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  1. In Italian - use Close Captioning and translate to English to get a sense of what he’s explaining.
  2. Video of Yamaha dealers test riding the Niken around Sydney Motorsports track.
  3. Spark plugs NGK SKU ID: MR9K9, Product ID: 97469, are $7.47 USD per plug direct from NGK: https://www.ngk.com/ngk-97469-mr9k-9-nickel-spark-plug. Does not include shipping or any applicable taxes. Amazon Prime did not seem to stock these but did have alternate suppliers for $11.52 per plug.
  4. Approaching 5 year mark on my 2019 GT and was reviewing maintenance schedules. Has anyone done a spark plug change on their Niken? All I could find in the maintenance manual was the spark plug specification and that there are 3 needed in the CP3 triple. Looks like spark plugs replacement is every 8k miles or annually. Don’t have a good idea of how hard/easy it is. Anyone have any photos/tips?
  5. Unverified source but ran across this as I was looking for Brudeli videos. The video suggests that Yamaha has a hybrid three wheeler version in the works. Had to read the transcript since it was recorded in Hindi. Source didn’t cite where he got the images from, so this may just be internet vaporware. But this was posted 3 years ago right as Niken sales was discontinued in the US (presumably due to poor sales/general user adoption). With the price of a new full size EV in the US averaging about $55353 (source: The Average Price of an Electric Car Keeps Dropping (2024 Update) - CarEdge https://caredge.com/guides/average-price-of-an-electric-car-2024 ), this may be a solution for folks needing more affordable mobility.
  6. Curiosity got the better of me and I had to see one of these Brudeli’s 654Ls in action. What really caught my attention was when they dirt tracked and ice tracked the Brudeli. Pretty sure I would never dirt or ice track my Niken but the Brudeli looked pretty fun doing it. Shorter video with dirt tracking: Longer video with ice tracking:
  7. Did some further digging, looks like Yamaha is utilizing the patents it acquired from Brudeli Tech to refine its LMW tech to a second generation: https://www.carandbike.com/news/yamaha-patents-reveal-new-leaning-three-wheeler-2243396 Unclear if this is heralding a second gen Niken or if tech is to be used in its Tricities line or some other yet to be announced product.
  8. Thanks Yaman. Fascinating. First time I’ve heard that Yamaha bought a patent for leaning front wheels from a Norwegian company. Upon further review: https://brudelitech.com/history-22385s.html, the Brudeli Tech company’s own website touts the sale of the patent in the following press release. I’ll have to do a patent lookup to see which patent specifically changed hands here but it wouldn’t surprise me if Yamaha did buy certain suspension patents to support it’s own Leaning Multi Wheel (LMW) tech.
  9. Not sure why I didn’t encounter this before but here’s a link to the Yamaha 01GEN concept bike that debuted in 2014 (four years before the worldwide introduction to the Niken in 2018): https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/yamaha-01gen-concept What’s interesting is that the 01GEN had the front double suspension tubes on the inside of the front wheels vs. the Niken production having the suspension tubes on the outside. I actually kind of like the double beak on the 01GEN. Makes it feel more adventure bike.
  10. Buonguorno Dommy! Benvenuti ai nostri cavalieri Italiani.(Welcome to our Italian riders). I love Italy and dream of riding my Niken there someday, especially anywhere near the Chianti region and near Positano so I can snack on world class prosciutto along the way.
  11. Saw this windscreen maker that I've not heard of before. While they make adjustable windscreens for Yamaha FJ and MTs I think they could potentially fit the Nikens. Anyone have experience with the Madstad windscreens? https://madstad.com/collections/fj-models/products/yamaha-fj-09-2015-up
  12. Spanish review of the 2023 Yamaha Niken in Sardinia. Use close captions with translate to English option.
  13. I applaud your camaraderie with fellow Niken owners. Bravo!👏
  14. Was checking out the year end Helite sales and was looking very closely at the Mocycle airbag pants. Didn’t realize until watching the video that the inner pant airbag is separable from riding jeans. Fast forward to 2:38 to see how the inner airbag is separable from the pants for washing purposes (e.g. the jeans, not the airbag). Makes me think that this inner airbag is transferable to other riding pants so long as you have the appropriate space within the pants for the bladder to expand. Can any Helite/Mocycle pant owners confirm?
