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When you were a kid you probably rode a bike, and while mastering that you rode with training wheels. Before even that, you likely rode a trike. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe MR2 custom appeals to your inner child, but will its price have you asking, are you kidding? More »
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The Tyrannosaurus Rex was once the most fearsome creature on the planet, but that didn't stop it from going extinct. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has its Canadian resurrection, and ‘Busa power makes it just as formidable. More »
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Superstar commenter mytdawg was shopping for wheels over the weekend and spotted this gem of a jalopy: the hind-end of a Mercury Cougar mated to what look like Honda forks, all powered by a GM V8. Excellent. Details below More »
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Since commie Parisians have closed many streets to cars, Google is using tricycles to map popular tourist destinations for Street View. Each trike hauls a generator and a pole with nine cameras on top. Yes, they look really weird. [GlobeandMail] More »
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The Goblin WolfSpyder is a kit that transforms a Can Am Spyder reverse trike into a fully-enclosed road-going fighter plane. Finally, we can fulfill our dream of owning the least practical vehicle ever. More »
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Know how Saab claims to be "Born From Jets?" Well the Marotti trike actually has tail-fins and will probably kill you. Power comes from a 100 HP motorcycle engine and it weighs just 970 Lbs. More »
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Combining a motorcycle v-twin with three wheels certainly isn't the most logical path to a sports car, but you can't argue with the results. Popular Mechanics reviews two: the Liberty Ace and Blackjack Zero. [PopularMechanics] More »
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We've seen Ferrari-badged motorcycles before, but nothing like this Ferrari-branded Suzuki Hayabusa Trike for the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon. What were these guys smoking? More »
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This Tri-Magnum built around a Kawasaki KZ900 engine and rear suspension (go big green!), a VW Beetle front suspension, and more fiberglass than you can shake a stick at. Strange looking, yes, but 50 MPG ain't bad on a car with a fold-forward canopy top. This baby's one of the real gems you'll find at the 2008 Woodward Dream Cruise. Sure, there's tens of thousands of muscle cars and classics but it's the plain ol' bizarre and fascinating crap that makes this event the greatest automotive spectacle in the world. More »
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Remember when we asked if flat black was dead? Well, even if you had said no, the recommendation should be ignored for the Stealth Trike. A creation of Lehigh Valley Choppers, the three wheeler has got all the goods for a seriously fun time. Built around the meaty power of a Suzuki GSX-R1000 engine, the trike sports an inboard suspension up front, hand-fabbed swingarm, and enough tail-happiness to make for a bug toothed permasmile. No production plans at this point, but if you wave enough money at 'em, they'll build one for you. head over to their site to check it out with the stealthy, but decidedly not flat-black bodywork. More »
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In the "dare to dream" wing of the NY Auto Show, among the roadsters and air cars, was a pair of three-wheeled Chinese imports that are set to hit the market this year. Classified as motorcycles in most states, these lightweight vehicles offer 42 mpg fuel economy at a price just under $10K. You might think this means you'll end up with something powered by a two-cylinder chinese motor. You'd be wrong. This 1/4 ton truck gets its motivation from a 50 horsepower Delphi/GM/Wuling four-cylinder that will propel the driver to a max speed of 70 mph... assuming it doesn't catch on fire first. More »
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Much more hard-edged than the Can-Am Spyder, the Lazareth Triazuma combines the performance of a superbike with the instability of a trike. Choosing to embrace the inherent flaws of a three-wheeled platform, the Triazuma should be as exciting to ride as it is frightening. The 180 bhp four-cylinder engine is borrowed from a 2006 Yamaha R1 while the styling combines that bike's seat with a CBR 954RR headlight, the rest comes from the company's own Quadrazuma 4-wheeler. Unlike the Spyder, the Triazuma doesn't feature any sort of traction control or antilock brakes, so get ready for tail slides. Lazareth More »
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When it comes to segment blurring, the team at BRP's Can-Am have aimed a shot across the bow of both ultralight sports car makers and motorcycle manufacturers with their new Spyder. We've been following the release of this snowmobile with wheels since spy shots first surfaced back in December. And now we've just made sweet, sweet test-driving love to it. Given this is such an oddball vehicle, it makes a lot of sense to get into the hands of reviewers and early adopters to build some buzz before it's on the show floor, thus the TrySpyder campaign. Authorized dealers all over this great nation are passing around a couple of Spyders and letting the eager public (and dealership employees) beat them like rented mules. Test drive a 106 hp, Rotax-powered, first-of-its-kind, backwards trike for free? No strings? Thank you sir, I believe I will. More »
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I think Ralph Nader's infamous title is perhaps more apropos in this situation than in its original context. I first saw this contraption cruising Woodward during the Dream Cruise last summer, but couldn't seem to catch up to it. Now it's cornered quarry and far more dangerous than I'd thought. As mentioned, that's a blown GM 502 ci V8. The shock comes from the numbers: 700 hp and 733 lb-ft of torque. That goodness is running through a custom-built 200R4 transmission to a Ford 9" rear and 20" wide Mickey Thompsons. Yeah, that's more batshit craziness than most muscle cars with four wheels (and seat belts and a roll cage, and...). I can almost taste the sublimated June bugs just looking at it. – Ben Wojdyla More »
