New approval paperwork confirms Y-AMT version of Tracer 7 and Tracer 7 GT
The sports-touring Yamaha Tracer 7 twin was updated for 2025 with new tech and styling but Yamaha left us baffled by not including the option of the Y-AMT automated manual transmission that’s already available on the MT-07 naked bike that the Tracer is based on.
Yamaha’s Y-AMT is literally an automated version of its normal six-speed box, with actuators to engage the clutch and shift the gears at the command of the bike’s on-board computer or the rider at the touch of bar-mounted shift controls. It debuted on the MT-09 triple and the Tracer 9 GT that uses the same powertrain, as well as appearing on the twin-cylinder MT-07. Since the transmission seems so well-suited to a sports-touring application, it was surprising to see that Yamaha didn’t include the option on the new 2025 Tracer 7, despite the fact it shares the same engine as the MT-07 so adding Y-AMT would be incredibly simple.
Now, a few months later, Yamaha is set to make that move. The Tracer 7 Y-AMT hasn’t yet been announced but new type-approval documents in Europe show the company has put four new versions of the Tracer 7 through the required testing – the standard Tracer 7 and the Tracer 7 GT, each with two power levels, 54kW or 35kW (the latter for European learner licence law compliance) – for the 2026 model range. The differences from the existing 2025 Tracer 7 are limited to a tiny change in the paperwork where the transmission type is specified, with the stock bike’s ‘M6’ designation, for ‘manual six-speed’, replaced by ‘M6a’ meaning an automated version of a six-speed manual.
To confirm the update, there’s also a slight increase in weight, with the Tracer 7 Y-AMT coming in at 206kg instead of the manual version’s 203kg, while the luggage-equipped Tracer 7 GT Y-AMT is 214kg compared to 212kg for the manual model.
With approval complete, the Tracer 7 Y-AMT is likely to be announced officially in the very near future.
