The rules of the road were made to be broken.
Or, as is the case with a new high-performance 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 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 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 to become a production model.
We should get more details after the Milan Motorcycle Show on November 6th, but until then …
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