Adjust the fitLowering kit, bar risers, rearsets — see how mods change your posture›
What-if only — simulates common aftermarket changes, not the stock bike.
Seat height805 mm
Forward lean4°
Knee angle86°
Hip angle105°
Data confidence: HighWhoever opens it sees your size and fit adjustments on this bike.
The Yamaha MT-07 (2014+) has a 805 mm (31.7 in) seat height and a 1400 mm wheelbase. For an average 175 cm rider that works out to about 4° of forward lean with the knees bent to about 86°, and that rider can get both feet flat on the ground. See the riding-position diagram above, and enter your own height and inseam to see your fit. The Yamaha MT-07 (2014+) is LAMS-approved (learner-legal to ride in Australia).
The Yamaha MT-07 (2014+) in the real world
The MT-07 is one of the most common “first big bike” choices in Australia, and its riding position is a big part of why. It’s an upright naked with just a hint of forward cant — enough weight over the front to feel connected, not enough to load your wrists in traffic. The bike is also unusually narrow where your legs meet the tank, so its 805 mm seat feels lower than the number suggests: many riders who tip-toe an 800 mm adventure seat can get close to flat-footing the Yamaha.
The trade-off riders talk about most is the seat itself. It’s thin and fairly flat, fine for a commute, but an hour-plus in the saddle is where most owners start shopping for a comfort seat. Taller riders raise a different point: the seat-to-peg distance is compact, so above roughly 185 cm the knee bend starts to feel tight on long rides — check your knee angle in the simulator above rather than guessing.
Who the MT-07 fits
Average-height riders (170–180 cm) hit the sweet spot: a light bike, an easy reach to the bars, and most can get both feet down securely.
Shorter riders benefit from the narrow seat–tank junction — the effective reach to the ground is better than the raw 805 mm seat height implies.
Riders over ~185 cm fit, but the knee bend is on the tight side for touring days; the roomier MT-09 is the usual step up.
The LAMS-restricted MT-07LA has identical geometry — same seat, bars and pegs — so the fit result here applies to both versions.
Common fit & comfort changes
Comfort / aftermarket seat — The most common first change. Replacement seats add padding and often a slightly different height and shape — a taller comfort seat opens up the knee angle for taller riders.
Bar risers — A small rise and pull-back turns the slight forward cant into a fully upright, all-day position — popular with commuters and riders with wrist issues.
Lowering links + fork drop — Aftermarket links can bring the seat down around 20–30 mm for shorter riders, at the cost of some cornering clearance and slightly quicker steering.
Most of these can be previewed on your own body with the “Adjust the fit” sliders in the simulator above.
The Yamaha MT-07 (2014+) has a seat height of 805 mm (31.7 inches).
Can a 175 cm rider flat-foot the Yamaha MT-07 (2014+)?
On its 805 mm seat, a 175 cm rider (about 80 cm inseam) can typically get both feet flat on the ground on the Yamaha MT-07 (2014+). Taller or shorter riders differ — use the simulator to check your own ground reach.
What is the riding position of the Yamaha MT-07 (2014+)?
For an average 175 cm rider, the Yamaha MT-07 (2014+) riding position (also called the seating position) works out to about 4° of forward lean with a 86° knee bend. See the riding-position diagram to judge the posture for your own body size.
Is the Yamaha MT-07 (2014+) LAMS-approved?
Yes — the Yamaha MT-07 (2014+) is LAMS-approved, so it is legal for learner and provisional riders in Australia.
Is the Yamaha MT-07 good for short riders?
Generally yes. The seat is 805 mm but the bike is very narrow between your legs, so the effective stretch to the ground is friendlier than the number suggests, and at roughly 184 kg wet it’s easy to hold up at a stop. Riders around 165 cm typically get the balls of both feet down; use the simulator with your own inseam to see your exact reach.
Is the MT-07 comfortable for tall riders?
Up to about 185 cm most riders are happy. Beyond that the compact seat-to-peg distance makes the knee bend noticeably tight on longer rides — a taller aftermarket seat helps, and the MT-09 offers more legroom in the same style of bike.
Seat height & wheelbase come straight from the manufacturer’s published specs, verified across the maker’s site, media reviews and spec databases.
Handlebar & footpeg positions aren’t published by any manufacturer. Where a true side-profile photo exists, we mark five reference points on it (front & rear axle, seat, grip, peg) and convert pixels to millimetres using the known wheelbase as the scale. Where it doesn’t, we research the grip and peg heights and estimate the horizontal reach from class-typical geometry.
Every result is cross-checked against how reviewers describe the bike’s posture (upright / sporty / committed), and each bike page carries a data-confidence badge so you can see how solid its numbers are.
The drawing is a clean schematic — one shared template per bike type (naked, sport, cruiser, adventure, touring, dirt), anchored to each bike’s real seat, grip and peg coordinates — so you compare riding positions, not paint jobs.
Your figure is a stick model built from your height and inseam using standard body-proportion ratios, then posed by inverse kinematics — hips on the seat, hands on the bars, feet on the pegs — with the same posture solver for every bike.
Bottom line: seat height & wheelbase are hard data; handlebar/footpeg geometry and ground reach are calibrated estimates (see each bike’s data-confidence badge). Always sit on the real bike before you buy.