Ludovic Lazareth is well known for his many wild creations like the very impressive, but highly impractical Maserati V8 powered leaning quad. This Honda Gold Wing conversion, on the other hand, is something many riders have been looking for. Ever since the first leaning reverse trikes began appearing, riders of the big bikes have wondered if the hugely popular Gold Wing would … [Read more...]

Honda is also joining the leaning three wheeler concept competition with the Neowing, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show. If both Honda and Yamaha are showing these concepts to the public, you can bet the showroom versions are coming in the not too distant future. The Neowing has an opposed flat four engine plus electric motors for some sort of hybrid drive system. If Honda puts … [Read more...]

Ever since Piaggio dropped their MP3 on the scooter market some nine years ago, many of us were wondering how long it would be before some company took the tilting 3 wheeler idea and attached it to a sport bike. Lots of home brew projects started popping up in garages and even Harley had their stillborn Penster, but why not something with some real performance possibilities? … [Read more...]

Ludovic Lazareth has been turning out some fascinating custom builds for many years and the Triazuma you see here is well known. It's a reverse trike with power courtesy of a Yamaha R1 engine. It looks just plain brutal and sure to get you grinning when you're not wide eyed with terror as you try to make that impossible turn you just entered way too hot, but other than those … [Read more...]

There are a lot of trike conversions available, but very few kits put the dual wheels up front, Qtec Engineering is one, offering a Harley Davidson kit, and Hannigan has a Gold Wing quad, but they never offered it as a reverse trike, so when I noticed this Gold Wing for sale, I was curious. Could this pull away some high end Can-Am Spyder sales? Over in Holland, Sturgis … [Read more...]

A little over a year ago, we looked at a new company in Louisiana called Elio Motors. They were promising to build a new, enclosed three wheeler with two tandem seats, capable of 84 mpg on the highway, meeting automotive crash standards at a price of $6800. I was a bit skeptical that it would accomplish all that, if it was ever built at all, but a few days ago I received an … [Read more...]