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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Yamaha Niken page on 30 October 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Yamaha Niken is a 845 cc tilting three-wheeler motorcycle, manufactured since 2018 by Yamaha Motor and sold worldwide.
The Niken is a commercial version of the concept bike "MWT-9" announced by Yamaha in 2015. As part of Yamaha's LMW line of bikes - Leaning Multi Wheel - the Tricity with 125cc had previously appeared in 2014. The basic concept is that the two front wheels move in conjunction with each other when the vehicle body is tilted, while the body can be moved like a normal motorcycle.
The name Niken is a coined word meaning "two swords", referring to the dynamic movement of the front two wheels like a sword master's two blades.
The development concept was called "New Type of Agility & Controllability".
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| 17 August 2020 | Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance | Federal Register: NHTSA (Otto G. Matheke III) |