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Rayvolution GSX-R 750 Powered Trike Kit

By Paul Crowe

Rayvolution GSX-R 750 powered trike kit

After mentioning the ZRX powered Sportcycle, Luka left a comment about the Rayvolution Trike from UK France? based Rayvolution Cars which brings the idea of plug and play up to date. This looks more like a sports car than a Formula racer and the power you plug in comes from a GSX-R 750 rolling chassis.

The Rayvolution is a kit available in multiple forms, a Starter Pack, a Stage 1 Pack or a Full Kit plus there are optional extras. The basics are a steel tube chassis, front suspension from a Mazda MX-5 and power train support for your Suzuki GSX-R. Stepping up you get the body panels, seat, lights, radiator and cables. The full kit adds a bit more and the extras include such things as a modified swingarm for a wide tire, 17 inch wheels and more. Price isn’t mentioned.

Rayvolution GSX-R 750 powered trike kit

This really does much the same thing as the Sportcycle but benefits from years of development and more modern power. The assembled kit weighs 880 pounds and the rear end looks more thought out than on the Sportcycle. If you have an old GSX-R in the garage, wouldn’t this make a neat project? From the sound of things on their website, assembly is pretty easy and I bet this thing is a hoot to drive.

UPDATE: It’s hard to tell where this company is based. The contact information on the website says the UK, but some information points to France as the home base. It also seems they call this trike the Evolution. Someone over there in Europe (wherever they are) may wish to make a few of those details a bit more clear.

UPDATE 2 Got a note from Chris, one of our readers, a university student studying transportation design, who had the opportunity to meet the founder of Rayvolution at the Paris Auto Show. According to Chris the founder is:

… a graduate of Creapole school of Design in Paris. He said that he has a studio in both Paris as well as England because apparently the Rayvolution GSX-R 750 Powered Trike is legal to drive on the road in England because there are significantly less safety standards there than other European countries. He is a very nice guy, has a small team of 4 people or so.

That helps a bit with the country location question. Thanks, Chris.

Thanks for the pointer Luka!

Link: Rayvolution Cars

Rayvolution GSX-R 750 powered trike kit

Posted on November 7, 2008 Filed Under: Three Wheel Vehicles


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Comments

  1. todd says

    November 7, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    I always wonder how they deal with reverse. Do you have to hop out and push? Is there a panel in the floor you open to push with your feet like Fred Flintstone….?

    -todd

  2. BigAl says

    November 8, 2008 at 9:47 am

    Unfortunately butt-ugly. And more important: not tilting.

  3. Larry says

    November 8, 2008 at 10:33 am

    I understand the concept of 2 wheels in front, but I’ll never get used to the idea. It just looks wrong. The F1 inspired bike my friend created handles great and is fantastic in the turns. Is it just too conventional looking to be called cutting edge?

    Here it is again:

    http://www.geocities.com/f1_trike/F1PhotoGallery.html

  4. todd says

    November 8, 2008 at 11:49 am

    Larry, the perception (valid!) of a conventional trike is that the front end plows in turns and is more likely to tip. Plus they are too chopper-ish for modern tastes. Help prove us all wrong.

    -todd

  5. Larry says

    November 8, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    It’s been a few years since talking with him, I’ll try tracking him down and get some new info. Stand by!

  6. Jeff says

    November 8, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    I would like to see a trike camper concept bike .

  7. JC says

    November 8, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    Some Goldwing models have an electric reverse (does it just use the starter motor in revers or something?)

    A small electric 12V motor would make for an easy reverse.

    A single wheel in front trike CAN tip over if you brake heavily during a turn (and conversely, a two wheel in front trike can tip if you brake heavily while backing up)

    Which is more likely to happen in real life and which has worse consequences? I would hate to panic brake in a turn at high speed, and seems more damaging than a slow speed parking lot tip over in reverse.

  8. Mark says

    November 8, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    There are plenty of British kit-car experts who have made bike-engined cars reverse in different ways. Fisher Sports Cars UK offer reversing differentials or stand-alone reversing gearboxes by Quaife. Electric reverse is often used on race cars, I have seen a small bike-powered race car with teeth cut into a rear brake disc and a Chevy starter motor mounted as a reverser. The Flintstones option would of course be the funniest though, and probably not all that stupid in a vehicle this light…

  9. Braden says

    November 9, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    It has a very Alfa Romeo feel.

  10. Azzy says

    November 10, 2008 at 8:21 am

    How does the stock gearset handle the extra strain of the vehicle? I know in the Smart-uki they said the extra weight detroyed the engine.

  11. Steve says

    November 10, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    Looks like there isn’t much weight on the back wheel.

  12. Mr. Tanshanomi says

    November 10, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    Get rid of the silly bat-wing fenders and put some conventional cyclecar fenders over those wheels, and you’d have a winner.

  13. anon says

    November 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    I like it. But the ride would end at the first speed bump…looks to have all of 1 1/2″ clearance at the front!

  14. OTTO MANN says

    November 10, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    Well i like both, larry tell your friend that looks cool’.

  15. James Northrup says

    November 10, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    A brilliant design – but demonstrates a lack of understanding.

    The back of the MC fenders are open (!) = rocks into cockpit.

    Use separate MC fenders – enclosed in the back . . .

    The ground clearance does not work off the showroom floor

    So no more than a (useless) styling exercise.

    Reverse a must at this weight.

    Gearbox never intended to handle this amount of inertia.

  16. trysicl says

    December 6, 2008 at 2:50 am

    Looks like a fun ride. I would also lose the front clip and put small fenders on each front wheel. I ride a spyder and it has full speed reverse, no reason this cant.

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