Motorcycle speculates that Yamaha Motor USA opted for the FZ name as it was familiar and well-received due to the FZ6R and FZ1 that were still in showrooms when the MT-09 launched in 2013. In fact ...

Yamaha's MT-09 (or FZ-09 in the USA) ... I've put in a couple of 1000 plus km day rides in the first 3 weeks of owning it-and am happy that I spent the ... 2014 06:14 PM.

There’s also a bike above the FZ-10 in the Yamaha sport bike lineup, the YZF-R1 (which we’ll just call the R1). But the R1 is up a full class -- what you call a super sport bike.