Yamaha · middleweight naked twin

Yamaha MT-07

Every consumable spec for the Yamaha MT-07, each fact sourced, dated, and shown with the source it came from. US-market reference — verify against your owner's manual.

middleweight naked twin · 2015–present · 689cc CP2 parallel twin, 270° crank

Sold as the FZ-07 in the US 2015–2017; same CP2 platform under a different name.

The specs

Spec plate

Yamaha MT-07 SPEC PLATE
2021–present · per 2021 owner's manualJASO MA · API SG
OEM-verifiedYamaha MT-07 2021 manual p.91 (opens in new tab)checked Jul 2026
full citation
Viscositycoverage note
2021–present · per 2021 owner's manual10W-40 also 10W-50, 15W-40, 20W-40, 20W-50
Oil capacitycoverage note
2021–present · per 2021 owner's manualwith filter 2.6 L · drain 2.3 L · dry total not published

We list the manual's 'with filter change' figure — not the dry-rebuild total that circulates online. On small engines that difference is a 25% overfill.

Oil filter
2015–presentOEM 5GH-13440-xx · HiFlo HF204
Cross-referencedHiFlo catalogue (opens in new tab)checked Jul 2026
Air filter
2015–present · one HiFlo part spans FZ-07 (2015–17) through the 2025 MT-07/Y-AMT rows in the catalogue — not split by generationHiFlo HFA4707 · OEM 1WS-14450-00
Spark plugs
2015–present · one plug type across FZ-07/MT-07 including the 2025 redesign per NGK's own fitment listingNGK LMAR8A-9 ×2
Front brake padscoverage note
2021–2025EBC FA252HH (HH) axial 4-pot · 1 set
Cross-referencedEBC catalogue #304 (opens in new tab)checked Jul 2026
Rear brake padscoverage note
2015–2023 · same rear pad shape for FZ-07 2015–2017 and MT-07 2018–2023 rows in the catalogue — not split by generation like the frontEBC FA174HH (HH) single-piston floating · 1 set
Brake fluidcoverage note
2021–present · per 2021 owner's manualDOT 4
OEM-verifiedYamaha MT-07 2021 manual p.72 (opens in new tab)checked Jul 2026
full citation
Chain & sprockets
2015–2024 · identical across every FZ-07/MT-07 row JT lists (14–19, 20, 21, 22–23, 24) — its own catalogue does not split this by generation525 · 108 links · 16/43T
2015–2024 · FZ-07 '15–'17 row and MT-07 '18–'24 row both list YTZ10SYuasa YTZ10S
2025–2025 · 2025 redesign row (MT07 '25–'25) drops to the smaller YTZ7S — a real generation split, not a typoYuasa YTZ7S
2021–present · per 2021 owner's manualethylene glycol antifreeze w/ corrosion inhibitors for aluminum engines, mixed 1:1 with distilled water (or genuine Yamaha coolant)
OEM-verifiedYamaha MT-07 2021 manual p.63 (opens in new tab)checked Jul 2026
full citation
Tires
2015–present120/70 ZR17M/C (58W) Tubeless · 180/55 ZR17M/C (73W) Tubeless
Cross-referencedMT-07/MT-07A owner's manual… p.98 (opens in new tab)checked Jul 2026
+1 source, quotes

Some links may earn TOSPEC a commission at no cost to you. Prices shown are typical street prices for consumables (oil, pads, chains, filters, fluids) — always verify fitment and price at the retailer.

Oil capacities are the manufacturer's with-filter-change figure, not the dry-rebuild total that circulates online. Always verify against your own owner's manual before you turn a wrench — this is educational reference, not a repair procedure.

Schedule

Service intervals

YearsOil & filter
2021–present4,000 mi / 6 mo
How you ride it

Street, track, mixed

Street

  • Pads fit calipers, not bikes. That's why one shape number covers a Hayabusa and a V-Strom — and why the same bike model can change shape mid-generation. We resolve pads by caliper and year.

Track

  • After track days, shorten your oil change. How much is genuinely unsettled — manufacturers say 'adjust to your use,' not a number. Used-oil analysis is the only rigorous answer.
  • A street-legal sintered or EPFA-class pad is the manufacturer-sanctioned track-day choice. Full race compounds are for when the pad is the limiting factor — and yours isn't yet.
  • RBF-class fluid buys you ~80°C more fade margin when fresh — and gives most of it back within a year as it absorbs moisture. It's a consumable you change more often, not an upgrade you install once.
  • For the street: silicate-free motorcycle coolant (Honda's manuals explain why — silicates chew water-pump seals). For the track: check your org's rules — most ban ethylene glycol outright; pro racing allows water only.
  • Prepping the bike itself for the track? What to fit first and what can wait is on Unstocked's track bike prep guide (opens in new tab).

Mixed

Run the street specs above, then shorten the oil interval after track days — how much is genuinely unsettled, so used-oil analysis is the honest guide. If your organisation tech-inspects coolant, check its rules before a session.

