Make your own Yamaha Niken
Yamaha’s Niken three-wheeler has certainly divided opinion since its release, but here’s how you can make your own
WELL KIND OF! A video has emerged on the net from the official Yamaha Motor YouTube channel – the one that encompasses everything from marine engines, motorcycles and generators – showing those of a crafty nature among us how to make your own Yamaha Niken three-wheeled motorcycle. Out of felt!
Yep, crazy as that seems, some crafty (geddit?) PR manager has started flooding the channel with craft videos covering everything from knitting your EF1000iS generator (which is actual size) to making the piston and conrod for an SR engine out of felt. Because you know, why not.
Take a look at some of the content here: https://www.youtube.com/user/YamahaMotorcompany/videos
Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
