The MT-07 is Yamaha's competitor for the middleweight naked bike segment. This sport naked motorcycle is powered a 689cc liquid-cooled 4-stroke 8-valve DOHC parallel-twin cylinder engine equipped with Yamaha's crossplane crankshaft. The bike's 270 degree two-cylinder powerplant makes 73.8 hp at 9,000rpm and 68Nm of torque at 6,500rpm.

A member of Yamaha's MT (Master of Torque) family, the MT-07 promises torquey performance as well as Yamaha's "Dark side of Japan" design philosophy, seen in the bike's aggressive look and charm.