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GIRFALCO’S CANADIAN SUPERTRIKE Girfalco, a company based in Quebec in Canada, has launched a new three-wheeled supertrike called the Azkarra. The Azkarra is offered in two versions. First up is a regular model with a single 100bhp electric motor and rearwheel drive. Then there’s the ferocious Azkarra S that has 301bhp courtesy of three motors, one in each of the three wheels – which means it’s also three-wheel drive. It’s lightweight (under 500kg in single-motor form) so it will sprint to 60mph in 4.5 seconds, while the Azkarra S takes just 2.5 seconds. The ‘S’ will also reach a top speed of 162mph. Both versions can travel a claimed 120 miles on a single charge. The Girfalco Azkarra is scheduled to cost under £40,000 for the base model when launched later in 2017,…

MARCH 18-19th March: LGPAFO BC’s March Mayhem Madness Rocknight at Falkirk Rugby Club, Dorrator Road, Camelon, Falkirk FK2 7YW. Live music, raffle, food and beer, free camping. £5 prebook. 175 limit. Tickets (cheques payable to LGPAFO BC) from Rocknight, 44 Torwood Avenue, Grangemouth FK3 0DN. Ring 07946 179201 or 07429 276225 or email al.con@blueyonder. co.uk. 25-26th March: Manchester Bike Show at EventCity, Phoenix Way, off Barton Dock Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 7TB. Bike displays, stalls, exhibitors, clothing, helmets, stunt shows, etc. Ring 01484 667776 or see www.manchesterbikeshow.com. APRIL 9th April: Ink & Iron Custom Show, New Bingley Hall, Birmingham B18 5PP. Custom trike exhibition with prizes. Tickets priced at £15 advance, or £20 on the day. For enquiries please email info@inkandiron.co.uk 14-16th April: Western Region MAG’s MAG Hatters Rally at Eastington Community Centre, Eastington, Stonehouse,…

Mark Reynolds is an HVAC engineer for the railway. As you can see, he’s firmly taken his sights beyond ‘iron horses’ and towards ‘golden trikes’ with this stunning-looking GoldWing rhapsody in gold and black. “The trike is called Salamander, which is known as the alchemists’ lizard,” says Mark. “Inspired by alchemists who tried turning lead into gold, I’ve taken a rusty chop and turned it into a magnificent golden trike. “I’ve been into anything to do with bikes for as long as I can remember and especially chops,” he says. “I’ve owned this 1977 GoldWing GL1000 since 1992, initially as a standard bike, and I attended many rallies on it until I had a big ‘off ’. Then I chopped it and ran it for a few years until too much winter…

The big-wheel bagger look has become a big thing in the bike scene in recent times. As far as we’re aware, what you see here is probably the world’s first big-wheel Harley bagger trike. And we think it looks great. It’s the work of German bike shop, Rick’s Motorcycles (named after company founder, Rick Selbst). Based in Baden- Baden, it’s well known for its high-grade custom motorcycle parts and wheels. It also builds complete custom bikes, low-riders, choppers – and now trikes. It started with a standard Harley Tri- Glide and basically applied its existing Touring Bagger Frame Conversion to the three-wheeler. It has the distinction of being a TUV-approved frame modification, which in turn allows the three-wheeled version of Harley-Davidson’s top touring motorcycle to be ridden with a car driving licence,…

As a kid, I wanted to be a car designer. I would sit for hours drawing cars and bikes and never get tired of it. I visited the Art Center in Pasadena, California while in high school – to many, the best transportation design programme in the world. But even if I were one of the handful of students accepted each year, the expense seemed impossible to cover. I never lost that dream, though. In 1997, my father and I began designing and distributing aftermarket parts for Harleys under the brand name Wicked Image. My father had a lifetime of knowledge in engineering and manufacturing and has been my mentor from the beginning. We can design and create 2D and 3D CAD drawings and we have CNC and manual machines, plus…

How many times have we heard this story? A trike gets half-way through its build, stalls and then has to be finished off by someone else. Predictably, it would have been far easier to start from scratch but hey – it wouldn’t have such a good story to tell, would it? So let’s start at the beginning, with the owners of this amazing machine: Mike and Jan Fisher. Mike’s an environmental consultant, while Jan works part-time in a school. They got into trikes when Mike suffered a bike accident way back in 1982, which damaged his left leg and meant he could no longer hold a bike up. As a result, he bought a hard-tail BMW 850 trike and used that for many years. However, when Mike’s leg unfortunately had to be…

