Shelved Harley-Davidson Trike Prototypes
Several years ago, drawings of a trike on a patent application by Harley-Davidson appeared on the Internet. The drawings depicted a leaning trike – a vehicle with a suspension system that allows leaning while cornering, just like motorcycles do. Recently, it turned out that Harley even made several prototypes of the mysterious leaning trike. The prototypes, powered by a 45-degree air-cooled V-Twin engine, were produced under the code name Penster and designed by legendary custom car builder John Buttera.
The photos with the orange trike show the final prototype from 2006, while the burgundy trike is the early prototype from 1998. The prototypes are now displayed in the Harley-Davidson museum.
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They should apply that technology to the Side-Car to help in handling
As I get older I find that my balance has leaned to the left and I find that my bike days are fadeing away. So I knew i could not afford to buy a real trike so I checked around and ordered a two wheel in the rear trike from china. i feel stupid riding it and when i see a harley i look away so as not to be seen. But it is what it is and gets me around town. It cost less than a used car and i can feel the wind in my face 350cc water cooled engine and if i ever need parts I’ll have to take a boat to China
super cool i would like to ride one . if it feels good on the road , lets do it!!!!!
Did CAN Am coppy the design.
i DONT REMEMBER WHO THE MANUFACTURERE WAS, BUT AT BIKETOBERFEST IN DAYTONA BEACH THIS PAST OCT, THERE WAS A COMPANY THERE SELLING THIS PARTICULAR MODEL TRIKE REAR SUSPENSION….THERE WAS A WORKING SUSPENSION ON DISPLAY…. THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HARLEY DAVIDSON