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Yamaha has become the latest big name to launch a trike on to the market. As you can read on page 6, the all-new Yamaha Niken is effectively a bike with twin wheels at the front. ‘Niken’ means ‘two swords’ in Japanese – the idea being that you can carve through corners with your twin-blade front end. I have to say the Niken looks like it should be a lot of fun, bringing a true motorbike experience to the trike market: it looks like a bike, sounds like a bike and leans into corners like a bike. And you get on to it like a bike (unlike the step-in, scooter-based Piaggio MP3). Since the distance between the front wheels is only 410mm, you need a bike licence to ride one. While the…

YAMAHA JOINS TRIKE MARKET

After Yamaha showed a concept trike in 2015 (the MWT-9), the Niken – which means ‘two swords’ – becomes the first production trike from the Japanese brand. Revealed at the recent 2017 Tokyo Motor Show and at EICMA in Milan, it’s based on the popular MT- 09 bike, taking its aggressive design and giving it extra front-end grip. The Niken is designed to lean into corners, like the Piaggio MP3, but unlike the scooter-based step-aboard Piaggio, you straddle the Niken like a motorcycle. It also has the power of a proper bike, using Yamaha’s existing 847cc liquid-cooled in-line triple engine, although the crank and fuel injection have been updated for use in the trike. Also standard are a six-speed transmission with electronic quick-shift and slip-assist clutch. Two 15-inch wheels up front are…

YAMAHA JOINS TRIKE MARKET

TAMIYA’S TILTING TRIKE TOY

Built on Tamiya’s T3-01 platform, the Dancing Rider has two sections: a front compartment housing the battery and RC equipment, and the rear with the motor and gear casing. Front fork suspension uses an integrated coil spring, while the rear end also houses an adjustable spring. A steering servo allows the entire front section to lean left and right to effect turns, while a support arm can return it to upright if it tips over. The 1/10 scale model is a self-assembly kit and includes an RS-380 motor. It requires a 2.4 GHz R/C system and a Tamiya 55105 LF1100 battery pack. The price is £99.…

TAMIYA’S TILTING TRIKE TOY

We don’t really do mobility scooter type machines in Trike magazine but Toyota’s latest three-wheeled concept does look pretty funky. The i WALK is a “compact mobility vehicle for use in pedestrian areas” and can drive itself if needed, “increasing people’s range of movement,” says Toyota. It has three wheels, a variable wheelbase, can rotate on the spot, is shorter than an average human stride and narrower than your shoulder width. The ability to change its own wheelbase according to vehicle speed increases stability when driving and stopping. The all-electric i WALK can travel for up to 12 miles on a single charge.…

WESTON CUSTOMZ CLOSES

A simple posting on Facebook says: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are sad to announce Weston Customz is now closed. Thank you to all our customers and the magazines who have supported us over the years. The end…” Issues with Maz’s business premises and her worsening health have led her to close the workshop’s doors after more than 40 years in business. Maz built vast numbers of trikes over the years, many of which have been featured in Trike magazine (such as Dee’s Alfa trike, pictured). Her considerable talents, generous spirit and willingness to take on difficult tasks will be sorely missed.…

WESTON CUSTOMZ CLOSES

CORD RETURNS WITH THREE WHEELS

The Cord Model III has been announced by Cord Automobiles, some 50 years after the last Cord model was produced. The Cord Automobile Company trademark and rights were put up for auction in 2014 and were acquired by Craig Corbell. Two years later at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Corbell announced plans to produce a new-generation Cord but few expected it to be a three-wheeler. “There isn’t a high-end luxury option for three-wheel vehicles,” says Corbell, “and we wanted to capture that with the Cord Model III.” The Model III seats two people side-by-side, and is claimed to “combine classic styling with passenger comfort” as well as being “spacious enough to accommodate people of all shapes and sizes.” It has two front wheels and one rear wheel, which Cord says, “allow it…

CORD RETURNS WITH THREE WHEELS

SIMEON HILL TRIBUTE

As Trike magazine regulars will know, Simeon Hill was a well-known custom trike builder who sadly passed away in 2016. Simeon’s story was an amazing one. He had a motorcycle accident in June 2001 which left him a paraplegic and no longer able to ride a two-wheeled motorcycle. He kept mobile by riding trikes, which he built himself. All the trikes that he made were constructed while he was in a wheelchair. Many of his trikes were featured in this magazine, including his Kawasaki ZZR1400, a beautifully engineered machine that was a real credit to its talented builder. So it is a great privilege to hear that, in memory of Simeon Hill, his brother has received a painting of Simeon’s ZZR1400 trike, based on an original photo that appeared in the Spring 2016…

