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Carver Tilting 3 Wheeler Video from Top Gear

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--- Video no longer available --- Got a note from Dodgy pointing to this video of the Carver 3 wheeler. I keep writing about developments in the 3 wheel direction because some of them look interesting and some are far better engineered than others, the Carver being one of the good ones. Whether you have the 2 wheels up front, the more usual arrangement, or in the back … [Read more...]

RoadRazer – Hayabusa Powered Street Racer

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The Hayabusa engine has become the small block Chevy of the motorcycle powered car world, it's used as the starting point for many projects, whether you drop it in a Mini or build an entirely new car around it. The RoadRazer, is a carbon fiber bodied, Formula car look alike that is street legal in the U.K. It uses a Hayabusa engine connected to a Quaife differential. The … [Read more...]

Hagane Tilting 3 Wheel Custom Yamaha Scooter

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At the Tokyo Auto Salon, held last weekend, this custom 3 wheel scooter was shown, based on a Yamaha Majesty. It's called the "Hagane" and the original Japanese article notes the display suggested they would be producing this, possibly later this year. I can't really figure out who actually did the work, was it a custom shop, was Yamaha involved in any way? No matter, the … [Read more...]

Aprilia Magnet Tilting 3 Wheeler

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With all of the recent interest in the Piaggio MP3 and other tilting three wheelers, I thought I would revisit the Aprilia Magnet, a design project from a couple of years ago that never went beyond the concept stage but, to me, looks better than many of the more recent attempts to create a vehicle of this type. The design is the creation of Heikki Naulapää, a Finnish designer … [Read more...]

2007 Campagna T-Rex 1400

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The Campagna T-Rex has been getting a lot more press recently and now that they've dropped a 187 hp Kawasaki 1400cc engine in it, I can see why. The T-Rex is a three wheeler built in Quebec, Canada and they've gone through a few variations in the engine department, they even had a Harley Davidson V-twin in there some years back. The 1400 gives the T-Rex pretty crazy … [Read more...]

Peugeot Design Competition 3 Wheelers

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There is no shortage of 3 wheeled vehicle designs, we've shown quite a few here, some look pretty good, some not so good, but these two, competitors in the 2007 Peugeot Design Competition, look absolutely stunning. With all of the attempts over the years to actually build a 3 wheeler, why don't we get something more like these? The first one, a tilting 3 wheeler is the … [Read more...]