Technology becomes affordable: Motorcycle with radar for 105,000 shekels

• Published date: 08 March 2024
• Author: AVIAD AVRAHAMI
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

For 2023, Yamaha introduced the Tracer GT Plus, which was launched this week by the importer Metro Motor in Israel. The touring version of the Tracer includes extensive equipment such as boxes and suitcases, a high windscreen, and an especially comfortable seat. There is also a semi-active electronic suspension system that adjusts the damping according to the riding condition and feedback from the asphalt

And most importantly: for the first time on a Yamaha motorcycle, the Tracer 900 incorporates a radar system that serves as the basis for adaptive cruise control, which, like in cars, changes the speed of the motorcycle according to the speed of traffic ahead. In new cars, it is already almost standard from family cars and up, and in recent years it has been starting to make its way into the world of two-wheelers.

The cruise control can be adjusted in four settings that determine the distance from the car ahead and is active in a speed range from 30 to 160 km/h. In the first two gears, the...