Three Wheeler
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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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Isle of Man TT 2018: Island Racer annual OUT NOW! The BEST Isle of Man TT publication of the year has hit the shops. Be quick before it sells out (again)
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This year’s brilliant Island Racer is out now and it’s packed full of entertainment and information for the TT fan. Costing just £7.99, the 148 page publication comes with a FREE Duke DVD that tells the story of Mike Hailwood’s 1978 Return to the Island for that memorable time 40 years ago. The DVD is…
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Book your place on Maria Costello’s women’s only IAM RoadSmart Skills Day
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Female bikers have the unique chance to ride with Maria Costello MBE this summer, at a unique women-only Skills Day with road safety charity IAM RoadSmart. Maria, who is also IAM RoadSmart’s Rider Ambassador, has made more than 40 starts at the world famous Isle of Man TT and will be back there this summer,…
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Yamaha President: “More three wheelers on the way”
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So it’s not just going to be the arriving-next-month, MT-09 powered Niken three-wheeler from Yamaha – there’s more tri-fun on the way and that’s been confirmed by Yamaha President and CEO Yoshihiro Hidaka. Hidaka said: “Our company is working on various initiatives with the theme of the growing world of personal mobility in the current…
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Video: Kawasaki revives the three-wheel Concept J funk-cycle. Beware the Tron people of the future!
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It’s just one of those ‘what if’ videos that factories put out from time-to-time, but this funky bit of thinking from Kawasaki has resurfaced in video form for 2018. The video was posted by Kawasaki USA recently, raising the old memory of the Concept J motorcycle in our New-Years-befuddled minds once more. The Concept J…
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Yamaha gets serious about three wheels and acquires patent for Brudeli Leanster
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Following the recent announcement of the new Yamaha Niken – the Japanese brand has got its hands on a patent for another leaning multi wheeler, the Brudeli Leanster. The first incarnation of the Brudeli Leanster was unveiled at EICMA way back in 2005, built in a garage by Geir Brudeli and his friends. The innovative…
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Prescott Bike Festival to feature real life Wacky Racers
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Prescott Bike Festival will be held on Sunday 17th April 2016 at Prescott Hill Climb, near Cheltenham. It sounds just like a sort of thing we like here at MoreBikes: wacky bikes and competitions and a few biking celebrities throuwn in for good measure. And with the world’s fastest shopping trolley also making an appearance,…
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Tokyo Motor Show: more LOLcats weirdness from Yamaha
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Tokyo Motor Show: more LOLcats weirdness from Yamaha. A couple of weeks ago we were the first to share the (frankly bizarre) LOLcats teaser pictures that Yamaha’s marketing people released, hinting at new bikes to be displayed at the Tokyo show at the end of the month. Now the Yamaha LOLcats are at it again,…
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SCOOP Three wheel Gold Wing and MT-09 off-road trike touted by Japanese
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Three wheel Gold Wing AND MT-09 off-road trike touted by Japanese. Japanese magazine Young machine has had its crystal ball out and is predicting many futures for the upcoming raft of motorcycle fun including TWO three-wheelers which will definitely cause speculation amongst European riders. According to the latest issue of the magazine, Yamaha is going…
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Motorbike and three-wheeled registrations up
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According to European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers stats, registrations of powered two and three wheelers are up by 11.8% for the first three months of 2015 with 25,394 units registered. A total of 250,080 machines where registered in the EU during the first three months of 2015. Cumulative motorcycle registrations grew by 4% on a…
