For a number of years now, new motorcyclists looking for a bike to enjoy after taking their test would turn to the Yamaha MT-07 as a perfect route. Its combination of distinctive styling, a fantastic #CP2 engine, and an inimitable fun factor made it a firm favourite and de facto ruler of the sub-1,000cc naked sector.

That middleweight naked world is changing though, and it's the emergence of bikes like the new Suzuki GSX-8S that are shaking the tree and looking to pull riders from the Yamaha brand.

To find out if the Yamaha has still got what it takes to rule the roost, Visordown's Toad and Matt spent a sunny day blasting around the Northamptonshire countryside, swapping #bikes and opinions as they went.

#Yamaha #MT-07 #Suzuki #GSX8S

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