What to bolt on

Upgrade path for the Yamaha MT-07

This sheet is what goes in the Yamaha MT-07 and how to service it. What to bolt on — levers, rearsets, exhaust, suspension, and the order to do it in — is Unstocked's half of the same bike.

The jobs

Maintenance jobs & what they cost

Oil & filter change

Beginner-safe

Parts — Oil spec JASO MA · API SG · Viscosity 10W-40 also 10W-50, 15W-40, 20W-40, 20W-50 · Oil capacity with filter 2.6 L · drain 2.3 L · dry total not published · Oil filter OEM 5GH-13440-xx · HiFlo HF204

Tools — torque wrench, oil filter wrench, drain pan, funnel, new sealing washer (if your bike uses one)

Dealer$90–130
DIY partsshop below

Dealer oil-change quotes run $90–130 (Harley outliers $180–280 excluded); independent-shop average is closer to $56. DIY consumables run $30–60, saving roughly $40–120 per change with tooling paid back in 2–3 changes. Sourced: CostHack / Trak Powersports / J.D. Power, aggregated in docs/research/demand-competition.md.

Due every 4,000 mi or 6 months. Calendar reminders need JavaScript — enable it to generate a Google Calendar link or .ics file.

Some links may earn TOSPEC a commission at no cost to you. Prices shown are typical street prices for consumables (oil, pads, chains, filters, fluids) — always verify fitment and price at the retailer.

Front brake pads

Experience needed

Parts — Front brake pads EBC FA252HH (HH) axial 4-pot · 1 set

Tools — torque wrench, hex/Allen key set (caliper mounting bolts), C-clamp or piston-retraction tool, wire brush, brake cleaner

Dealer$90–180
DIY partsshop below

Editorial estimate, not separately itemized in the research corpus: a 0.5–1 hr front-pad swap at the same dealer shop-rate bracket implied by the oil-change pricing in docs/research/demand-competition.md, plus a $30–60 OEM/aftermarket pad set. Verify locally before quoting.

Some links may earn TOSPEC a commission at no cost to you. Prices shown are typical street prices for consumables (oil, pads, chains, filters, fluids) — always verify fitment and price at the retailer.

Chain & sprocket kit

Experience needed

Parts — Chain & sprockets 525 · 108 links · 16/43T

Tools — torque wrench, chain breaker / riveting tool, angle grinder or chain-link sizing tool, rear paddock stand, chain alignment tool

Dealer$200–400
DIY partsshop below

Editorial estimate, not separately itemized in the research corpus: a full chain-and-sprocket swap (wheel off, alignment, torque-critical rear axle) runs several labor hours at the shop-rate bracket implied by the oil-change pricing in docs/research/demand-competition.md, plus an $80–150 520/525/530 kit. Verify locally before quoting.

Some links may earn TOSPEC a commission at no cost to you. Prices shown are typical street prices for consumables (oil, pads, chains, filters, fluids) — always verify fitment and price at the retailer.

Brake fluid flush

Experience needed

Parts — Brake fluid DOT 4

Tools — torque wrench (bleeder and banjo bolts), vacuum brake bleeder or speed bleeders, clear tubing and catch bottle, syringe, fresh DOT-spec fluid, sealed bottle

Dealer$80–150
DIY partsshop below

Editorial estimate, not separately itemized in the research corpus: roughly 1 hr of bleed/flush labor at the shop-rate bracket implied by the oil-change pricing in docs/research/demand-competition.md, plus fluid. Verify locally before quoting.

Some links may earn TOSPEC a commission at no cost to you. Prices shown are typical street prices for consumables (oil, pads, chains, filters, fluids) — always verify fitment and price at the retailer.

Tires

Experience needed

Parts — Tires 120/70 ZR17M/C (58W) Tubeless · 180/55 ZR17M/C (73W) Tubeless

Tools — front and rear paddock stands, bead breaker and tire spoons (or a mounting machine), static wheel balancer and weights, valve-core tool and new valve stems, torque wrench (axle nuts)

Dealer$60–160
DIY partsshop below

Editorial estimate, not separately itemized in the research corpus: mount-and-balance labor per wheel at the shop-rate bracket implied by the oil-change pricing in docs/research/demand-competition.md — carry-in wheels at the low end, on-bike swaps at the high end; the tires themselves are extra. Verify locally before quoting.

Some links may earn TOSPEC a commission at no cost to you. Prices shown are typical street prices for consumables (oil, pads, chains, filters, fluids) — always verify fitment and price at the retailer.

Coolant flush

Experience needed

Parts — Coolant ethylene glycol antifreeze w/ corrosion inhibitors for aluminum engines, mixed 1:1 with distilled water (or genuine Yamaha coolant)

Tools — torque wrench (drain bolt), drain pan, funnel, coolant hydrometer or refractometer, distilled water (if mixing concentrate)

Dealer$100–180
DIY partsshop below

Editorial estimate, not separately itemized in the research corpus: roughly 1 hr of coolant-flush labor at the shop-rate bracket implied by the oil-change pricing in docs/research/demand-competition.md, plus coolant. Verify locally before quoting.

