ELECTRIC TRIALS: Yamaha reveals its TY-E 2.0 electric trials bike

Yamaha has announced that it’s further developed its TY-E electric trials bike – and here’s a first look at its new and improved machine.

With plans to enter select rounds of the 2022 FIM Trial World Championship, Yamaha’s clearly serious about the potential of its electric trials bike.

Building on the success of the original TY-E which was released in 2018, the 2.0 gets a newly designed monocoque frame made of composite laminates, an improved electric power unit with better performance – and most importantly – a newly developed lightweight battery with around 2 and a half times the capacity of the previous machine.

If you want to see the bike in action, keep your eyes peeled for Kenichi Kuroyama competing in the FIM Trial World Championship from June. It’ll be very interesting to see how it gets on against some of the biggest names in the game on conventionally-powered machines.