Pedro_The_Swift
4th December 2007, 12:09 PM
Filed under: Motorcycles (http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorcycles/)
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The Yamaha V-Max is pretty much a two-wheeled muscle car, and many people have had a hard time keeping them on two wheels. Solution: add another wheel? Sure, according to Tilting Motor Works (http://www.tiltingmotorworks.com/). Starting with Legos before moving on to something more substantial, Bob Mighell designed a new front end for the Yamaha V-Max, one that is capable of leaning into corners but offering more grip for cornering and braking purposes. Removing the front forks and tightening eight bolts will transform your bike into a really big Piaggio MP3. (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/15/piaggio-mp3-three-wheel-scooter/) Whether that is a good thing or not is up to you.
Speaking of the MP3, that and concepts such as the Yamaha Tesseract (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/07/tokyo-2007-preview-yamaha-tesseract-concept/) prove that people are thinking of making the single-track of the motorcycle into a dual or triple-track. If it allows people who'd like to ride the chance to do so, we're all for it.
[Source: Tilting Motor Works via Bikes In The Fast Lane (http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/yamaha-v-max-mp3.htm)]
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/vmaxtilter.jpg (http://www.tiltingmotorworks.com/)
The Yamaha V-Max is pretty much a two-wheeled muscle car, and many people have had a hard time keeping them on two wheels. Solution: add another wheel? Sure, according to Tilting Motor Works (http://www.tiltingmotorworks.com/). Starting with Legos before moving on to something more substantial, Bob Mighell designed a new front end for the Yamaha V-Max, one that is capable of leaning into corners but offering more grip for cornering and braking purposes. Removing the front forks and tightening eight bolts will transform your bike into a really big Piaggio MP3. (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/15/piaggio-mp3-three-wheel-scooter/) Whether that is a good thing or not is up to you.
Speaking of the MP3, that and concepts such as the Yamaha Tesseract (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/07/tokyo-2007-preview-yamaha-tesseract-concept/) prove that people are thinking of making the single-track of the motorcycle into a dual or triple-track. If it allows people who'd like to ride the chance to do so, we're all for it.
[Source: Tilting Motor Works via Bikes In The Fast Lane (http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/yamaha-v-max-mp3.htm)]