Wayne Fjerstad of Rochester, Minnesota likes motorcycles, his girlfriend likes her vehicles a little more stable, so Wayne figures why not modify his Honda CBR1000RR? Wayne fired up SolidWorks and designed this 3 wheeler he calls, Veloce3. With the automotive seats, seatbelts and rollbar, his girlfriend is happy which, of course, means Wayne is pretty pleased himself.
He built his own hydraulic tubing bender and dies and put together the frame. He built a reverse gearbox using CBR transmission parts, otherwise, Wayne says, “my passenger would have to be the reverse.” It started off as a belt drive with a final ratio close to a stock bike, but he wanted more low end torque and switched to chain drive with a higher ratio. He likes this one so much he might build another one and use a Hayabusa engine or something similar.
The specs for Veloce3:
CBR1000rr Honda engine with 998cc and 155 horsepower.
6 Speed transmission with custom built reverse gearbox.
C4 corvette partial front suspension with Harley V-Rod Coil-Overs.
Custom built rear Mono Arm suspension w/ QA1 Coil Over Shock.
Custom CAD designed and built steel tube chassis with powdercoating by Extreme Powdercoating.
18” Colorado Custom wheels
G Force T/A, rear: 255/40ZR18 front: 235/40ZR18 tires.
Link: Veloce3
Phoebe says
Wow, that’s pretty awesome! The seats and the wheels aren’t really to my taste, but I really like it, overall. I love it when people produce stuff like this from scratch right out of their garages. I’ll bet it’s a blast to drive. Amazing =)
Mayakovski says
Speed bumps are gonna be a b1tch.
Ride says
Looks like a well done project. I built a Yami 1100 powered sand rail once, had way more acceleration than i figured it would. We welded two sets of aluminum wheels together for dual rear tires and it would still spin them in loamy farmers fields and through huge roost many feet. It was violently FUN! i bet this is too.
Matt in NC says
Wayne,
If you’re reading these comments:
I am way envious of your abilities, as well as your workspace, as it must be cool to have access to the kind of machinery and tools to build this vehicle!
Nice work.
todd says
Man, I need more time. This is awesome work.
-todd
guitargeek says
Hats off for ingenuity and clean workmanship, but if it were me I would have just gotten a different girlfriend…
OTTO MANN says
I LIKE THIS, IT SHOWS BRAIN AND BALLS.’
chris says
I think I’d prefer a 5 point harness in this one…especially for the passenger
Mark says
What’s in that long nose? Looks like people’s feet still end behind the front wheels, so…
What’s the space between the seats?
Overall, good fabrication, but next time let a (or some) ID guy add some good looks to your project. You can probably get a few sketches for free (student project?) and have something really good!
Wayne says
The nose encloses a storage compartment for all your gear. The seat is a rear seat from an 05 GTO – no extra weight from any mechanisms. I did a body design and clay model for an enclosed model, but I like the look of the frame and the open feeling when driving it, so I decided against it for now.
Kendra says
See Dad (Wayne), someone else agrees with me on putting in 5 point harnesses! I still vote for a paddle shifter so you can keep your hands on the wheel during greatly-exceeding-the-speed-limit cornering.
Phoebe says
My concern about the seats was about lateral support more so than looks, actually. A 5-point harness would definitely help hold you in place, though!
Drew says
Wayne,
I’m greatly interested to know if you have a solidworks model of the engine, I’ve been thinking about something like this, i saw the t-rex and fell in love, but the 50k price tag is too steep for my budget, I’ve started the design in solidworks as well, but not having an engine to design around is making life hard, I’ve found a model of an r6 but it’s very poorly detailed, any help with a nice engine model would be appreciated
Tom House says
One of the best designs I’ve seen, and I’ve seen many. I’m about to start a build on mine soon, and will do my best to copy this design. (Can you send me some pictures,without the slide show, so I can print them???) I’m going to use a Honda 600cc Silverwing as a powerplant. Love the Auto transmission.
Jon says
I like what you have created. I am an engineering student in my freshman year and I have begujn to design a vehicle much liek this one. I would like to know more about the reverse gear you created if you wouldnt mind sharing that information.