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FrankenSchwinn
12th July 2007, 17:38
let the adverts play first, then see why i like it:

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=38368632-e9e2-4d4c-8221-d999e829000f&f=06/64&fg=email

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=38368632-e9e2-4d4c-8221-d999e829000f&f=06/64&fg=copy

hopefully one of these links will work.
schmenke
13th July 2007, 03:55
The concept of a "trike" is nothing new. This has been around, and street legal, for some time now:

http://www.t-rexusa.com/
Rollo
13th July 2007, 04:50
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/12012006/45/peugeot-20cup-43.html
The Peugeot 20Cup was showed off earlier this year and probably as a hint to the 207.

I imagine that such a vehicle would be extremely taily with the rear of the car acting as a pendulum. With only half the traction at the rear, it seems to be very easy to swing it round and perhaps swap the tail.
CarlMetro
13th July 2007, 10:36
let the adverts play first, then see why i like it:

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=38368632-e9e2-4d4c-8221-d999e829000f&f=06/64&fg=email

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=38368632-e9e2-4d4c-8221-d999e829000f&f=06/64&fg=copy

hopefully one of these links will work.

Top one was for a credit card and the bottom one for flavoured water :confused:
Daniel
13th July 2007, 12:21
Top one was for a credit card and the bottom one for flavoured water :confused:
Those are the ads that precede the story :)
CarlMetro
13th July 2007, 12:35
The concept of a "trike" is nothing new. This has been around, and street legal, for some time now:

http://www.t-rexusa.com/

Longer than that too ;)

http://www.mtwc.co.uk/

$50,000? :rotflmao:
schmenke
13th July 2007, 15:35
...$50,000? :rotflmao:

Almost $17,000 per wheel :D
CharlieJ
13th July 2007, 17:34
I always liked this:
http://www.21stcentury.co.uk/cars/grinnall_scorpion_iii.asp
but that t-rex looks absolutely amazing.
Kneeslider
16th July 2007, 00:24
Nothing new under the sun, Morgan knew a thing or two when they designed their trike with two wheels at the front and one at the back. This leads to a surprisingly stable platform. I built a Lomax trike ages ago out of a 2CV, the best fun you can have out of 36bhp ever! It would lift one of the inside front wheels if you pushed hard enough, which allowed the diff to spin, so all the torque disappeared. A very neat way to prevent you from rolling it.

The other Reliant popularised configuration of single front wheel is nothing short of a liability!