Yamaha Is Dead Serious About Putting Its Tilting Trike Into Production

The rules of the road were made to be broken.

Or, as is the case with a new high-performance bike Yamaha is showing off, at least tilted a little off center.

A sweat-inducing build with four forks, three wheels and two handlebars, Yamaha is classifying the Niken as a “large-displacement leaning multi-wheeler” (LMW) that has the “capability to freely carve through the continuous corners of winding roads.”

In other words, keeping all three wheels on the road is no longer mandatory.

Powered by a liquid-cooled three-cylinder, the Niken is designed for steadfast stability on any road surface it comes across thanks to the innovative dual-tube forks on its front-end suspension and the 15-inch front wheels they’re mated to.

Yamaha has been pretty mum on other details, but it seems they fully intend for the Niken to become a production model.

We should get more details after the Milan Motorcycle Show on November 6th, but until then …