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Yamaha Niken - Frulk_imp - 10-28-2017
"In MY Opinion" a Cool video with a front end suspension concept that's sure to cause heated discussion.....
https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/NIKEN/index.aspx?mobileredirect=no#gallery=video|id=ERpQ6_NQGPM
RE: Yamaha Niken - alprider - 10-28-2017
the double grip in the front by curves and braking , that rocks..
Good grief... - rotor - 10-28-2017
(10-28-2017, 03:26 AM)Frulk_imp Wrote: "In MY Opinion" a Cool video with a front end suspension concept that's sure to cause heated discussion.....
https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/NIKEN/index.aspx?mobileredirect=no#gallery=video|id=ERpQ6_NQGPM
Coolness of the video is in the eye of the viewer, but for the world I fail to see how can this three-wheeled contraption be better than a motorcycle.
And speaking of the video: please, please give me good photographs, that I can study at leisure and see the details without the frame freeze, give me the complete technical specifications (including engine kW rating!) and spare me the techno-sound, computer animations and editing that induces epileptic fits...
RE: Yamaha Niken - Frulk_imp - 10-28-2017
Rotor..I fixed my initial thread entry.
RE: Yamaha Niken - Stichill_imp - 10-28-2017
I'm all for this concept. When the day comes that I struggle physically to manage a two-wheeler, I'd be on this bike in a heartbeat.
RE: Yamaha Niken - the Ferret - 10-28-2017
Here you go rotor
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2017/10/yamaha-niken-is-a-leaning-three-wheeler-a-motorcycle-with-video/
I've ridden the Piaggio MP3 scooter which is similar in concept. Felt pretty normal to me actually
RE: Yamaha Niken - 736cc_imp - 10-28-2017
One ride will answer many questions; will it answer to rider input and body English like a 2 wheeler? Scorpion 3 wheelers sure don’t feel like a motorcycle as they don’t lean.
Doubled front tire contact should make it safer during cornering and shorter braking distances. Stability increased, too.
Demos will draw more first time riders because it won’t tip over at slow speeds.
I think it’s brilliant and looking forward to a test ride ASAP.
Yamaha Niken - Retsel_imp - 10-28-2017
Gee, put two of those wheels on the back and what do you have? Maybe a Porsche?
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RE: Yamaha Niken - alprider - 10-28-2017
Porsche ?A car ?
Well the specal thing is here you drive still with tilt /angle.....does this a car ?
3wheel and carfeeling i would prefer some like this
http://www.polaris.com/en-us/slingshot
3wheel and carfeeling i would prefer some like this
http://www.polaris.com/en-us/slingshot
The nature of the Internet forums - rotor - 10-28-2017
Frulk Wrote:Rotor..I fixed my initial thread entry.
No need; everything, but everything we write here has an implied opening sentence: "In the opinion of the uneducated and opinionated undersigned joker..."; at least I assume all my posts carry this preamble (in invisible ink
Stichill Wrote:...When the day comes that I struggle physically to manage a two-wheeler, I'd be on this bike in a heartbeat.
I am much closer to that day than you
- which is why I want Honda to take cb650f plant and build around it cb1100-like motorcycle, only 50-60 kilograms lighter. Next, I'll give up on my religion of Four Cylinders Minimum and go, in discrete decrements, all the way down to a 50 cc scooter. However...:736cc Wrote:One ride will answer many questions... looking forward to a test ride ASAP. I'll be next in line.