Tier Motorsports’ Yamaha R1 belief

Tier Motorsports’ Yamaha R1 belief

Over the last few decades, some manufacturers and independent specialists have tried to unravel away from the ubiquitous telescopic front fork, and tried diverse kinds of alternative front suspension on motorcycles. However, BMW seem to be the only motorbike manufacturers who’ve ever had any significant commercial sensation with bikes that had alternative front trimmings, while the Britten V1000 is maybe the only successful racebike that did not use the conventional fork.

In model, some alternative front ends – the front swingarm for example – can separately trade with the forces generated by braking, steering and cornering a motorcycle, and, hence agreement significantly better usage. In repeat, however, very few of these systems seem to have worked.

In any situation, there is no lack of people who keep difficult to find a suspension emulsion that’s better than the good old telescopic fork, and that’s where Tier Motorsports come in. The visitors has intended an idea motorcycle, based on the Yamaha R1, that’s fitted with a definite-part swingarm and a monoshock in place of the accepted USD fork.

Among a dozen other gear, the Tier Motorsports’ front end uses a completely vertical steering axis, instead of the skewed steering axis that telescopic forks have to use because of their gather. Claimed advantages are adjustable dive under braking, more consistent steering, improved high swiftness stability, better cycle comfort, gorged-variety adjustability and a spread in braking performance.

The claimed advantages all sound good, but we sensation if this specific-sided front swingarm will ever make to production certainty. Given how good USD forks on modern sportsbikes have become, the possibility for alternative front suspension being accepted on mainstream bikes looks wintry. That is, save this kind of suspension is backed up by some other pathbreaking technology, like two-veer-chauffeur perhaps. A 2WD Yamaha R1 with solitary-sided front and rear swingarms? Hmmm… now that would be interesting!