Beaked like an ADV machine, this GL1800 will certainly have better off-road capability with the TMW dual-wheel TRiO front end. Knobbies anyone"

Once the head of a successful medical equipment fabrication business, Seattle area native Bob Mighell (pronounced mile) knows his way around marrying together and making all sorts of materials and components, both in solid form and in written program codes. An avid motorcyclist, Mighell wanted to find a way to maintain the wonderful feeling of freedom and performance that carving through curves on a two-wheeler provides, but eliminate the negative consequences of losing traction with a single front tire contact patch.

Not twisted but tilted. Bob Mighell is the perpetrator of this departure from the world of normal two-wheeled thought.
Using 3D CAD programs and even one of my personal favorite design tools, Legos, Mighell modeled and then assembled his first two-in-front, three-wheeler conversion prototype in 2005, and Tilting Motor Works (TMW) was born. He describes the bike as something of a steampunk collection of parts borrowed from motorcycles and based on a Honda 250 Rebel. Chop, grind, weld, ride, repeat?it proved to be the perfect path to a proof of concept without breaking the bank.

Of modest size yet well-equipped and organized, the Tilting Motor Works factory receives, assembles and ships products to riders all over the world.

Bob?s continuous-improvement approach to his design, now dubbed the ?TRiO,? h...