Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

real road s, " said Yukio Mi yamaru , chief engineer of th e Rid ing Trainer. "I t will re -c reate an y real thin g th at will happen on the road . You can use this t o le arn how to co ntrol th e b ik e to p revent accident s." T he Riding Tra iner too k ab out one ye ar to develop. Accordi ng t o M iya ma ru- san , no d ecis i on has b e e n made r e g ard i ng s a l e s or furt h e r development. Given the simplicity of the design and th e value it brings to a dealership , it 's a safe bet that th is will be relea sed for sal e. Next to the Rid ing Tra ine r Honda displayed its $60,000 sim ulator wi th new software that simulates th e rid ing e xp e r ien c e wi th the tec hnology H ond a has d e v e l o p ed for t h e A dvanced Safet y Vehicle proj ect. The ASV p r oj ect is sponsor ed b y th e Japan ese gove rn m ent to d ev el op sys te m s that inform and wa rn riders o f th e di st an c es t o o t he r v ehicles arou nd th em, in c lu din g warn in g s i f th ey intend t o tu rn the ve hicl e on a trajectory th at ma y resu lt in a co ll ision with another vehicle. Finally , Honda proudly displayed its RNOI raci ng m ountain bik e. A winner in the fourth round of J apanese m oun tain b ik e c h ampio ns h i p , Ho n da ann o u nc ed t h at t h e m o t o c ros s- lik e RNOI will go on sale in the near future. Con troll ed Fil lin g ( CF) die - ca st in g process used for th e alu m inum stru c tu ral co m ponents on the YZF -R6 and YZ F -R I m od el s . The CF p roc e ss makes use o f vac uu m to fill th e die m or e qu ic kly wit h molten aluminum, thereb y redu c in g c asti ng defects that weaken the part. Li g hter, strong er and simpler frames result. Yamaha has improved the ri de an d handl ing by incr e a si n g the fr o n t wheel size to 14 inches and the rear wheel size t o 13 i n c h e s . T he old Maj est y used 12 -inc h wh eels, front and rear. Fo r th e domestic com m uti ng m arke t Yamah a released an updated Vino scooter. Gone is the old, sm ok y t wostrok e engine , now replaced by a liq u id -co o led th ree -val ve (t wo i ntak e, o ne ex h aus t) , fo u r-s t ro ke eng i ne . Yama ha cl ai ms no lo ss in power but m uch improvem ent in fuel eco no my and em issi ons. To im p ro ve the p erf orman ce and c o n ve n ie nc e o f sc o o t er s, Ya mah a d isp l a y ed t he " M a b r i c e" c o ncep t Kawasaki showed off Its ZZR-X, a "It has a lot of features like a ce ll scooter . T h e M ab ri ce features du al hi gh- spe ed toure. concept bike. pho ne - a Ja panese cell phone , not a power so urces, wi th the m ain power U .S . ce ll ph on e. Yo u c an do wn lo ad co mi n g f rom a 250cc eng ine an d (fro m the Int ernet) music or t on es or cons idering com p ressed hydrogen as auxiliary pow er from a supersli m inwom en 's vo ices - whatever yo u li k e. a sou rc e of fu el , b ut Yam aha chose a hub electr ic motor fitted in the front Yo u c an se lect differ en t tun es ; fo r wh ee l. T h e in -h ub e lectri c m o to r m ethanol -based sy st em du e to simexample , fl asher sounds are different k icks in wh en more ac ce leration i s p licity and that m ethanol is a liquid from left to righ t. We did it for th e fun fu el. needed as well as being an aid wh en YAMAHA of it : co ntinued Mats ud a. ma neu vering th e vehicle duri ng par kIn roug h n u m b er s , tw o liter s o f The fun doesn't last lon g. however. ing. It can also be used when tra velIn contrast to th e brigh t and open dismetha no l c a n dri ve t h e f ue l ce ll A s with an y electric vehicle, range is p la y s by th e o t h er ma nufactu rers , ing through a qu iet ne igh borhood. scoot er 10 0 k ilom et ers ( 6 2 m il es) . a pro blem . Yamaha 's Tokyo Motor Show display The Mabrice fea tu res a Ion -andsu el was black and closed . SC:OOter;j~~'tk:;~~~;7,:;':~;T,;;;~~~;;;;::=*=::::~1:tl~production Passol can-glr.fl,.;::t:~~u::'<'ur:Jp Scoot ers outlow look not seen before on scooters. ce Is produce no nitrous xid X) 3 2km , or 20 m iles, " said Matsuda. numoere motorcycl e s, Q s'=a';':y: -;'-- 'etin t e d in class ic Yamaha Pe arl " That' s on the catalog. Actually , it emissions and little c ar bon -di oxi de. that " e are now a scooter company " Wh i t e . th e Ma brice i s arg uably th e goes abo ut 10 to IS miles. It depends T h ey a re env ironmen t- f r iend l y just as Yam ah a sa id 20 yea rs ag o best - looking sco ot er ever to come on how you rid e it , and yo ur weight. sources of pow er. th at "we are now a cruiser company " ou t of Yam aha. Th at's fr om ou r testing . So we are A fuel cell can also sup ply AC li ne wh en it saw th e market sh ifting to T he Mabric e, though a con cept pu tt in g a 50 -percent bigger battery in current . Thus a fuel cell sc ooter co uld lai d- back cru isers . Yamaha called its model , was a br idge between the prefoll owing m od els." double as an em ergency pow er gendisplay th e " YAM A HA Mus eum - The sent and the future of sco ot ers. Th e T he Passol uses a lithi um - io n