Yamaha’s three-wheeled Niken represents a magnificent engineering achievement, and a revolutionary step forward in the sport touring motorcycle market. Will anyone care — or care enough to ...

The Yamaha Niken is one of the most unconventional Yamaha motorcycles ever made, a three-wheeled sport tourer designed to corner like nothing else. It's powered by the same CP3 inline three ...

“We wanted to make a motorcycle with more grip,” says Leon Oosterhof, Niken’s product planning manager. The company didn’t start out thinking they’d build a three-wheeled bike, but ...

So when Yamaha asked if we’d like to roam around the California coastline on the wild, 3-wheeled Niken GT, we jumped at the chance. To give us a good smattering of weather conditions and road ...

Does the world need a three-wheeled motorcycle? Yamaha thinks it does, which is why we now have the $21,000 Yamaha Niken. This is not a trike, like those big Harley-Davidsons or Honda Gold Wings ...

Yamaha has unveiled a new motorcycle that will be coming as a 2018 model called the Niken. One glance at the photos and you can see this isn't your typical motorcycle. It is the production version ...

The Yamaha Niken is an interesting motorcycle, to be sure, especially as it is technically a tricycle. We say technically, because from the outset, the Niken was designed to be a comfortable, sporty ...

Yamaha’s new three-wheeled Niken isn’t a new concept. Ever since motorcycles were invented, people have been adding a third wheel. Sidecars are arguably the first idea that caught on—bolt a ...

Ein durchschlagender Erfolg blieb der Yamaha Niken bisher verwehrt. Das kann am außergewöhnlichen Design liegen, oder natürlich einfach am zweiten Vorderrad. Höchstwahrscheinlich ist es die ...

But the Niken's pace isn't about raw numbers. The confidence it gives in the turns, especially in the rain or on sketchy roads, lets you ride faster in real-world conditions than you might on a ...