SIMEON HILL TRIBUTE

DECEMBER 17th December: Bugsplatz MCC’s 17th Annual Telford Christmas Motorcycle Run. Meet at the Travellers Joy, Woodhouse Lane, Horsehay, Telford, Shropshire TF4 3BJ from 10am to leave at midday. £2 donation per person. Raffle, auction, awards for best dress male, female, bike and trike. Ring 07723 055874 or see www.bugsplatzmcc.co.uk. 17th December: Associated Sheppey Bikers’ Christmas Charity Rideout. Meet at Layzel Tavern Club, The Broadway, Minster on Sea, Sheerness, Kent ME12 2DF at 10am to leave at 10.30am and deliver selection boxes to care homes on Isle of Sheppey. All welcome. Fancy dress preferred. Soup and chips at Layzells afterwards. See ‘ASB Christmas Run’ on Facebook. 17th December: Christmas Toy Run. Meet at the Ace Cafe, Ace Corner, North Circular Road, Stonebridge, London NW10 7UD to leave at 10.30am to ride to St…

CASARVA ‘NO WELD’ KITS

It has produced rear end conversions with no welding required for the Triumph Rocket III Roadster and Harley-Davidson Dyna Wide and Super Glide for some time. Now Casarva is able to offer kits for the Honda Valkyrie/F6C 1500, Suzuki Intruder M1800R, Triumph Bonneville America and Harley Sportster 883 belt-drive. These jigged kits have the mounting tubes for the trike cradle already welded to the suspension/diff cradle. “Having the mounting tubes already on saves the DIY builder quite a few headaches,” says Steve Read of Casarva. “You don’t have to worry about centring the cradle to the frame, you don’t have to weld the tubes on yourself (or find someone to do it properly) and you don’t have to worry about calculating the ride height. It will save the average DIY trike…

CASARVA ‘NO WELD’ KITS

My name is Steven Youngblood I own a custom hot rod and motorcycle shop called Youngblood Kustomz. We were invited to take part in a biker build-off competition a couple of years back, when we had 30 days to build a custom motorcycle. In fact we built an amazing custom trike, and did very well in the competition. After the show, we got the trike back to the shop and, being like any gear-head person whose personal hot rod or bike is never finished, we always want to change something on it. So we decided to tear the trike apart and start over. We wanted to think outside the box and build something completely different from every other thing you see rolling down the street. So we picked up an old Chevy…

We know a lot of trike builders spend a fortune getting that custom look for their machine. Chromed parts, special wheels, sleek tank… Getting everything specially made soon adds up the tally. But why go to all that trouble when bike makers have, very nicely, already done the work for you? There are a handful of bikes out there with that custom look off-the-shelf right out of the factory. Choosing to base your trike on one of these bikes rather than doing it from scratch can save you a pretty penny, let me tell you. So it was that Haydn at TrikeShop had a stab at converting a Honda Fury. It wasn’t really planned – it just happened. “We imported this Fury from the US along with a couple of Harleys,” Haydn…

Wayne Robert Ransom is a sculptor and artist who happens to run Ransom Bikes out of New Jersey, USA. His mission statement is: “Forging a new way in hand crafted works embodying power, supreme presence, and elemental perfection.” Which just about sums up the trike you see before you! Most of Robert’s custom bikes actually go abroad – including the UK – but Herb Cowart is a rare local. Robert helped him out getting his 2005 Harley Road King bike’s exhaust to work with its Baker transmission. Herb was so pleased with Robert’s custom work that he decided to commission a trike. As Herb recalls: “I wanted something different – an S&S X-Wedge engine and Baker sixspeed transmission with reverse, like I have on my Road King. Robert showed me some sketches…

BACK IN BALANCE

When Robbie Whyte, who lives near Inverness in Scotland, got news of his medical condition, he was devastated. As a long-term biker, he was concerned he’d never ride again. “I got my first motorbike aged 23,” he says, “and through the years always wondered what it would be like to reach retiring age and have every day of the week to enjoy going on runs. Little did I know that, seven years too early, I would get my wish but on three wheels, not two.” In 2014 he started having balance and dizziness problems, which turned out to be Meniere’s Syndrome. He lost the hearing in his right ear, then his left ear, and had a heart attack. He received an ill health package from Scottish Water, for whom he worked, and…

