A few years ago, a small company by the
name of Lazareth released its LM 847 four-wheeled motorcycle with a Maserati V8
engine delivering 470 hp. Fast forward to 2020 and Lazareth is back with its
latest model although this one, dubbed the LM 410, is slightly less ridiculous
yet still something very special indeed.
Much like the V8-powered LM 847, the
Lazareth LM 410 features four wheels, two at the front and two at the rear.
Such a configuration is very strange for a motorcycle and means that the bike
can stand upright when it’s stationary. During cornering, a set of hinged axles
allow the bike to lean into a turn.
The biggest change between the LM 410 and
the LM 847 is that this new bike doesn’t feature a V8 engine and instead uses
the high-revving 998cc four-cylinder engine of a Yamaha R1 superbike. In the
R1, this engine churns out 199 hp and 105 Nm of torque but Lazareth
has yet to say if these figures remain unchanged in the LM 410.
If you can look beyond the four wheels,
you’ll notice the rest of the LM 410’s design is also rather unconventional.
For example, there’s no screen and the seat is located towards the tail of the
bike, nearer to where you’d expect to find a pillion seat on a traditional
sports bike. We have a sneaking suspicion the bike wouldn’t be particularly
comfortable to ride.
Lazareth intends on building just 10
examples of the LM 410 with each priced at € 100,000 (US$ 108,000).