Trikes with bike engines aren’t a new thing. Some may see it rather sceptical and with Conversion- Trikes in mind it’s so much different compared with this species. Looking at suspension and roadholding a merger of bike drive combined with an ordinary Custom-Trike chassis makes more sense. It may well be that the conversion concept still is ok for a docile Triumph Rocket, nevertheless a Suzuki Hayabusa clearly shows the borderline between the two approaches. And be convinced , some punter surely will take it to it’s limit, which in turn dictates the engineering schedule.

This may be the reason for Boom not to go the Moto-Trike alley but dropped that powerful Busa engine into it’s own tubular space frame. Big front wheel is mounted into leading link forks whereas the back wheels are independently sprung. Damping is by Bilstein-Racing-units allowing ten settings for compression and rebound. An additional stabiliser keeps the beast under control going around bends.

Alloy rims are shod with mighty 295/30 ZR 18 or 335/30 ZR 18 tyres. Weight on road is 500 kgs controlled by two four-pot callipers front on 310mm discs and two callipers rear with ventilated 360 mm discs. Of course, one has to add the weight of 21 litres of fuel held in the main tank plus 15 in an auxiliary one to the overall weight.

Wheelbase is 2,650mm, questions to wheely tendency and straight-line stability are obsolete. Final drive is by carbon-belt, in itself a challenge to any belt-manufacturer. You can expect an auto-gearbox combined with reverse gear for your dosh.

You may contact Boom at their website http://www.boom-trikes.com

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