MT-10 Rear Carrier Install

What is your overall review on the backrest with your passenger on longer rides?

Yeah that’s a nope for me. I was considering a top box all be it the smaller one, but after seeing you have to hack up all that, no thanks.

The SW Motech racks bolt straight on, no cutting of bodywork required, 10 min install. Dont bother with the OEM stuff. 

It’s been a while....off the top of my head, no idea. If I find the size I’ll edit.


We’ve put some 40, 000 km’s on our bike with this setup and it’s been brilliant.
The boot can store up to two helmets which is awesome and the backrest is a godsend for the wife. You can also key the top box to operate using your bikes own key.

We recently just got back from a 5 day tour from Sydney to Gloucester to Tamworth to Harrington to Singleton to Sydney to Blue Mountains and back to Sydney, some 2,500 - 3,000 km’s and both still loving it.

As far as we are concerned the OEM setup here with rear carrier, top box and comfort seat is the best. Sure you need to make four holes in two fairings but it’s easy once you know how, hence the above instructions. Yamaha have made provisions for this setup and the rear carrier is also interchangeable between the MT09 & MT10.

The wife feels way more comfortable with the backrest in place and I can’t remember the last time I rode it without it installed.

We go pretty hard on our rides and we both love hitting the twisties, anything from the old pac to the Oxley to the natio to thunderbolt way (NSW - Australia).. this setup feels tight never once interfering with our enjoyment of the ride. If anything we likely wouldn’t have put anywhere near as many km’s on this thing without the functionality this setup affords us.

With enough room for us to get away for 4/5 nights at a time and enough comfort to put 3-4 hours on the road without stopping, it seems the only thing holding us back is the fuel and maybe our age Often at times fuel stops really get on my nerves but you can’t have everything right, though with this simple setup it feels like we do.

Smiles per hour over mileage at least until we hit 50 and then sadly we may need to move on.
Fingers crossed Yam have an MT10 Tracer lined up for 2021.

ps. We often ride with another couple, they have a tracer 900 GT and are also using the same top box. My wife is 5”5 and my buds misses is prolly 5”10. They both give our rigs a big thumbs up !!!

ballmead. 

I am looking to get a 10, selling my 09 ..

I have a rear carrier i have taken off the 09 , shown as genuine Yamaha with a marking 1RC on the underside together with the tuning forks Yamaha logo. Is this the same as the one you have and did you fit it directly onto your 10 from the 09 ?

I will try to attach a few photos of my carrier if you wouldn't mind taking a look and letting me know. Thanks 
 

If it came off your 09, then it will also fit the 10 as they both use the same mounting points.