VOL. 52 ISSUE 49 DECEMBER 8, 2015 P69
S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
MUGEN SHINDEN YON
ENGINE: .................410V oil-cooled three-
phase IPM/interior permanent magnet
brushless DC motor with liquid-cooled
inverter/controller
BATTERIES: .. Hitachi Maxell high-energy
aluminium laminated Lithium-ion pouch
cell batteries with integrated air-cooled
thermal management system
RANGE: ....38 miles at TT Zero race speed
RECHARGE FROM ZERO: 5 hours at 240V,
8 hours at 110V
TRANSMISSION: ....... Direct single-speed
with gear-driven primary reduction and
chain final drive
HORSEPOWER: ........ 148 hp @ 8000 rpm
TORQUE: ....................... 220 lb-ft @ 1 rpm
CHASSIS: .. Carbon fiber twin-spar frame
FRONT SUSPENSION: .............48mm fully
adjustable Showa BFP fork
REAR SUSPENSION: ............. Carbon fiber
swingarm with adjustable-rate vari-
able link, and fully adjustable Showa
monoshock
FRONT BRAKE: .................... Twin 320mm
Nissin steel discs with radially mounted
six-piston Nissin calipers
REAR BRAKE:...........Single 220mm Nissin
steel disc with twin-piston Nissin caliper,
and supplementary regenerative braking
FRONT TIRE: ..........................120/70ZR17
Dunlop Sportmax D812 GP on 3.50-in
Marchesini forged magnesium wheel
REAR TIRE: ...................195/65-17 Dunlop
slick (or 200/70-17 Sportmax D812 GP
treaded) on 6.00-in. Marchesini forged
magnesium wheel
RAKE: .................................................... 23°
TRAIL: ............................................. 4.13 in.
WHEELBASE: ................................. 58.4 in.
SEAT HEIGHT: .................................31.1 in.
WEIGHT: ........................................ 451 lbs.
a lifted rear wheel, no weav-
ing around my chosen line, the
Mugen just stopped level and
poised (there's that word again).
But I did help that happen by
using the rear brake first, as it's
easy to do with the handlebar-
mounted lever—John McGuin-
ness must have liked that, being
used to a thumb brake on his
combustion Hondas—for a hard
stop from high speed, so as
to load up the back wheel first
before hitting the front six-pot
brakes. But on what would have
been a third-gear sweeper on
a 600 supersport at the end
of the pit straight, the Mugen's
forward weight bias gave loads
of confidence in keeping up turn
speed. This is just a very addic-
tive motorcycle that it would be
great to take on a twisty country
road ride.
And that's where I hope the
Mugen Shinden is headed one
of these days—to a country road
near you, or to be honest, near
me! Mugen CEO Tomoyuki
Hashimoto says this is what the
company is indeed working on.
"We are considering to go into
production with the Shinden, to
sell all over the world," he says.
"We are considering every pos-
sibility, but this probably takes a
minimum of two or three years
before we can achieve this ambi-
tion. But we would like to find a
way to bring this technology to
customers."
Watch this space! CN
McPint on
his way to a
second TT
Zero victory
earlier this
year.
