When is a car a bike and a bike a car??

[wkid_one]

The Carver 3 wheeler


The Dutch built and designed Carver 3 wheeler is a cross between a car and a motorcycle, unlike the usual modern 3 wheelers though this one has a single wheel at the front just like the old Reliant Robin.


http://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/techpic.gif


What makes this different from the rest is that it leans just like a motorcycle. Powered by a Japanese turbocharged 660cc four cylinder engine from a Daihatsu Mira microcar, It uses a combination of hydraulic and mechanical system, splitting the steering input of the driver into a front wheel steering angle and a tilting angle. At varying speeds and road conditions, the balance between the front wheel angle and tilting angle is automatically adjusted, ensuring the optimum (balanced) position.http://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/DETAIL-01t.jpg

With styling that's in a league with the top Italian studios, an interior to rival the best saloon cars and that radical lean into corners, The Carver is dragging the poor old 3 wheeler into the 21st century.

http://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/CarverBlue300.jpg




http://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/2_1.gifhttp://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/2_carv.gifhttp://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/logo1.gifhttp://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/2_17.gif


http://www.motobykz.co.uk/Carver/CARVER-leaning.jpg

[marty]

did you see these on Top Gear the other week? they were outrageous, and clarkson and co were mighty impressed.

i guess if they are on that show, they are cars.

[Two Smoker]

I saw this on Top Gear, it looked like a shit load of fun, but i would far rather have the fun of a bike......

[Wenier]

Do you pay the earth for a carcycle or is it reasonable priced?

[wkid_one]

I saw this on Top Gear, it looked like a shit load of fun, but i would far rather have the fun of a bike......
Nice to have to a rainy day tho!!!!

[Lou Girardin]

Sloooow, plus it has a roof! a bike for those that don't like bikes.

[SPman]

Sloooow, plus it has a roof! a bike for those that don't like bikes.
You mean, a bit like a BMW.:)

[FROSTY]

they look like a ton of fun. I rode/drove one of those 50cc side by side things on the gold coast.I had a total ball hooning around on/in this bikar

[Jackrat]

It's a car with three wheels instead of four.
Just see what any owner would claim it was when they are told to wear a helmet if they call it a bike.

[wkid_one]

Well whats his face from Top Gear who owns the GSXR/Ducati and MV absolutely loved it

[merv]

Clarkson sitting in the back with his legs wrapped around the drivers seat looked cosy too.

[Posh Tourer :P]

You mean, a bit like a BMW.:)
Hey.. just cos some beemers are as overspecced and have as many speakers as a goldwing dont mean they are all useless....