Yamaha Bikes

Is the new Yamaha MCW-4 the ideal four-wheeler of the future?

The range of Leaning Multi-Wheel (LMW) vehicles, as they are called, has a new addition called the MWC-4. One might think of it as a futuristic version of the three-wheeled Yamaha Tricity sold internationally. But no one would assume the latest concept to be what it truly is, a 4-wheeled motorcycle! It is an Electric Vehicle designed under the ‘Half-Sized Mobility’ concept equipped with a range extender (type is yet unknown) that uses something that’s called “attitude control”. According to Yamaha, the styling of the bike is an amalgamation of the two things that the brand has been recognised for - motorcycles and musical instruments. Yamaha introduced a similar concept back in 2007 called the Tesseract, which was soon followed by the Tricity. Unlike the Tesseract, the MWC-4 features a roof. Motorcycles such as these are supposed to have leaning chassis and multi-wheel designs, and this model is set on a narrower wheelbase to make the bike leaner and more petite. Excluding the Tesseract, Yamaha had earlier showcased prototypes like the ORT2 and the MWT-9. However, the three-wheeler Tricity is the only one to make it to production level. While... read more »

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