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So the Can-Am Spyder is a bit of an oddity, and it was pretty much off everyone's radar, but we're on it like crazy on Congress now. The real deal grown up website is going live at 11:00pm which is like now and that means specs, new pics, maybe some vids, certainly some wacky marketing pitches. I can't promise I'll be posting the wacky goodness instantly since it's SaturdayFriday night and I'm lazy/half drunk, but I WILL be checking it out when it goes live, as all of you should too. Everyone should be a little bit psyched by tthe rollout of an all new niche, the motorcycle-automotive hybrid. Oh yeah, the possibilities for hyphenated hybridization are so exciting. – Ben Wojdyla More »
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All we know for sure is that trike's a Volkswagen. We're hoping and praying that the Stig is behind the mask. Or at least the Hamster. – Jonny Lieberman More »
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When pics of that unidentified trike — shot during a burn through Tail of the Dragon — hit earlier this year, the kids were abuzz. Had BMW taken over Volkswagen's GX3 mantle and built a three-wheeler for the sporting set? Turns out, as the New York Times reported yesterday, the mystery bike was called the Spyder, a product of the Sea/Ski Doo people, Bombardier Recreational Products of Canada. That company relaunched the Can-Am brand this year as a maker of ATVs and this thing. It's powered by a 106-hp V-Twin and comes with traction and stability control and antilock brakes, all for around $15,000. We'll know more when the trike launches officially later this week. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Everyone's favorite Smoky Mountains motorsports photographer, Killboy, caught shots of an unidentified trike as it traversed the Tail of the Dragon, betraying its duty as a test vehicle by way of various manner of tech gear. Speculation on its origin ranges from a BMW skunkworks project to a KTM-Audi mashup for the weekend-racer set. Like the Volkswagen GX-3 concept, killed by VW legal before it made production, it's got two wheels up front and one in the back, but unlike the GX-3, it's got a far more bike-like seating position. We're sure there's more to come, but from whom? – Mike Spinelli More »
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We've posted on the Kamikaze before, but caught it up close in all its questionable, Hayabusa-powered glory. The crazyass-crazy reverse trike features 400 horsepower from its modded bike motor, an overwrought paint job, plenty of chrome and thankfully comes with a wheelie bar. Somebody should challenge an Ariel Atom to a drag race in this thing. [Gallery] More »
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Those asymmetrically inclined Canadians who build the T-Rex trike are offering their creation to Londoners this week. They're hoping to win over Brits to their lightning-quick Kawasaki-powered trike, which they say can hit 60 mph in 3.3 seconds. The three-wheeler is powered by a 187-hp 1400 cc bike engine, inserted into a tubular chassis frame, with a carbon-fiber body dropped overhead. We'd imagine the lil' bugger will go over big in certain circles, like among the suicidal idle rich. More »
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Ed Roth's more-awesome idea, embraced by many a wild and wooly ruffian without a care for fashion, the motortrike, is on its way back and we have The Motor Company to thank. The vehicles, developed along with Lehman Trikes U.S.A. Inc. of Spearfish, South Dakota (The Leader of the Three World! Best. Slogan. This Quarter.), will be Harley-branded and sold via H-D dealers. Fat dentists lacking an innate sense of balance are stoked. More »
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Visitor to the British International Motor show got a chance to see the latest in homemade, absolutely pointless (in a good way) transportation in the BykaTryka SK8. Surely the concept vehicle — angel investors take note — will fill a yet-to be recognized niche market, say, among drag-racing groundskeepers or biker gangs of very small, very nervous people with a penchant for popping wheelies. Either way, we're in for a few bucks. More »
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VW's Malibu-based Moonraker program's first child has been officially euthanized. When it debuted at the LA Auto Show this past January, VW was rumored to be bringing it to production. According to Wolfsburg's man-in-the-States Adrian Hallmark, "It would not have been possible for us to build the GX3 with the purity that it required, at the price which prospective customers told us they would be willing to pay." Cantor Fitzgerald's Stephen Pope was more blunt: "[A three-wheeled car] smacks a bit of stupidity to me. Nice concept, thank you very much, but keep it in the design studio." There's a fine line between stupidity and genius. Just ask Ferdinand Pi ch. [Thanks to Lars for the tip.] More »
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We're not sure of this is necessarily cooler than the Gold Wing tow truck. In the Gold Wing's defense, it does have a ridiculously cool Honda six. In the Ural's case, it's got a pickup bed and it's Russian. Which probably means it wins. We're not quite sure, but who can resist a Russian Trikeamino? Really now. [Thanks to Dominic for the tip.] More »
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Transportation researchers have a tough job. They're always trying to promote things like public transit and small cars — and everyone's expectin' it ta save the planet or something. Take, for instance, the CLEVER (Compact Low Emission Vehicle for Urban Transport - yeah we know it's a "U"), a three-wheel concept from the University of Bath. It leans into corners for more stability, runs on compressed natural gas, and is narrower than a Smart. And yes, it could totally make large cities cleaner and less congested. That is — to borrow a British term — if we were all willing to look like even bigger tossers than scooter riders. More »
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When reader Terry had a heart attack over a quarter-century ago, he was worried that he wouldn't be able to ride his beloved Hog again. So he built this. MGB body, Harley front end, 1.6L VW engine with appropriate transmission, and a McLaren F1-style seating arrangement. Weird, but cool. Thanks for sending it in, Terry. More »
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We don't know quite where to begin with this thing. On one hand, y'all know our obsession with Hayabusa-powered vehicles. And we think trikes are kinda fun. And outrageously pumped turbo-fours are right up our alley. So this hits on three points. But Goddamn does the styling and paint just kill it for us. Ugh and ugh. But still, 400hp? In a vehicle that weighs a thousand pounds? That's 'Busa power-to-weight territory and you don't hafta worry 'bout fallin' off. It's just too bad you can't get past looking like a complete 909-bred dork while doing so. More »
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