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09-29-2008, 06:49 PM
Harley-Davidson developing corner-carving trike
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Harley-Davidson introduced its first official trike in years earlier in 2008 and now looks to flip things around a bit with a new reverse-trike that leans into corners. Rumors indicate that the huge American Motor Company will bring the corner carving trike in concept form to a motorcycle show set to take place next month in Cologne, Germany. If that debut indeed takes place, the machine is likely to be powered by the liquid-cooled Revolution V-Twin engine from the Rod series as opposed to the 45-degree air-cooled mill powering most of its bikes. We've known that the company has been working on this design for the past few years, filing patent drawings way back in 2006. The market is definitely ready for it now that Piaggio and Can Am have toed the waters. We look forward to seeing just how accurate these rumors prove to be next month.
Source: Auto Blog

09-29-2008, 07:43 PM
its like the can-am but the tires lean

Warnerade
09-29-2008, 08:16 PM
:ermm:

09-30-2008, 04:53 AM
won't sell at all

trick450r
09-30-2008, 08:55 AM
a long long time ago in a country far away... actually it was in dirtwheel's but it was a long long time ago. I saw a quad that had all 4 tires leaning kind of like that setup and i said to myself "self, what a damn good design for the street." but it looks like harley beat me to the punch.

10-01-2008, 03:46 AM
this is not a new design at all. They actually have something like this in Europe. It's enclosed, can fit 2 people, and leans like that, it also has a training wheel type things that pop out by them self for slow city driving. It does 90 on the highway. I saw it on Top Gear and its pretty cool.