76 TH STURGIS RALLY

The Sturgis Rally is right at the top of any biker’s bucket list, so this year, my wife Heather and I joined our friends, Greg and Kim and Chris and Julia, on an American adventure. We flew to Chicago and had three days sightseeing to prepare ourselves for the full-on Sturgis experience. We then flew to Rapid City and headed to the Black Hills Harley-Davidson dealership, which was an event in itself. 120 vendors set up in the car park, with an artic truck for Vance & Hines, Hawg Halters and Performance Machine, to name just a few. We also spoke with Tilting Motor Works, which produces a series of tilting trikes – something to think about importing as another type of riding experience. We then headed to the collection point for…

76 TH STURGIS RALLY

This is insane. The badge on the back says ‘Slingshot’ but it feels more like being fired out of a cannon with a jet strapped to my back and chilli sauce slathered over my undercarriage. Fast? Hah! I’m going to need a bigger word. This is… hyperfast. What else can you say when a turbocharger is spinning at full velocity, unleashing 340 horses in a frame that weighs just three quarters of a ton? Welcome to the Polaris Slingshot Turbo R. It’s only been a year since Polaris launched the Slingshot in the UK (check out our Spring 2016 issue for the full feature). Now a British Polaris dealer, All-4 Power, based in Warwickshire, has gone and turbocharged it – and I can report that it’s fun, riotously outrageous fun. OK, let’s…

The art of trike-building may not always be rocket science, but it certainly helps if you’re a rocket scientist when creating one. In fact, the man behind this trike is one step beyond a rocket scientist: Ray Stocker’s job (before he retired) was working at CERN, the nuclear research centre in Geneva whose task it is to uncover the secrets of the Big Bang. As such, Ray is a long-term resident of France, although he’s a Brit by birth. “From the 1960s onwards, I have made bikes and custom cars. I was a member of the Birmingham Street Freaks but I lost my bike licence in 1978 (going too fast!) so I started working on cars. I had lots of fun but my heart was really always in bikes. Since I…

This limo of a trike is called – suitably enough – the Supertrike. It’s been built to take tourists around Marine Parade in New Zealand. Not many trikes can squeeze five people on board but this looks perfect for exploring the beach front. This tiddler is based on a Fiat 126 BIS and is so small that its owner claims it’ll fit in a Transit van: “It’s powered by a 700cc water-cooled engine so you wouldn’t expect it to out-gun any hot hatch superheroes from the lights. And the brakes are 1980s-fashion – not like a modern disc brake set up with a servo.” I think that’s code for ‘brake early’! Of this so-called ‘Jet Trike’, reader Bill says: “I found this in a parking lot in St Augustine, Florida. From what…

POST: Fill in and return the form below EMAIL:editor@trikemagazine.com VISIT:www.trikemagazine.com/for-sale HARLEY SPORTSTER XL883, 2010, Kliktronic hand operated gear system, Panther Trike Conversion Kit, custom made luggage and tow bar, twin seat with sissy bar & rider backrest, Stage 1, MOT until May 2017, 5140 miles, £9750. Tel: 07949 679138. Email gannon12.js@gmail.com. Paisley YAMAHA XV 535 VIRAGO, 1994, M reg, no MOT, fair condition for age, good runner. £800. Tel: 07757 141030. Email michellerushin@msn.com. Nottingham SUZUKI BANDIT 125, 2009, to be MOT’d February 2017, two spare rear wheels, top box, 12,000 miles. £9750. Tel: 07977 905066. Merthyr Tydfil YAMAHA VMAX, 1987, mint condition, all original, photos on request, mileage: 14,000, £3500. Tel 07756 400975, email stephensmithss@live.com. Glasgow HARD-TAIL FRAME CHOPPER PROJECT, frame with high bars, 3 petrol tanks, 2 seat bases, wire harness, switches, Suzuki 500 twin engine…

Random ramblings on triking and biking So we’ve had a letter from a concerned owner of a Reliant-based trike, raising an issue that will resonate with quite a few trikers. “I have a Reliant-engined trike which is a mixture of Honda and Reliant. It’s registered as a trike kit on a ‘Q’ plate, not as a Reliant and not with the Reliant car registration number. “Last week I was told that there is some controversy over the registration of Reliant trikes and I may have to scrap my trike if it does not conform to some new law that’s just come out. Is that true?” No, that’s not true. The fact that your vehicle is registered as a trike and is plated with a ‘Q’ registration means it has already been passed and registered…

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