Yamaha Niken test: trying the three-wheeled motorcycle is taming it !
For more than ten years, Yamaha engineers have been racking their brains to offer a motorcycle with unprecedented cornering performance. Their solution? Add a wheel to the front of course! Site went to the Alps, in Austria, to test this unique three-wheel machine called Niken. Test.
Yamaha Niken test page 4: Technical sheet
| Engine | |
| Type | Three-cylinder in-line, 4-stroke, liquid cooled |
| Displacement | 847 cc |
| Bore x stroke | 78 × 59.1 mm |
| Distribution | 4 valves per cylinder, double overhead camshaft |
| Volumetric ratio | 11.5 to 1 |
| Food | Electronic "Ride by Wire" injection |
| Max power | 115 hp (84.6kW) at 10,000 rpm |
| Max torque | 87.5 Nm (8.9 kgm) at 8,500 rpm |
| Lubrication | Wet sump |
| Start-up | Electric |
| Transmission | |
| Clutch | Multi-disc in oil bath |
| Gearbox | 6 reports |
| Final drive | By chain |
| Cycle part | |
| Frame | Hybrid in steel and aluminum |
| Swinging arm | In aluminium |
| Front suspension | Ackermann type: inverted double fork, adjustable in preload, rebound and compression |
| Suspension Ar | Mono shock absorber, with rods, adjustable in preload, rebound and compression |
| Front travel | 110 mm |
| Travel Ar | 125 mm |
| Front brake | Dual 298 mm disc, 4-piston radial calipers |
| Ar brake | Single 282 mm disc, 2-piston caliper |
| Front tire | 120/70 – R 15 |
| Tire Ar | 190/55 – R 17 |
| Dimensions, weight, capacities | |
| Length | 2150 mm |
| Width | 885 mm |
| Height | 1250mm |
| Wheelbase | 1,510 mm |
| Track width | 410 mm |
| Caster angle | 20 ° |
| Hunt | 74 mm |
| Saddle height | 820 mm |
| Ground clearance | 150 mm |
| Max tilt | 45 ° |
| Dry weight | 263 kg |
| Fuel tank | 18 liters |
| Oil capacity | 3.4 liters |
| Commercial information | |
| Availability | September, reservation on the |
| Colors | Unique: "Graphite" |
| Price | 14,999 euros |
| Guarantee | 2 years, unlimited mileage |
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