The new Tesseract is innovative not only in technology but also in design. Its semi-open wheel covers, exposed suspension mechanisms and linkages, chiseled styling and praying mantis stance create quite a fashionable, unorthodox, unique vehicle.

Although the Tesseract has four wheels, it is still categorized as a motorbike. Yamaha claims that the vehicle is about the same width as a standard motorcycle, which means that lane-splitting could still be achieved and parking shouldn't be more difficult than with usual dual-wheel motorcycles. The Tesseract will probably not be mass produced, as the intention is to display it in the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. For the same reason a price was not named.

For information on other concept-motorbikes, you can read TFOT’s coverage of the Piaggio’s MP3 Three-Wheeler, Axle Corporation's EV-X7 electric motorbike, and the fashionable 2-seater, T-Rex three-wheeled vehicle.