---
title: "Yamaha Unveils TY-E Electric Trial Bike Concept"
description: "This electric off-roader will compete in the FIM Trial-E Cup this summer."
date: "2018-03-25"
modified: "2018-03-25"
authors:
  - name: "Eric Brandt"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/eric-brandt"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/19576/yamaha-unveils-ty-e-electric-trial-bike-concept"
categories:
  - "Motorcycles"
  - "News"
  - "The Garage"
tags:
  - "concept car"
  - "dirt bike"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "trial bike"
  - "yamaha"
  - "Yamaha TY-E"
---

# Yamaha Unveils TY-E Electric Trial Bike Concept

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As we see electrification make its way into seemingly every mode of transportation as alternatives to traditional internal combustion engines, Yamaha has unveiled a new [concept for an off-road motorcycle](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15854/yamaha-continues-to-tease-us-with-new-tenere-700-world-raid-concept>). It’s the Yamaha TY-E trial bike concept and it will compete in the 2018 FIM Trial-E Cup this July.

[Yamaha](<https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/18425/yamaha-introduces-yz65-youth-motocross-bike>) used the advantages of electric power like powerful low-speed torque and extended acceleration to create a small motorcycle that’s proven to be quite capable off-road as you’ll see in the video below. It’s powered by an AC synchronous electric motor with a lithium-ion battery and the whole bike weighs less than 70 kg (154 lbs).

Normally weight is a drawback for electric cars and motorcycles, but that’s not the case with the Yamaha TY-E. Yamaha incorporated enough lightweight components with a CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) monocoque frame in order to keep the weight down making for a nimble off-roader.

You can see the Yamaha TY-E compete in the FIM Trial-E Cup at Auton in France July 14-15 and at Comblain au Pont in Belgium July 21-22. It will be ridden by All Japan Trial Championship competitor Kenichi Kuroyama.

There are already a couple manufacturers taking a shot at electric dirt bikes. Hopefully, the TY-E concept is a sign that Yamaha is next in line to bring an [electric off-roader](<https://www.thedrive.com/motorcycles/19236/italian-brand-cagiva-to-return-as-electric-motorcycle-brand>) to production to give bikes like the [KTM Freeride E-XC](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15259/ktm-launches-2018-freeride-e-xc-electric-enduro-bike>) some healthy competition.

https://youtube.com/embed/otuI3HI0U2E

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