Based upon the P3 Concept model displayed at last year’s Intermot show, new FZ looks to offer excellent torque, outright agility, and light weight
Yamaha caused quite a stir at the Intermot show last October when it unveiled an unusual display that combined an R1 engine, an M1 MotoGP engine, and a concept engine surrounded by wires called the “P3 Concept”. At the heart of the display was an inline three-cylinder powerplant utilizing a crossplane crankshaft like its R1 and M1 cousins—with a rather ominous statement that “this advanced new, light, slim and compact 3-cylinder engine will shape Yamaha’s future motorcycle lineup.” At the show, we managed to get an interview with Yamaha’s Senior Executive Officer Kunihiko Miwa (who just happened to be the project leader of the original 1998 Yamaha YZF-R1), where he stated that, “The triple was the best solution using a cross-plane crank design.”
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