Different!!

[prmurat]

https://www.zigwheels.com/news-features/general-news/furion-builds-a-yamaha-niken-with-hybrid-powertrain/44642/?is_amp=1

[maximNikenGT]

From the Furion website in Le Mans, France: Furion Motorcycle - First hybrid motorcycle to use both a combustion engine and an electric one! (furion-motorcycles.com)

Oddly the Furion website in France currently doesn't even list the Furion M3. 

Furion Motorcycle - First hybrid motorcycle to use both a combustion engine and an electric one! (furion-motorcycles.com) 

Article in English on the hybrid electric Niken concept called the Furion: 

Furion’s new electric Yamaha Niken concept looks awesome (livingwithgravity.com)

A few questions/thoughts- adding the hub mounted front motors (using bicycle hub motors as a benchmark, Amazon.com : Bafang 48V 1000W 26 inch Fat Bike Electronic Kit Rear Hub Motor G062.1000 DC Electric Bike Conversion Kit with Disc Brake : Sports & Outdoors) will add at least 4 pounds to each of the front wheel in unsprung weight. But coupled with the regenerative braking and the 2.2kWh batteries that appear to be mounted  in tandem under the tail will supposedly give an additional 47 hp and 38 ft-lb of torque to a target of 162 hp and 88 Nm / 83 ft-lbs of torque (from stock of 115 hp/84 kW and 61 Nm/ 45 ft-lb torque).

Listed torque specs are a bit funny - not sure how they are listing a torque bump = 140 Nm since my calculations put it at 88 Nm. Unless you double the front torque because of the two front wheel mounted motors, it comes out way over listed specs at 38ft lbs + 38ft lbs +45 ft-lb = 121 ft-lb / 161 Nm of torque. Somebody double check my math on this please!

Not sure what those big black radiator looking fins were on both sides in front of the tank but presumably these are used to cool the batteries?

Also not clear whether any electric power is actually directed to the rear wheel or if the electric power is strictly for the front tires?

And while the battery is a 2.2kWh battery, unclear how large e.g. no mAh specifications so unclear what the weight penalty from the batteries will be. 

Does the battery have to be plugged in at all to charge or is it all self contained with the engine? 

Ultimate question is whether the increased power also comes with increased braking, transmission, chain and suspension since we've heard the horror stories of what happens when you Turbo a Niken without appropriate strengthening of internals. 

Edited February 2, 2022 by maximNikenGT
updated Grammar

[koth442]

That's pretty nifty!