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Direct from the minds of Yamaha is a 4-wheel machine that no one would confuse with a car… it’s a four-wheeled motorcycle!
Yamaha’s Hybrid Motorcycle Answer
Yamaha’s Tesseract is a hybrid powered by both a V-Twin gas powerplant and an electric motor. The suspension is what they call a “dual-scythe” which leans while cornering… just like we do on 2 wheels. Taken from the Piaggio MP3 page, it also has a dual arm lock to keep the Tesseract upright when stopped.
Here’s a machine that could convince car fans to get on their 4-wheel bike.
It seems like the run on gas prices has many manufacturers rethinking their future product mix. From 1 wheel to 4 wheels and from gas to electric, engineers are burning the midnight oil to determine what can benefit the consumer as well as what the consumer will purchase.
Source: AutoBlog
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Love The Smell of Performance In the Morning
Interstate Cycle (NC) Dyno run of a Yamaha Raider S with custom fabricated pipes. (Great Sounding Pipes) Bike puts out 90hp at rear wheel and 130+ tq. Watch how straight the torque curve is during the final run. www.interstatecycle.com
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The Raider Ice Bike
Inspired by the custom chopper movement, the 2008 Yamaha Star RAIDER, the LA Kings “Ice Bike,” is a custom performance cruiser loaded with horsepower, superior rider comfort and lots of chrome.
The Ice Bike was featured at a live auction for the annual Tip-A-King charity fundraiser, which is benefiting the Kings Care Foundation.
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Video Review of the Raider
The 2008 Raider has a chopped-out rake, raised handlebars, and a big 21-inch front wheel. Star is building and is pimping the bike out fresh from the factory.
The Star boys have got the cruiser and power cruiser look down and are now going after a chopper look. And they are making the bike easy to ride… not like some of the other bikes you find in the v-twin markeplace.
Sponsor: Metric Thunder – Carries a Complete Line of Raider Products.
Source: Motorcycle Daily
Dateline: November 2007
The Star Raider is a radically styled “custom” cruiser that handles well and is safe and easy to ride. WOW… try that with one of those big choppers.
As the saying goes… radically raked front ends and huge rear tires tend to work against these goals, but Star Raider got it right…
Get the details on this review right here at Motorcycle Daily.
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