Awesome Trikes

Presumably, because his wife was sick of him tearing up their lawn, inventor Colin Furze set out to come up with a mod that lets him ride a drift trike without chewing up the grass. The trick was making lightweight, spherical “wheels” by welding together sheet metal and hydroforming them using a pressure washer.

What could be more fun than a drift trike? A drift trike that’s pulled by the powerful motor of a OneWheel electric skateboard. Cody Hovland had the idea to build such a vehicle with a mechanism that steers and applies throttle with a single controller. Then he headed to a drift track and a corkscrew garage to get the most out of it.

Maker Peter Sripol adds to his collection of homebrew vehicles with the creation of a custom bicycle that can glide across snow, and is pushed along by a propeller. He and his brother first stabilized the bike frame by turning it into a trike, then added a trio of snowboards and a paramotor engine.

Designed and built by architect Aigars Lauzis, this unique mobile home combines an electric tricycle, a boat, and a tiny living space in one. Its motors propel it up to 25 mi on land or 19 mi on water, and its wheels fold up when floating. Its interior has removable bench seating and a small sleeping area for two.

Builder Colin Furze previously made a pulsejet-powered drift trike. While it was fast, it wasn’t exactly environmentally-friendly. So he decided to build himself a fully-electric version, with an insane 20,000 watt power source. We’re glad he finally put a helmet on when he hit the road circuit. Build video here.

After attaching a pulsejet to a kettle, a bicycle and a go-kart, Colin Furze continues his fiery tradition by attaching the jet engine to his motorized drift trike. A rider is probably optional with this mod. Turn the volume down.

Colin Furze’s latest toy is pretty standard… by his standards. The mad inventor made an awesome motorized drift trike using BMX bike and buggy parts, with a 125cc pit bike engine at its heart. Check out his build video here, and his parts list here.

Infento is kind of like an Erector set for wagons, bikes, trikes, and snow sleds. The kid-sized vehicles are constructed from dozens of supplied components using a hex key, letting kids and parents work together to build various new rides.

Big Wheels for big boys. SFD Industries‘ gas-powered adult big wheel trike has a 6.5hp motor, rear brakes, a 26″ front wheel and PVC sleeves on the rear wheels for easy drifting. The shop also sells parts separately.

The latest vehicle to emerge from Local Motors isn’t a car, it’s an motorized version of their drift trike. This powerful three-wheeler for adults lets you drift on flat surfaces for about 45 minutes (or 12 miles) on a charge.

Troll the neighborhood kids and their puny trikes with High Roller’s adult size big wheel trike. It has a steel frame and fork, a plush seat that supports up to 300lb., 14″ plastic rear wheels for drifting and a 26″ rubber front wheel.

Last time we got on a trike it was one of those Big Wheels and we had to peddle like madmen. Why didn’t we think about just rolling downhill (and the occasional van tow) like these guys?

Buckle up for a crazy-fast ride down a mountain road, on the most unconventional of high-speed vehicles – the tricycle. Bet your Big Wheel never went 55 mph. Nice Flintstones-style brakes there.

MyDamnChannel’s Mark Malkoff decides to take to the streets of New York on a kid’s trike to see if he can beat an MTA bus in a one-mile race across 42nd Street. Guess who gets to the finish line first?

It may have three wheels, but the Innesenti is no toddler’s tricycle; each is built using F1 and Indy Car racing tech and is made out of carbon fiber with Shimano shifters and KMC chains.

Honda’s 3R-C may be a minimal urban transport vehicle, but maxes out with sci-fi coolness; the three wheel single seater features a battery electric drivetrain and a low center of gravity.

We’ve featured Campagna in the past, but their 2010 T-Rex 14R is their most ferocious trike to date, with a 197 hp 1400cc Kawasaki and a 0-60 of 3.92s; the two-toned RR is limited edition.

New for 2010: ICE’s Adventure, Sprint, and Vortex are recumbent trikes that differ in terms of seating height; all offer ICE’s CFT folding system, which folds in 30 seconds. Thanks, Chris!

We’re literally blown away by Stefan Radev’s Blue Dynamics Land Yacht; he followed BMW’s “Efficient Dynamics” design ethos to create a three-wheeled, wind-powered stunner.

Florida-based Scorpion Motorsports’ Prodigy is a street legal trike with a choice of three Suzuki powerplants; the 125hp base model alone goes 0-60 in 3.3s and starts at $39.9k.

If you can get over its cartoony, bug-eyed face, Campagna Motors’ V13R roadster is a pretty fun ride, with a 1250cc Harley Davidson-sourced V-twin; it’s the T-REX’s little brother.

Can-Am’s Spyder Roadster is a road-approved three-wheeled motorcycle. It’s available in the US and Canada through numerous dealers, and sports a 106 hp, 990cc V-twin engine.