Titan Motorcycles Blue Falcon: an even wilder Yamaha MT-01 – News

The Yamaha MT-01 was the progenitor and also a bit the manifesto for theentire MT series of the Iwata house: presented as a concept in 1999 and born in 2004 under the sign of a refined and unique design, it has not had – in our market – a diffusion equal to its abundant aesthetic personality and the charm, not only power, provided by its twin-cylinder 90 horsepower 1670 cc engine (also adopted by the Midnight Star) with a pair of naval tug while a cheeky look and two divergent exhausts made it unique and very recognizable.

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Paradoxically, so much aesthetic and conceptual peculiarity often also provides an opportunity to elaborate the concept and use a motorcycle like the MT-01 as a starting point for a special, even more unique than the original model: that’s what the Austrian customizer did Titan Motorcycles which he derived from Yamaha’s Torque Sport the Titan Blue Falcon, radically modifying the rear part of the MT-01, totally eliminating the frame and replacing it with an aluminum structure that supports the saddle. Tires become i Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR on spoked rims Kineo, the instrumentation Motogadget, the direction indicators Rizoma they are integrated on the sides of the knobs, the exhaust loses the two choreographic silencers to escape under the swingarm, while the headlight is a LED unit Kellermann and the handlebar comes from LSL.

A lot of craftsmanship has produced a motorcycle halfway between a scrambler and an aggressive naked postatomica, even more loaded forward than the original bike, which will certainly have satisfied the requests of the enthusiast who commissioned it by requesting a “martial and brutal” bike.

Photo: Titan Motorcycles

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