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of the ‘new’ tag. Certainly as a retro

remake the V Twin platform was given

a decent styling treatment with clip-

ons and a neat nose fairing. Hopefully

we will see both the LAMS and

full powered versions here.

YAMAHA

On paper the addition of a GT

to the popular Yamaha 900 Tra

range looks like a good thing.

From the outside the MT-09

featured a slight restyling as we

improvements to suspension

and seat comfort.

UNUSUAL

YAMAHA

No ‘Jake the Peg’ three-

legged Rolf Harris jokes

here please. Yamaha

has gone full-tilt on the

Niken concept three-

wheeler and you could

sense some confusion (from

the press) and anxiety (from

the Japanese) in the room.

Sometimes you just have to g

with a design and not be both

about visceral reactions because, as a

feat of design and build the Niken is

pretty remarkable. Yes, it has

been done before

Maybe the dual-external front forks

or the intimidating front bodywork

are the hallmark of some very class-

leading design. As a

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