And now to something completely different!

AGB · 01-26-2011, 09:19 AM

Morgan Motor Company will reintroduce their threewheeler in the near future. It will be called "Morgan Threewheeler 2011":

http://www.morgan3wheeler.co.uk/genevalaunch.html

Of course, ACE cycle car has been making a reproduction of the original Morgan Threewheeler for quite some time, and he is now building them under license from Malvern (Morgan Motor).

http://cycle-car.com/

I so want a threewheeler

AGB · 01-26-2011, 09:26 AM

Oh, I forgot to add some specs:

Weight: 500kgs/1100lbs
100bhp at rear wheel
Top speed 115mph/184kmh
0-60mph/0-100kmh: 4.5 seconds
1800cc V-twin
5-speed gearbox + reverse

tubemonkey · 01-26-2011, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AGB

I so want a threewheeler

I used to have one. Wasn't all that impressed, so I traded it for two-wheeler.

AGB · 01-26-2011, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I used to have one. Wasn't all that impressed, so I traded it for two-wheeler.

lol, well, that's the wrong kind! It has to have two front wheels and only one in the rear. Otherwise it would be as tippy as the Reliant Robin:

tubemonkey · 01-26-2011, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AGB

lol, well, that's the wrong kind! It has to have two front wheels and only one in the rear. Otherwise it would be as tippy as the Reliant Robin:

OMG!!! I can't believe something like that even was made. It's ghastly! I can see why you like the ones you first posted.

AGB · 01-26-2011, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

OMG!!! I can't believe something like that even was made. It's ghastly! I can see why you like the ones you first posted.

What's worse, several different Reliant Robins were made:

http://www.google.dk/images?um=1&hl=...qi=g1&aql=&oq=

It really is an awful car. It's even worse than those god awful motorcycle tricycles with a long front fork and a fat balding beer-gutted man driving it.

No, the Morgans are awesome. It's so low.
Here's a news report showing an old one:

desertblues · 01-26-2011, 10:22 AM

I have a friend who used to have a 3-wheel Messerschmitt; he drove all the way from Amsterdam to Paris in it. Long ago; I wasn't even born.

AGB · 01-26-2011, 10:25 AM

I read somewhere that someone is about to market a modern version of the Messerschmidt.

pholy · 01-26-2011, 01:34 PM

I notice that new Morgan is for the export market (left drive). I wonder if it will be street legal in North America, and how much it will cost here.

kindlekitten · 01-26-2011, 01:39 PM

I wonder if I could get my dog in the passenger seat?

AGB · 01-26-2011, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pholy

I notice that new Morgan is for the export market (left drive). I wonder if it will be street legal in North America, and how much it will cost here.

You will be able to get either. Be it left or right hand drive. It's your choice.

In many places, it will be registered as a motorcycle. I know that some people in the US have them (the old ones) registered as motorcycles, whereas others have them registered as cars. I think it matters which state it is. In California, there's no way in hell this would fly registered as a car.

Dodge · 01-26-2011, 02:40 PM

That's a pretty ride. But I'd be afraid of getting a scratch on it. It's too gorgeous for me.

AGB · 01-26-2011, 02:44 PM

Nah, it's aluminium on a frame of pipes. If it get's dented you can mend it and weld it

I'd love to take one of those on a trip so often done by people on Yamaha Ténérés: Gravel roads and so on, bringing a tent and having fun. It wouldn't be as comfy as a "proper" car, but much nicer than a two wheeler (to me, anyway).

thrawn_aj · 01-27-2011, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AGB

lol, well, that's the wrong kind! It has to have two front wheels and only one in the rear. Otherwise it would be as tippy as the Reliant Robin:

I have so seen that thing before

It's Mr. Bean's whipping boy

. On-topic though, the first post three wheeler looks kewl

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01-26-2011, 09:19 AM	#1
AGB Headbutting stupidity Posts: 1,703 Karma: 2526196 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Greater Cph Device: PRS650	And now to something completely different! Morgan Motor Company will reintroduce their threewheeler in the near future. It will be called "Morgan Threewheeler 2011": http://www.morgan3wheeler.co.uk/genevalaunch.html Of course, ACE cycle car has been making a reproduction of the original Morgan Threewheeler for quite some time, and he is now building them under license from Malvern (Morgan Motor). http://cycle-car.com/ I so want a threewheeler

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AGB Headbutting stupidity Posts: 1,703 Karma: 2526196 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Greater Cph Device: PRS650	Nah, it's aluminium on a frame of pipes. If it get's dented you can mend it and weld it I'd love to take one of those on a trip so often done by people on Yamaha Ténérés: Gravel roads and so on, bringing a tent and having fun. It wouldn't be as comfy as a "proper" car, but much nicer than a two wheeler (to me, anyway).