  15. In case anyone is looking for additional product details on the Ohlins rear shock upgrade for the Niken.
  16. Stumbled across this surfing the Yamaha Japan website - lo and behold, a custom bike cover for the Yamaha Niken GT! Bike Cover F Type NIKEN/NIKEN GT | Yamaha Motor Group Wise Gear (ysgear.co.jp)
  17. Yamaha might be on to something here if they marketed/branded it correctly to the adventure/SUV crowd. E.g. Niken/Jeep edition or something like that... Any suggestions on what you might brand it as? Trigger Reddit style posting now...
  18. Special ask for Niken owners who reside in Countries outside of the United States please - need some help looking up local regulatory authorities in your country who handles motorcycle recalls to see whether they show numbers of Nikens impacted in your country to help with worldwide country estimates please. Not only do I not know which local authority would handle your country's local motorcycle recalls, but also need this help with non-English countries due to language translation challenges. General tips for recall look ups: some countries search by make and model ex. Yamaha Niken, while some go by product code ex. MTX850J, while others go by actual VIN. I've encountered one country (Canada) that actually listed the model name incorrectly (NIKKEN) so I'm sure not all searches will actually pull up correctly for their motorcycles.
  19. Updating world totals with first Greek confirmation and Hong Kong specific re-estimated. 2018 Nikens =1532, 2019 Nikens=1553, and 2020 Nikens =2258 2023 Nikens = 539 Still no serial numbers confirmed for 2021-2024 Nikens. Current estimated worldwide total of 5882! Country representation so far includes: Australia (55 as of March 29, 2021, recall data) Canada: Vancouver (1 confirmed in March 2024). Toronto, Quebec China (estimated at 23-24) Czechoslovakia France Greece (3 confirmed but estimated at 20) Hong Kong (11/30/23 re-estimated at ~5-10), Hungary (1), Ireland (Republic of Ireland) Italy (estimated at <120), Israel, Japan = 537 as of November 2020, recall data) New Zealand (estimated at 14) Philippines (1) Portugal Serbia South Africa (1 2019 non-GT, #38) Spain Sweden (1) Switzerland (1) Taiwan Thailand (estimated at 10) Turkey UK (England/NorthernIreland/Scotland/Wales = 302, as of December 8,2020, recall data). US 280 (all model year 2019, recall data)
  20. Reposting from another thread - anyone attempted using LED cornering lights from a FJ1300 or Tracer 9 GT into the Niken? I know Yamaha has the tech - just not sure how hard it would be to make it work with the Niken or if the front end cowling will even fit the new cornering lights or if the IMU will even work correctly with an LED from another Yamaha model.
  21. Anyone attempted using LED cornering lights from a FJ1300 or Tracer 9 GT into the Niken? I know Yamaha has the tech - just not sure how hard it would be to make it work with the Niken or if the front end cowling will even fit the new cornering lights or if the IMU will even work correctly with an LED from another Yamaha model
  22. Stumbled across this reference to future Yamaha machines at the Japan Mobility Show (formerly Tokyo Auto Show) and noticed a reference to a 'trail LMW' (Leaking Multi Wheel). Potentially an off-road/rally version of the Niken? https://www.carscoops.com/2023/10/yamahas-tricera-is-a-morgan-super-3-for-2033/amp/ Anyone go to this year's Japan Mobility Show and have pictures of what this is potentially referring to?
  23. Video of Nikens being manufactured and assembled off the factory production line by the fine teams in Iwata, Japan. Arigato!
  24. And of course the Niken wouldn't be possible without the fine men and women at the Yamaha factory out of Iwata, Japan. Video of Nikens being built and assembled off the lines of Iwata in addition to other Yamaha motorcycle models.
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