Yamaha
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REVEALED: Here’s the patents for Yamaha’s NEXT Niken – and it’s an MT-03-powered leaning three-wheeler!
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Here’s what we’ve been sent on the next Niken from the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer. It’s a series of official designs from the factory that are being filed as part of a patent for the next Yamaha three-wheeler. Two things are clear from the drawings; the funky two-wheeled front end is virtually identical to…
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Yamaha’s Yard Built XSR700’s inspired by ‘Back to the Future’. Which is your favourite?
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Yamaha unveiled six Yard Built SXR700’s at this year’s Wheels & Waves Festival – all inspired by ‘Back to the Future’. This year, it was down to bike builders and custom shops from Miss Bikes, Ton Up Garage, Le French Atelier, Russell Motorcycles, Yamaha Klein and Ironwood Motorcycles to make their marks on the XSR700…
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VIDEO: Yardbuilt Yamaha XSR900 with 3D printed parts
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Yamaha Europe has revealed its latest Yard Built custom – made by French bike builders, DAB MOTORS. Based on XSR 900, ‘The ALTER’ incorporates the latest 3D modelling and printer technology, with a range of custom parts and accessories. Clever stuff. The ALTER utilises a range of 3D printed parts – including its aluminium seat…
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MotoGP: Hammer down: Jorge Lorenzo fastest, Marc Marquez 12th
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Mugello race winner Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) was the man to beat on the opening day at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, ending FP2 top of the timesheets after setting a 1:38.930 – the only rider to step under the 1:39 bracket. The Spaniard improved his time by over 0.8 seconds from…
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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi tops opening session in Barcelona
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Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) topped FP1 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, his 1:39.456 that was set on soft compound tyres was 0.347 quicker than second place Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who set his quickest time with a hard rear tyre. Third fastest in the opening session of the weekend was Mugello…
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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa hits Barcelona saying: “I can’t say anything yet” about his future. Rumours of retirement still bubbling along with WSB and other things
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So here we are them it’s Friday, the bottom of the ninth and all the bases are loaded. We’re very sure that phrase makes sense to our American cousins (does it? tell us). It’s Barcelona and it’s MotoGP. Honda man (but only a factory Honda man for the rest of this season after being…
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WSBK: Phenomenal Lowes leads Yamaha one-two at Brno
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Maiden WorldSBK win for the British rider in crazy Czech Race 2 Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) took his first-ever MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship race win at the Acerbis Czech Round, in an astonishing Race 2 which saw championship leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) crash out early on. The thousands…
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MotoGP: Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis: “Our policy has NOT changed. There will be no third official Yamaha in 2019”
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Whilst some in the MotoGP paddock were quick to reckon on another factory Yamaha being made available in a satellite team for Jorge Lorenzo (how quickly that story was proved wrong with Lorenzo’s leap to Honda confirmed earlier this week) the truth of the matter is that there will be NO third Yamaha for next…
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Tech3 extends MotoGP contract with Hafizh Syahrin for one more year
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The French squad has just announced that it has extended its contract with fast youth Hafizh Syahrin until the end of the 2019 season in the premier class. Following his late call to MotoGP this year, the 24-year-old Malaysian youngster delivered an outstanding rookie performance, collecting points from his first ever race in MotoGP. Syahrin…
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VIDEO: First Impressions – Yamaha Niken
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MoreBikes has been out to Austria for the launch of Yamaha’s hotly anticipated leaning multi-wheeler, the Niken. Espoused as a corner carving king, we’ve been putting it through its paces on some tight and twisty mountain roads, to see just how well the revolutionary bit of kit handles.
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