Yamaha Announces Star Bolt Cafe Prototype for 2013 Tokyo Motor Show

Dennis Chung
by Dennis Chung

Yamaha announced it will present a new café-styled version of the Star Bolt at the Nov. 22-Dec. 1 Tokyo Motor Show.

While there are no plans to produce the Bolt Café, the concept was designed to show the potential of the Bolt as a platform for customization. The prototype sports the same 946cc V-Twin engine as the Bolt but adds a new exhaust. Other changes include the low café-style handlebars, under-mount bar end mirrors, fork gaiters, and a completely new tail with retro-styled leather seat.

Here’s what Yamaha has to say about its concept:

With the “BOLT’s” slim and compact chassis and 950cc air-cooled V-twin engine as a base, the “BOLT Café” is a prototype showing an example of how owners can customize the bike to their own tastes. The BOLT’s simplicity and high degree of freedom for many different styles of customization expands the boundaries of enjoyment to be found in garage modification.

[Source: Yamaha]

Dennis Chung
Dennis Chung

Dennis has been a part of the Motorcycle.com team since 2008, and through his tenure, has developed a firm grasp of industry trends, and a solid sense of what's to come. A bloodhound when it comes to tracking information on new motorcycles, if there's a new model on the horizon, you'll probably hear about it from him first.

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