baterator. Art of Eng in eering: with none o f the fut ure, as envi sioned by Yamaha , is tery that ca n be fu ll y charged in 2.5 A special conc ept scooter was also music and dan cing gir ls foun d on the electri c sc ooters. An d if that sc ar es hou rs and 80-percent charged in just shown that was a joint effort between Honda, Kaw a sak i and Suzuki disyo u , skip ahead to th e T ri cker; othe rove r an hour. Yam aha Motor and Yam aha Music plays. wise read on. Yamaha also showed two concept Companies. Called th e " Dolsa Wi nd: From th e engineering perspective Yam aha has an electric scooter fo r scoote rs lev eraged from t he Passol. th is scooter w as said to be the off Yamaha remain s i m p re ssi v e . The sale in the domestic mark et already . Both were d esigned to fo ld up , one spring from a motorc ycl e and a must flag sh i p Ma j esty sc o oter has bee n Called th e Passol , te st sa les st arted for lying down in a ca r trunk and the ca l instrum ent marriage. With an all upd a t e d a n d r en am ed " G r a n d last November in th e Tokyo area and other one for standing up in th e corfl at-wh i t e fin i sh , th e Dol sa W ind Majesty. " A new type of fuel inj ect ion th en went nati onwide in May. Pow ner of a room . looked like someth ing out of the fi nal has been fi tt ed th at us es few er senered by a 0 .58 kW electric m otor. th e An o ther co ncept scoote r - o n e sce ne of 2 00 1: A Sp ace Ody ssey . sors than the sys tem s found on the ele ctric Passo l has p roven popu la r prob abl y further out in t erms o f comN ea rl y a ll o f th e n e w Ya m a h a YZF and FJR motorcy cl es. In add i w it h y oung w omen and b eg in ners, m er ci aliza ti on - featured a fue l cell m otorc y cl es on di spl ay w er e previ t ion, a low -p ow e r f uel pump was even th ou gh it is ex pensive . p ower su p ply . The prin c ipl e of t he ously introduced at Paris, Milan or the developed along with a co m bined fuel "T he one we ar e sell ing is about fuel cell is rather si m p le. USA , but with on e notable ex ception. pressu re regu lato r and fil te r m odule. $2 0 0 0; it i s a littl e on t h e h i gh er T h e T nc k er th a t Yam ah a diISP Iaye d " " If yo u pu t posit iv e and neg at ive Th e Grand Majesty is also the first si de ," said Katsu hiko M a t sud a . a [electric al leads] int o water, you ge t at the last T ok y o M otor Sh ow two Yam aha p rodu ct t o use an all -aluproduct pla nni ng m anage r at Yama o x yg en and hydrogen . E lectricity ye ar s ago will g o o n sal e in ea rly m inum c ylinder with n o p l at in g or ha. "O ur be st-selli ng scooter is about can disintegrate H2 0 into hydrogen 20 04 . A cross between a BMX bicycle sleeves. The new cyl inder em ploys an $ 15 00 , so Passol is a little bit on the and oxygen . Tha t's how the fuel cell works , but in th e rev er se way ," said and a trials m otorc ycl e, th e Tric ke r is al uminum alloy wit h 20 -perc ent sil i hig h side. We know tha t. We are not Yamaha 's T om oh iro O no . " If hydro des ig ned for riders wh o lov e wh eeli es con c o nte n t , di e -cast by a new focused on sell ing a high quant it y . ge n and ox yg en co m b in e t o g et her , and stopp ies (gi ve Yamaha credit for p rocess t ha t su bstan tially redu c es " F u n c t i o n a ll y, ea se of ri de and yo u wi ll get elect rici ty , and water. " fig uri ng th at out fir st ) . Th e p rod uc t ion v o i ds and o t he r cas ti ng de f e cts . ease o f co nt rol are t he sales fe a Fu el c ell s have be en around for T ricker will be fitted with street -legal Yam ah a clai ms t h at a 6 0 -p erc en t tu res ," ad d ed Ma ts uda -san . " It has im p rovem ent in coo ling is obtained, an elec tric m ot or , and we ca n pro yea rs , b ut fitting a fuel ce ll p ow er eq u ip m ent , wh il e the Tricker Pro is lower manufactu ring costs are real gram how it react s to the th rott le. If syste m on a scoote r p resents so me modified fro m the production m od el. cha lle nges . Th e Pro m o del is not sc hed u led for ized , and th e cylind er can be m ad e we target beginners and newcomers, 30 -p erc ent lig ht er. we c an m ak e th e t h rottl e respon se "Size is a ch all enge - and it's new production, but a stoc k T rick er co u ld for ever y bod y: said Ono. " Durabil ity The cyli nd er head is all new, to o, softer. If we target more experie nc ed be co nve rted in to a T ri ck er Pro in one no w featuring fou r va lves fo r th e sin rid ers, we can make it m ore... jerk y, is un kn own. And fuel infrastructu re is day of easy wr ench ing. the bigg est obstacl e." Sp ec s on th e Tr ic k er i nc l u de a gle cylinder. wh atev er. Th at ' s th e beau t y of an The Grand Majes ty als o adopts an electric veh icl e - yo u can change set Th e fuel for th e fu el cell co m es 2 50c c sin g le ov erhea d c am fo ural um inum frame for 2004, using th e tings . from me tha no l. Other com pa nies are stroke engine , a 19-inch front wheel , G U c I • NOVEMBER 12, 2003 21

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