Last Update 7/3/09
This International, Reverse Trike Club web site is dedicated to all 3-wheel style motorcycle / trikes with two wheels in the front, and one wheel in the rear.
Depending on who is speaking and what part of the world you live in, this style trike may sometimes be referred to as a 2F1R trike, Tadpole style trike, Backwards trike, Y-Factor trike, Y-Design trike, Y-Configuration trike, T2F - Trike 2 Front Wheels, Cycle Car, Cabin Scooter, Scooter trike, Tricar, and maybe other things I haven't heard of yet. However, on this site, we prefer to call them RT's or 'Reverse Trikes', to differentiate them from what first comes to mind when you hear the word 'trike', a motorcycle that has one wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear.
Whether it's a Front Wheel Drive Trike (FWD Trike), or Rear Wheel Drive Trike (RWD Trike) doesn't really matter to us, as both designs have a good following these days. I hear there are even some All Wheel Drive 'AWD' designs being developed too, like the Riley XR3 for example. Most RT's use motorcycle engines as the motive force, but some use a car engine and/or transmission, diesel engine, electric motor, fuel cell, or some combination thereof including some newer Hybrid designs. So I expect to embrace all possible design criteria's as we're made aware of them, including tilting trikes which are especially interesting designs as you will see when you look over the site.
In fact, one of my own ideas for a design is to recycle automotive engine / transmission combo's in either a front wheel drive or rear wheel drive configuration. I'm also very interested in any new all-electric, or plug-in electric 'PEI' trikes, and I have a page specifically for those. Our 2F1R trike design should be light enough and efficient for an electric vehicle where the range, overall size, aerodynamics, good handling characteristics, and initial cost will all be important factors in the design criteria to deliver acceptable performance. We have a few all electric designs listed on the site now, and some other electric technology posted on various pages as well.
So it could be a high performance hot-rod trike; it could be fuel efficient and slow as far as the acceleration performance is measured; a hybrid design; or an all electric vehicle; but the main goal of this site is to promote this unique 2F1R trike design to the general public as a safe and viable means of day to day transportation, or for weekend recreation. After all, this style trike has been around since at least the Morgan 2F1R trikes from the 1930's, and I've even seen a few designs that were made earlier than that. While there are specific handling characteristics with the RT design, there's considerable difference between FWD and RWD in the off line traction capability, and cornering capability. Still, all RT owners I've talked to agree that either of those styles handle better than the standard 1F2R trike designs they've ridden in the past.
We don't aim to be a fancy website and dazzle you with a bunch of Java, Flash, or fancy html code. We just try to be the best resource for information on the current RT designs available, designs being worked on, or ones in the conceptual stage. Used reverse trikes for sale; parts to fit trikes that could be useful for our particular design; service providers to build trikes for us; design trikes for us; whatever and whoever that has something to offer for the Reverse Trike owners, you're all welcome. But we only specialize in Reverse Trike designs, or technology specifically adaptable to an RT product, and we lean heavily in favor of supporting manufacturers, not homebuilt trikes! However, I do have an extensive database of homebuilts on the Paid Member DVD.
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Mission Statement as of 6/09
Paid Membership (Member DVD available with trike files, images and videos)
Official Reverse Trike Discussion Group on Yahoo.com associated with this site (started 8/06)
Advantages of the Reverse Trike Design
My Personal Reverse Trike design ideas
Electric Reverse Trike conversion possibilities
Crossover Technology (technology from other vehicles that could be used on RT's)
Licensing and Regulations by State (plus insurance providers for RT's)
Marketing Concept for manufacturers
For Sale/Wanted Ads (Free Ads Section - Currently 6 Ads)
Motorcycling Truth (author unknown)
You Buy It - We'll Build It! (We'll build your kit and you ride it home!)
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Official Reverse Trike Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio (started 3/28/08 - weekly shows preferably at 9:30AM Friday can be scheduled depending on interest)
Besides this International Reverse Trike Club, I'm also the owner of the international KZ1300 USA Club at kz1300.com - and this is the 1984 model, 1300cc water cooled, 6-cylinder Kawasaki Voyager motorcycle I normally ride. Click on the thumbnail to view a larger image -
Disclaimer:
We don't recommend and we're not affiliated with any particular product or brand, or even suggest that anyone buy one of the vehicles shown on this site. That idea to purchase or ride one of these trikes is totally up to your discretion. This is a whole different product in relation to a regular motorcycle, and it's certainly not going to be suited to some riders tastes, or abilities. If you decide to buy a vehicle from any person or company listed on this site, it's completely up to you to follow due diligence in your transaction. We're reporting the 'news' so to speak about these trikes, providing information to the best of our ability, and that's pretty much it. We don't have personal knowledge of any person or companies ability to make or deliver any products shown on this site. I'm merely posting secondhand information provided to me by other people, for the most part whom I've never met or even talked to, except via email or the telephone. david@reversetrike.com
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