R18 TRIKE

[Gerard]

Sorry in french.
No display yet on the Shif Custom web site.
Beautyful work to my eyes.

BMW R18 Trike par Shif Custom : un travail colossal ! - Moto-Station

La BMW R18 a vocation à être transformée. Ici, avec la préparation en trike par Shif Custom, ce n’est plus de la transformation, c’est une mutation ! Les préparateurs ont pratiquement tout changé pour nous offrir un engin à la classe indéniable, avec une délicieuse pointe de rétro. Crédits...

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[Deleted member 939]

As you folks know,I am a sidecar fan.
I gotta say,I really do not like trikes in any form(easy guys, just me)even SlingShots,CanAms and HDs but,
I really like what they have done here.A functional work of art.Beautiful pictures.I would be curious as to the price.

 

[Gerard]

48000 € + the bike.
Not cheap but they did a superb job.
This project could hardly be street legal in France.

 

[VARG]

Curious, it'll be interesting to see how they incorporated the oil cooler into the trike design, regarding radiator location, size, active cooling, possibly increased oil capacity requirement to go with it.

 

[Deleted member 939]

Curious, it'll be interesting to see how they incorporated the oil cooler into the trike design, regarding radiator location, size, active cooling, possibly increased oil capacity requirement to go with it.

Oh,no.This one has a radiator that carries 5 gallons of oil.











Just kidding

 

[estoma]

This here is a proper Trike - 3WD to boot. 1972 Kawasaki H2 powered - 750cc two-stroke triple, the original widow-maker - sounds like Ravel's Boléro at full trot; short version Ravel Boléro (Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra) - YouTube, full version Bolero (Maurice Ravel) Valery Gergiev & London Symphony Orchestra - YouTube. Spec-f4cking-tacular!


(photo courtesy Born-Free)

 

[moleculo]

To each his own, but I think that R18 backwards trike is ugly as s**t. The lines between the gas tank and whatever all that sheet metal is about in front of it don't flow. The ass end looks like someone needs to change their diaper. To me the thing looks like someone bolted together a 1930's Indycar front end with a motorcycle and the result is incongruent.

My 2C