Head Turner Customs really enjoys building motorcycles with diesel engines. Their previous project was a AWD motorcycle with a hydrostatic twin-turbo diesel. Since then they have started another powered but this time is a reverse trike. The project started as a two-wheel motorcycle layout but after the it fell over it took three men and a floor jack to lift the bike up. The builder realized it was too heavy to be safe with a two wheel design and converted to a reverse trike layout. The bike sits on a custom chassis with a straight front axle from a 1954 Studebaker truck with 1932 Ford spindles. The trike is powered by a 2.2 L Kubota diesel inline-four with a GT-15 turbocharger. Behind the engine sits a dual stage CVT transmission that will allow 28:1 and 1:1 reduction.
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The builder seems to have really low technical knowledge. Those are industrial heims, he’s not using spacers and that cvt configuration looks fuggly jerry-rigged.
I agree completely with “Klendathu”. Based on the two bikes these guys have made, I seriously doubt they do any kind of mechanical work professionally.
I have to agree with Klendathu. They can put together things very well, but it seems like they don’t understand how those things actually work.