BACK IN BALANCE

I’ve always loved Harleys, WLC 45s mainly, and I always wanted a Servi- Car trike just because it would be different. I finally got one – it was a bit of a wreck but it was all I could afford. Part restored, part custom, I loved riding that Servi-Car all day and all night. I joined the National Chopper Club and my brothers in Surrey said it took all day and night to get anywhere! The Servi-Car simply wasn’t fast enough so I decided to build my own trike from scratch. An MOT failure Hillman Imp trike was bought from Simon Warrick’s mum. After a six-week build over the winter of 1992, I got it all working. I rode it from Norway to Faro and most places in between on it…

ROCK & BIKE FESTIVAL Carnfield Hall, South Normanton, Derbyshire

Have you ever noticed how quick the years fly by? The benefit of that is, it’s Rock & Bike Fest time again. With not a lot happening in the area (near Alfreton in Derbyshire) these days, it’s the fest to look forward to. The grounds of Carnfield Hall hosted this year’s mega event again – and once more, it was another fantastic weekend. From Thursday until Sunday lunchtime, the site was buzzing with activities, music, bikes, trikes and a whole host of weird and wonderful people. Thursday evening’s bands consisted of The Mocking Jays, Verbal Warning and Crazy Diamond – a great line up indeed. To top that off, the amazing Dr Feel Good headlined the evening’s shenanigans, quietly followed by Floyd In The Flesh. What a really good Thursday party…

ROCK & BIKE FESTIVAL Carnfield Hall, South Normanton, Derbyshire

It looks all wrong, even at a standstill. Like something that’s wilted under the lights, this trike looks like it’s fallen over. But no, it’s really meant to do this. It’s one of that very rare collection of vehicles that are designed to lean into corners. In motion, it’s no less weird to see, flopping this way and that as it goes round corners, seeming to defy gravity. The rear wheels remain bolt upright, too, and it’s like watching the disturbing offspring a motorbike and a Reliant Robin going at it. Something like a Star Wars pod racer, perhaps. This is the weird alternative reality of the Carver One. Most tilting trikes we’ve featured in Trike magazine have been ‘tadpoles’ – two wheels at the front and one at the back. It’s…

We haven’t any solid information about this trike but we really love the pic. It was taken in the mid-1970s at the Daytona Bike Week in the USA. And it looks to us like either of the two riders can steer this crazy beastie! The badging on this trike says ‘Ferrari’ – and while we’ve no idea whether the engine in the back of this custom trike from Hooligans Custom is a Ferrari F40 V8, we suspect it might not be… Here’s an archive pic we uncovered of the Tarkus, which was built by Jake Challenger in the UK in the mid-1970s. It used a DKW two-stroke three-cylinder engine mated to a Norton gearbox and Mini diff, which allowed the power unit to be mounted transversely. With extra bits added from an…

POST: Fill in and return the form below EMAIL: editor@trikemagazine.com VISIT: www.trikemagazine.com/for-sale SUZUKI INTRUDER 1500CC TRIKE. Blue, with alloy wheels, two-seater, including top box. Great handling, no running problems, just had a new MOT (expires September 2018). Just over 46,000 miles. Not used any more, kept garaged when not used for the last three years or so. W reg (2000), three owners from new. Lots of paperwork. £4000 o.v.n.o. Tel: 07867 923062. St Mary’s Bay, Kent. 1500CC KAWASAKI DRIFTER, 2001, MOT’d, metallic paint, BB Customs conversion, professional restoration 2016, two owners, 8000 miles, £9000 ovno. Tel: 07768 242538. Dorset. HARLEY NIGHT TRAIN, 2004, 1550cc, built 2015 by Eurotech, Immob/Alarm, 12 months MOT, belt drive plus extras, £10,500. Tel: 075408 58743 (NO texts please). Ipswich. HONDA VALKYRIE, interstate trike, MOT till March 2018. Year 2000. Included plated…

Random ramblings on triking and biking In Trike magazine, we like to cover everything, from the big guys to the smallest players. But I woke up this morning with the burning question: which trikes are the largest and smallest ever made? Well, the smallest one is pretty obvious: it’s the Aphaenogaster by a Californian company called NAO Design. This motorised three-wheeled skateboard measures just 40in (1016mm) long, 22in (559mm) wide and 20in (508mm) tall, and weighs a featherweight 20kg (45lb). The man behind it is Neal Ormond and he named it Aphaenogaster after – appropriately for its size – a type of ant. Ultra-minimalist, it’s powered by a single 24V battery and a 350W electric motor, driving the rear wheel at speeds of up to 15mph, with a range of up to 8…

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