Some links may earn TOSPEC a commission at no cost to you. Prices shown are typical street prices for consumables (oil, pads, chains, filters, fluids) — always verify fitment and price at the retailer.

Honesty

Notes & corrections

Coverage gaps

Where the catalogues run out. Flagged in the open, never guessed at.

Oil spec: 2015–2020 (FZ-07 / early MT-07) not yet pinned to a first-party manual

TOSPEC research

Same CP2 engine across all years — figures likely identical but unconfirmed; fill in a later data wave.

Viscosity: 2015–2020 (FZ-07 / early MT-07) not yet pinned to a first-party manual

TOSPEC research

Same CP2 engine across all years — figures likely identical but unconfirmed; fill in a later data wave.

Oil capacity: 2015–2020 (FZ-07 / early MT-07) not yet pinned to a first-party manual

TOSPEC research

Same CP2 engine across all years — figures likely identical but unconfirmed; fill in a later data wave.

Front brake pads: The 2025 MT-07 redesign moves to radial four-piston front calipers.

TOSPEC research (cf. unstocked-web generations note)

FA252HH applies to pre-2025 axial-caliper bikes; 2025+ radial-caliper pad shape is unconfirmed.

Rear brake pads: 2024–present (tail of Euro5 gen plus the 2025 redesign) rear pad shape not confirmed in this catalogue edition

TOSPEC research

Catalogue #304's Yamaha rear-pad table only shows explicit rows through MT-07 2018–2023; whether FA174HH still applies once the front caliper goes radial in 2025 is unconfirmed by this source.

Brake fluid: 2015–2020 (FZ-07 / early MT-07) not yet pinned to a first-party manual

TOSPEC research

Same DOT 4 spec is near-universal for this era of bike and likely identical but unconfirmed; fill in a later data wave.

Battery: Model years beyond 2025 not yet listed for the redesign generation

TOSPEC research

The 2026-edition Yuasa guide scopes the YTZ7S row to '25-'25 only; presumably still current for 2026 but that isn't directly attested by this source yet.

Coolant: 2015–2020 (FZ-07 / early MT-07) not yet pinned to a first-party manual

TOSPEC research

Same CP2 engine across all years — coolant spec likely identical but unconfirmed; fill in a later data wave.

Service intervals: 2015–2020 (FZ-07 / early MT-07) not yet pinned to a first-party manual

TOSPEC research

Same CP2 engine across all years — figures likely identical but unconfirmed; fill in a later data wave.

Research notes

Context from the research trail — how a fact was pinned down.

Chain & sprockets: 2025 redesign chain/sprocket spec not shown in this catalogue edition

TOSPEC research

JT's 2024 Application Guide's last explicit MT-07 row is model year 24; no 2025+ row is present to confirm whether 525/108/16-43 carries into the redesign.

Tires: Research notes, tire-size wave (adversarially verified)

TOSPEC research

Sizes unchanged from 2014 first gen through the 2025 redesign (verified at both ends of the range; spacing/format differs slightly between documents but the designation is identical). First-gen manual wording verified via ManualsLib rendering of the OEM manual (official 1WS-F8199 PDFs exist only in non-English mirrors). OE tires: Michelin Pilot Road 3 / Bridgestone BT023 (2014); Dunlop Sportmax Q5A named as OE on the 2025 model by yamaha.com.mt model page.

Tires: Variant year band clipped to this catalogue's bike-year range

TOSPEC research

Your right to wrench

DIY & your warranty

Doing this yourself won't void your factory warranty. The federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act bars a manufacturer or dealer from voiding your warranty just because you — not the dealer — did routine maintenance. To deny a claim they must prove the specific work caused the specific defect. Use spec-compliant parts and fluids, and keep your receipts.

FTC on the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act · Full guide: dealer or DIY?

Questions

Yamaha MT-07 maintenance FAQ

How much oil does the Yamaha MT-07 take?

About 2.6 litres with a filter change — the manufacturer's with-filter figure, not the larger dry-rebuild number that circulates online. Confirm against your owner's manual.

What oil does the Yamaha MT-07 need?

It calls for 10W-40, JASO MA, API SG. A wet clutch means the JASO class matters — don't substitute an energy-conserving car oil.

What brake pads fit the Yamaha MT-07?

The front caliper (axial 4-pot) takes EBC shape FA252HH. Pads are resolved by caliper and year, not by model name, so verify your caliper before you order.

How often does the Yamaha MT-07 need an oil change?

Every 4,000 miles or 6 months, whichever comes first, per the manufacturer's schedule. Shorten it after track days — used-oil analysis is the only rigorous answer to how much.