reverse trike sportbike

kansas transit · Jul 17, 2007

Did anyone else see that reverse trike on the news. Big vtwin formula front suspension, huge single rear tire very low slung. Maybe not a true sportbike, but a very sporty trike. I believe they said it was being manufactured in so. cal. area.

bramfrank · Jul 17, 2007

kansas transit said:
Did anyone else see that reverse trike on the news. Big vtwin formula front suspension, huge single rear tire very low slung. Maybe not a true sportbike, but a very sporty trike. I believe they said it was being manufactured in so. cal. area.

Not sure what you saw, but this is the Canadian T-Rex:

And this is the Canadian Bombardier:

I'm signed up to test ride the Can Am on the 19th of August

wpbfjr · Jul 18, 2007

not sure either, and no pics, butt...

i saw a stretched chopper with dual rear wheels... fat kind... maybe 16 inches space between wheels... kinda trike-like...

hate not always having the camera...

this image found on the web is kinda close:

dana

west palm

bramfrank · Jul 18, 2007

That looks like one of those crappy OCS customs

kansas transit · Jul 18, 2007

Bamfrank, very similar to what you posted in layout but no bodywork. Kinda like an exile chopper sorta, all business. probably a 12 inch rear rim, I believe it may have been a single sided swingarm. any the rider(driver) sat very low in the saddle behind the motor not on top of it. What impressed me the most was when the guy comes flying down the street at 30 or 40 mph and throws the thing sideways and starts doing donuts, the COG on this thing is so low it never even tried to pick up a wheel. I'll try and find some pics.

bramfrank · Jul 18, 2007

Main difference between the T-Rex and Bonmbardier is that T-Rex puts the engine behind the driver and the Bombardier seems to have it up front . . . and, one more thing. T-Rex costs about $40K and Bombardier less than half that - way too much for my taste.

I have a friend who owned a T-Rex (he traded that and his sailboat in for a country house when he got 'engaged' - we'll see who got the better deal in a few years). Indeed , they corner wickedly and spin impressively - but they are so low to the ground that you can't see them coming - not even the lights.

Oh, and because you sit IN a T-Rex, you'd better be on the slender side and not too tall.

ionbeam · Jul 18, 2007

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Roadster Cycle?

Vee Twin:

Or, V-Max based:

radman · Jul 18, 2007

Now that Maximizer looks fun! You can keep the 0 caster straight axle and other pseudo street rod junk though.

kansas transit · Jul 18, 2007

Ionbeam, that layout is very close. however this bike had all aluminum suspension upfront with laydown coilover shocks arranged in a cantilever position ala a fomula one or indy car. and I believe the fuel tank was probably under the seat. your chest was basically laying over the top of the motor and frame rails. handle bars were very low mount, and you are correct although it looks like great fun,I'd be very afraid of get run over literally.

tstaff · Jul 19, 2007

Sorta off topic, but did anyone happen to catch a glimps of this on Speed last night?

4 wheel Busa

kansas transit · Jul 19, 2007

wow now, theres an something I wouldn't mind ridin, the bikes nice too.

cota95 · Jul 25, 2007

bramfrank said:
kansas transit said:

Did anyone else see that reverse trike on the news. Big vtwin formula front suspension, huge single rear tire very low slung. Maybe not a true sportbike, but a very sporty trike. I believe they said it was being manufactured in so. cal. area.

Click to expand...

Not sure what you saw, but this is the Canadian T-Rex:

And this is the Canadian Bombardier:

I'm signed up to test ride the Can Am on the 19th of August

Test rode this baby last month and it's really cool! Lots of power. Need a taller windscreen. It's also a little freaky to ride because it has linked abs brakes and NO front brake lever-only foot brake.

ionbeam · Jul 25, 2007

Since this has come up again, let me try another trike (this may be The One):

FWIW a couple of years ago I ran into a T-Rex while out on a ride-about and got to play with it for a while. Rex and I both had passengers, Rex also had a friend in a supercharged Midget MG(!) trying to keep up. Rex handles like a cat on a carpet, forget following it into corners

It fractionally gives up power during WOT romps. There is certainly more storage. The Rex owner had farkled the heck out of his ride and his appearance work made the T-Rex look bad in a very good way. If the T-Rex was under $20k there would probably be one in my garage, however at the real world price of >$40k fuggettaboutit.

BTW, the MG was pretty cool too. The owner was having a problem keeping engines alive under pressure, and this particular motor was laying down a pretty good smoke screen. With some minor suspension tweaks and the low pressure supercharger, this was the little MG that could! While the driver was running 10/10 he was mostly able to keep us in sight. There was only one time where we had to stop and let him catch up.

kansas transit · Jul 26, 2007

Hey ionbean, just got back after a couple of days on the road. Thanks for your diligence, That is the bike i was talking about. It looked a little more finished on the news show, but maybe it was the angle it's being shown at. I thought it was pretty cool. Thank again. stan

ionbeam · Jul 26, 2007

Don't know if you noticed that I made the picture a clickable link that will take you to a news report on the trike and within the report there is a link to the video which I believe is the one that you saw.

$35K-$50K? Puulleeezzeeee, gimme a T-Rex if we are spending that kinda dough.

kansas transit · Jul 26, 2007

I agree the price is off the charts but the bike is cool

Joe2Lmaker · Jul 27, 2007

This trike captured a lot of attention during this years Spring Flood Run:

It looked like it had a V-twin longitudinally mounted up front. Curiouser and curiouser

fossilrider · Aug 2, 2007

And the MoCo is also looking at trikes.

https://groups.google.fm/group/alt.motorcyc...3a4c835d52190ad

fossilrider · Sep 5, 2007

kansas transit said:
Did anyone else see that reverse trike on the news. Big vtwin formula front suspension, huge single rear tire very low slung. Maybe not a true sportbike, but a very sporty trike. I believe they said it was being manufactured in so. cal. area.

Not a reverse trike but definitely interesting!

https://www.carver-worldwide.com/Movies/Loa..._ID=64&nc=1

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