Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted July 6, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted July 6, 2021 UPDATED WORLDWIDE NIKEN TOTALS: Source: from Niken owners. Updated with individual country estimates. This brings worldwide estimate to: 2018 Nikens =1532, 2019 Nikens=1553, and 2020 Nikens =2258 Still no serial numbers confirmed for 2021 Nikens. Current worldwide total of 5343! Country representation so far includes: Australia, Canada, China (only 23-24) Czechoslovakia, France, Hong Kong (~20-30), Italy (<120), Israel, Japan, New Zealand (only 14), Philippines (1), Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand (1), Turkey, UK, US (280 all model year 2019), Wales. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted July 29, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 12:52 PM, knyte said: ...was watching Hoovies Garage this morning and he had an interesting thought, something to the effect of: "I love my 25th anniversary Countach, but every time I stop at the gas station - it's an event. I mostly like it, but in driving one of these, you have to be prepared for the attention it will get." I think the same is or will be true for your Niken. It's unusual, it stands out. It may not scream as loudly as a Countach, but it certainly yells enough to be audible, and you will get some attention Incidentally, according to Wikipedia there are only 2033 Countach ever made. Current Global Niken estimates put us at approximately 2.5x that but still a paltry number at only 5343 worldwide. 1 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 2, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 2, 2021 UPDATED WORLDWIDE NIKEN TOTALS: Source: from Niken owners. Just saw a video from Thailand where they are referencing how many Niken in Thailand. Updated with individual country estimates. This brings worldwide estimate to: 2018 Nikens =1532, 2019 Nikens=1553, and 2020 Nikens =2258 Still no serial numbers confirmed for 2021 Nikens. Current worldwide total of 5343! Country representation so far includes: Australia, Canada, China (only 23-24) Czechoslovakia, France, Hong Kong (~20-30), Italy (<120), Israel, Japan, New Zealand (only 14), Philippines (1), Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand (10), Turkey, UK, US (280 all model year 2019), Wales. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 9, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 9, 2021 Updated with individual country estimates. This brings worldwide estimate to: 2018 Nikens =1532, 2019 Nikens=1553, and 2020 Nikens =2258 Still no serial numbers confirmed for 2021 Nikens. Current worldwide total of 5343! Country representation so far includes: Australia, Canada, China (only 23-24) Czechoslovakia, France, Hong Kong (~20-30), Hungary (1), Italy (<120), Israel, Japan, New Zealand (only 14), Philippines (1), Portugal, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand (10), Turkey, UK, US (280 all model year 2019), Wales. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 22, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 22, 2021 Special thanks to FourSwords who used this method to identify Nikens for sale in the US which led to increased accuracy in terms of sales numbers for the U.S. according to recall information. I took a look at recall info in the UK for the Yamaha Niken (MTX850) and lo and behold, this is what I got: As of December 8, 2020, a recall for the Nikens listed impacted production numbers as being RN5813012267-RN5843011965. That puts the total number of Nikens in the UK (as of Dec 8,2020) = 302. NOTE: this is assuming that there are no breaks in the sequence of VIN serial numbers allocated to the UK!!! Recall YAMAHA RM/2020/046 - Vehicle Recall UK (vehicle-recall.co.uk) 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 22, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 22, 2021 Did the same recall lookup for Australia. As of March 29, 2021, there were 55 Nikens in all of Australia. Appears to be a combo of 40 regular Nikens (model MXT850J) and 15 Niken GTs (model MXT850DK). REC-001535 - Yamaha Motor Australia Pty Ltd - YAMAHA FJR1300, MT10, MT09, NIKEN, XT1200 2013 - 2021 | Vehicle Recalls Interestingly, the Niken VINs for Australia were NOT sequential and there were breaks in their numerical sequences. Updating country totals as follows. This brings worldwide estimate to: 2018 Nikens =1532, 2019 Nikens=1553, and 2020 Nikens =2258 Still no serial numbers confirmed for 2021 Nikens. Current worldwide total of 5343! Country representation so far includes: Australia (55 as of March 29, 2021, recall data), Canada, China (estimated at 23-24) Czechoslovakia, France, Hong Kong (~20-30), Hungary (1), Italy (<120), Israel, Japan, New Zealand (only 14), Philippines (1), Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand (10), Turkey, UK, US (280 all model year 2019), UK (England/Northern Ireland/Scotland/Wales = 302, as of December 8,2020). 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 22, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 22, 2021 Took some digging to find the Japan version of this but finally found it here: As of November 2020, there were 382 Nikens and 155 Niken GTs in Japan for a total of 537. 