what the hell is this

[tanken2]

I applaude the engineering , and apparently it rides any surface like a dream . But is it a bike ?? sorry but I think its butt ugly . what do you think ?

[MD]

Ride one and you will know - it is a bike and a bloody good one at that.

[rustys]

Spoted one of these on track at Mike Pero Southern Classic recently, i was very impressed with the performance and handling of it , the guy was certainly having some fun on it, and keeping up with some other high performance machinery circulating, its very trick engineering in the front end i must add. But i would have no use for one myself.

[Oakie]

Ride one and you will know - it is a bike and a bloody good one at that.

A trike surely!

A very clever piece of engineering but ugly in my humble opinion. If others think it's beautiful, that's just fine.

EDIT: Does have a certain 'predator about pounce' feel about it though.

[AllanB]

It is interesting that they aimed it at the sporty side of riding.

I could see fat Americans using a front end like this on a Goldwing.

[EJK]

Really interesting to ride for sure.

https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...3-Yamaha-Niken

[george formby]

Watched a UK youtube review over the last couple of days, Bennetts I think. The "tester" lost the front, he claimed it happened 2 or 3 times.

This is pretty typical for country roads in the UK during the winter so I did not take that as a negative.

What really interested me was his comment that when the bike slid, the front did not tuck. That is a very cool trick!

Here it is

[AllanB]

Watched a UK youtube review over the last couple of days, Bennetts I think. The "tester" lost the front, he claimed it happened 2 or 3 times.

This is pretty typical for country roads in the UK during the winter so I did not take that as a negative.

What really interested me was his comment that when the bike slid, the front did not tuck. That is a very cool trick!

Here it is

Bah - bit of a pointless statement from the rider about the front slid three times on damp roads. To give any context he needed another rider on a two wheel MT doing the same corner speed behind him. Then we could see who made it around the corner in one piece

I don't see how it could 'tuck' it's limited to a 45 degree corner angle so the worst would be a front slide, bike tip, but lock at 45 degrees then keep sliding. What happens if it regains grip, could it high-side you over?

We really need someone to get out on a track and crash the thing a few times - I bet Yamaha did. Must be some secret video at Yammy HQ.

[tanken2]

apparently you can use it on car licence , the three wheels mean in NZ it is not a bike ( a motorcycle has two wheels by nzta definition). agree with the predator look.

[AllanB]

Car license? Presumably only if it is registered as a car, otherwise surely you require a motorcycle license.

Last thing we need is people with a car license crashing on bikes


And look you can still fall off one, so it must be a motorcycle

[AllanB]

Also - I was thinking this could be the ideal police 'motorcycle'

[george formby]

Bah - bit of a pointless statement from the rider about the front slid three times on damp roads. To give any context he needed another rider on a two wheel MT doing the same corner speed behind him. Then we could see who made it around the corner in one piece

I don't see how it could 'tuck' it's limited to a 45 degree corner angle so the worst would be a front slide, bike tip, but lock at 45 degrees then keep sliding. What happens if it regains grip, could it high-side you over?

We really need someone to get out on a track and crash the thing a few times - I bet Yamaha did. Must be some secret video at Yammy HQ.

No offence to Bennetts or the rider but I found the whole vid a bit pointless. As you say, it lacked context.

I just wanted to contribute.

Would be a spectacular high side!

Was the dude in the crash vid playing skiddies?

[AllanB]

Was the dude in the crash vid playing skiddies?

Watching his throttle hand he was being a dick and I suspect trying to do rear wheel drifts. It looked like he started one, panicked and closed the throttle which threw him.

Which also makes me wonder - how about a Yamaha drift category - surely this is the ideal bike to be powering up the rear wheel like a drift car. Oh the possibilities............

[george formby]

Watching his throttle hand he was being a dick and I suspect trying to do rear wheel drifts. It looked like he started one, panicked and closed the throttle which threw him.

Which also makes me wonder - how about a Yamaha drift category - surely this is the ideal bike to be powering up the rear wheel like a drift car. Oh the possibilities............

MT10 motor... That would be silly.

[WALRUS]

I mean, I'm a fan of these things anyway and I'm still waiting for my local Yammie dealer to get one in (if they will) but while I will admit that the cosmetics wouldn't be to everyone's taste.. It still looks better than a modern Kawasaki