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E-bikes are a great alternative to a commute by car. But if you want a little more stability combined with a tight turning circle, Jack Skopinski has built an electric-assist tricycle that makes use of the same exposed tilting mechanism as his EV4 quad bike.

As the leaning multi-wheeler scooter class is booming, Yamaha has announced a new addition next to its European best seller, the Tricity 125. The brand new Tricity 155 boasts a larger engine and, although the extra 30 cc may not sound as much, they do make a big difference in the eyes of the law.

Terracraft's SuperTrike gives you a pair of handlebars to control steering, but the tilt angle is chosen by an intelligent CoPilot computer system that keeps the cabin level over undulating roads, and leans it into corners for aggressive riding.

The latest electric scooter to hit the streets adds a bit of fun by offering multiple riding styles. The CycleBoard electric scooter is designed with an intuitive steering system that uses foot placement and body balance.

We've seen some truly wild and awesome motor-powered off-road vehicles this year. It wasn't easy trimming the list, but we've compiled our 10 favorites from 2015.

While its MWT-9 three-wheeled concept was making headlines at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show last week, Yamaha discreetly released a video of another similar prototype in development. The OR2T has four wheels and suspension technology evolving from the 2007 Tesseract concept model.

Tilting three-wheeled motorcycles seem certain to go mainstream with the showing by Yamaha of a sporting MWT-9 concept at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. The MWT-9 uses a three-cylinder 850 cm3 engine and is likely to extend the existing 125 cm3 Tricity into an entire family of three-wheelers.

If there was one market segment where Honda was notably absent, that would be the tilting three-wheelers. This is about to change though, as the new concept model that Honda plans to unveil in Tokyo undeniably demonstrates its intent to enter this relatively new vehicle class.

We love our tilting vehicles here at Gizmag, but we’ve never seen anything quite like the Swincar Spider before. It's a remarkable tilting 4-wheeler concept that boasts absolutely ridiculous rough terrain capabilities thanks to its spider legs, 4-wheel steering and 4-wheel electric drive.

Leaning into corners has to be one of the greatest joys of riding a bike. Adding more wheels may increase stability, but it also strips that pleasure away. Unless it can tilt too. Jacek Skopinski has developed an interesting four-wheeled electric scooter called the EV4 that does just that.

Electric scooters are becoming an increasingly viable form of economical and eco-friendly urban transport. That said, many of them aren't set up to do much more than carry a single rider. Begium's Neerman Transport is looking to change that, with its johanson3 electric cargo trike.

Narrow track vehicles are evolving and sprouting up all over the place, but Yamaha’s brand new Tricity represents the first production effort by a major motorcycle company – and it seems to be focused in all the right areas to make it a huge success.