001378415.pdf (mlit.go.jp) Updating country totals as follows. This brings worldwide estimate to: 2018 Nikens =1532, 2019 Nikens=1553, and 2020 Nikens =2258 Still no serial numbers confirmed for 2021 Nikens. Current worldwide total of 5343! Country representation so far includes: Australia 55 (as of March 29, 2021, recall data) Canada China (estimated at 23-24) Czechoslovakia France Hong Kong (estimated at ~20-30), Hungary (1), Italy (estimated at <120), Israel, Japan = 537 as of November 2020, recall data) New Zealand (estimated at 14) Philippines (1) Portugal Serbia Spain Taiwan Thailand (estimated at 10) Turkey UK (England/Northern Ireland/Scotland/Wales = 302, as of December 8,2020, recall data). US 280 (all model year 2019, recall data), 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 22, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 22, 2021 Tried to update with US confirmed images from NHTSA but interestingly, the Niken recall info could no longer be found in NHTSA. Apparently it seems as though Yamaha removed the recall info from the US NHTSA site and forces you to go to the Yamaha site to perform an individual VIN lookup to see whether or not your Niken is impacted. Yamaha Consumer Publications (yamaha-dealers.com) For the sake of posterity I posted a copy of what comes up in the VIN search results for my 2019 Niken GT since lookups for the referenced NHTSA recall number 20V814 no longer give any results. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 22, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 22, 2021 Looked up Canada's recall info and unfortunately it doesn't give numerical numbers and it misspells Niken as "NIKKEN". Recall Details (tc.gc.ca) 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted August 22, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted August 22, 2021 Looked up warranty info for New Zealand, it doesn't even list the Niken on their site for recall: Safety recalls database | Vehicle Safety Recalls (nzta.govt.nz) 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbrell Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 8/22/2021 at 10:07 PM, maximNikenGT said: Did the same recall lookup for Australia. As of March 29, 2021, there were 55 Nikens in all of Australia. Appears to be a combo of 40 regular Nikens (model MXT850J) and 15 Niken GTs (model MXT850DK). REC-001535 - Yamaha Motor Australia Pty Ltd - YAMAHA FJR1300, MT10, MT09, NIKEN, XT1200 2013 - 2021 | Vehicle Recalls Interestingly, the Niken VINs for Australia were NOT sequential and there were breaks in their numerical sequences. Updating country totals as follows. This brings worldwide estimate to: 2018 Nikens =1532, 2019 Nikens=1553, and 2020 Nikens =2258 Still no serial numbers confirmed for 2021 Nikens. Current worldwide total of 5343! Country representation so far includes: Australia (55 as of March 29, 2021, recall data), Canada, China (estimated at 23-24) Czechoslovakia, France, Hong Kong (~20-30), Hungary (1), Italy (<120), Israel, Japan, New Zealand (only 14), Philippines (1), Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand (10), Turkey, UK, US (280 all model year 2019), UK (England/Northern Ireland/Scotland/Wales = 302, as of December 8,2020). Number 39 JYARN582XJA000025 on your Aussie list is mine. Ex-Demo std Niken with 1700k (1000+ miles)on it. Picked up Friday, have put on SW Motech crash bars and sump guard, SHAD Pro tank ring, SHAD rear rack today hopefully. Dealer threw in chain guard, radiator guard and heated grips for 2/3 RRP. Centre stand to be ordered and perhaps comfort (heated) seat. Tasmania does get coldish. Screen upgrade required also, leaning towards Givi D2122S. Finding it hard to get hold of 3P mounting kit for SHAD panniers, but will keep searching. What a machine! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveboy Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) Hi everybody...I've just put a deposit down on a Niken GT (pre reg 21..UK) zero miles on clock. will be picking it up on Saturday....last 4 Vin number 0710. Edited August 31, 2021 by daveboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member maximNikenGT Posted September 2, 2021 Author Supporting Member Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 2:56 AM, daveboy said: Hi everybody...I've just put a deposit down on a Niken GT (pre reg 21..UK) zero miles on clock. will be picking it up on Saturday....last 4 Vin number 0710. Welcome to the forum. You are the first confirmed 2021 Niken owner in this forum worldwide. Thank you for sharing. 2019 Niken GT "Motorcycles - the brand is not important, the fact that you ride is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveboy Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 6 hours ago, maximNikenGT said: Welcome to the forum. You are the first confirmed 2021 Niken owner in this forum worldwide. Thank you for sharing. Not sure it's a 21 model....think it's been in a crate for quite some time....reg is 21 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggo Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 10th number of the VIN will tell you the year I think they only produced them in 2018 ( J on VIN ) or 2019 ( K on VIN ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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