What Y-AMT Is – and What It Is Not

Yamaha Automated Manual Transmission sounds contradictory, but it is not. Y-AMT is neither a continuously variable CVT like a scooter nor a heavy dual-clutch transmission like the DCT used in Honda’s Africa Twin. The MT-09’s original six-speed gearbox remains almost entirely unchanged.

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