkish Facet Of Japan” philosophy. The present mannequin yr is up to date over its predecessor sporting a revised design together with a slew of updates that degree up the sport-naked to a different degree. Yamaha nonetheless went with its tried-and-tested 889cc CP3 engine. Workforce Blue decreased its weight by 8.81 kilos for this iteration by utilizing the distinctive SPINFORGED WHEEL know-how that helps cut back unsprung weight, in addition to a brand new light-weight CF aluminum die-cast body.

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In the meantime, the brand new child on the block proved its price to the remainder of the world. Yamaha’s YZF-R sequence is among the many most famed lineup of sportbikes, and the R7 is Workforce Blue’s latest center youngster within the middleweight class. The successor to the venerable R6 comes with managed the CP2 engine, a powerplant that’s shared with a bunch of different Yamaha bikes just like the MT-07 and Ténéré 700. With 689ccs to play with, and a 270-degree parallel twin beating at its coronary heart, the YZF-R7’s efficiency is additional heightened by Yamaha’s updates which embrace inverted forks within the entrance, an help and slipper clutch, in addition to revised fairings that maximize aerodynamics.

Lastly, how can we overlook the SuperJet? Yamaha’s private watercraft comes with a four-stroke three-cylinder motor that’s not lifted from the MT-09. The jetski has 1049ccs to play with and isn’t a CP3. Geared up with the TR-1 marine engine from Workforce Blue, it bagged a Crimson Dot design award this yr after a full mannequin overhaul for the primary time in 30 years.

Yamaha’s protecting its streak going this yr, however let’s see what Workforce Blue have up their sleeve to allow them to mark the twelfth yr of consecutive Crimson Dot awards in 2023.