# Why reverse trikes don't work
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [December 10, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701 "2011-12-10T01:24:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/1 "2011-12-10T01:24:37Z")
…a very unstable system under load transfer in any direction. There are simply too many issues with weight and traction distribution.
May be a rear engine reverse trike will work better? :ponder
[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qru2irnaU[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qru2irnaU%5B/ame%5D)
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### Author:  [@DRock518](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DRock518)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/2 "2011-12-10T05:57:30Z")
Wow. You think he dynamited the brakes after he passed his buddy? Caused huge weight transfer?
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### Author:  [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/3 "2011-12-10T06:19:44Z")
Trike stays upright = winnar.
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### Author:  [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/4 "2011-12-10T06:19:49Z")
Wonder if the insurance would pay for the bikers “loss of control” as there was no impact.
Edit: trickers insurance that is, as he’s the cause of the accident.
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### Author:  [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2011, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/5 "2011-12-10T08:01:30Z")
Stunters.
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### Author:  [@HiSpeed48](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HiSpeed48)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/6 "2011-12-10T10:26:30Z")
I would be pissed if I was that guy on the bike
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### Author:  [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/7 "2011-12-10T17:46:00Z")
> [@Official: NHL Playoff Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-nhl-playoff-thread/46500/205):
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> I would be pissed if I was that guy on the bike
Fucking right. Be hard pressed to keep my foot out of that guys face.
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### Author:  [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/8 "2011-12-11T09:55:56Z")
I love how guys with money buy expensive insanely fast machines, then get behind the wheel and think their niki lauda.
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2011, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/9 "2011-12-12T08:26:19Z")
nice illegal pass too.
Those Spyders are the worst thing to ever hit the showrooms. Right next to $30K Harley junk sold to VIP’s and CEO’s.
Only time I would throw a leg over one (if you even call it that) is to see if I can wheelie it on that single back wheel. lol
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### Author:  [@RTrac1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RTrac1)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/10 "2011-12-12T11:33:56Z")
thats a t-rex, not a canam spyder
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/11 "2011-12-12T11:46:55Z")
> [@Crop Dusting](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crop-dusting/47210/19):
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> thats a t-rex, not a canam spyder
both as gay :rofl
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### Author:  [@v8lonoma](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/v8lonoma)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/12 "2011-12-12T12:54:23Z")
guy on t-rex needs his ass whooped!
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### Author:  [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/13 "2011-12-18T07:56:43Z")
The T-Rex does have the rear mount engine. The Canam I beilve is front mount engine. So most weight on the T-Rex is in the rear to mid section. That pass seems more or less driver error and lack of traction due to the single rear wheel. Altho I do hate the canam’s.
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### Author:  [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2011, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/14 "2011-12-18T07:59:47Z")
> [@death metal](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-metal/47322/3):
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> The T-Rex does have the rear mount engine. The Canam I beilve is front mount engine. So most weight on the T-Rex is in the rear to mid section. That pass seems more or less driver error and lack of traction due to the single rear wheel. Altho I do hate the canam’s.
When you said “rear mounted”, I am sure you really meant “mid mounted”. :tongue
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### Author:  [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/15 "2011-12-18T08:10:50Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/2075):
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> When you said “rear mounted”, I am sure you really meant “mid mounted”. :tongue
Yea pretty much lol. Things are like 10’ long.
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### Author:  [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-reverse-trikes-dont-work/261701/16 "2011-12-18T11:06:35Z")
i gotta say it does look kinda cool…