Goldwing "Tilting Motorworks" Conversion

Ryan_B

Ryan_B

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Saw this while just glancing around. Never heard of this conversion, but sounds interesting. Locks the front end from tilting under 7mph and unlocks above that to allow you to lean. Thought someone else might find it interesting as well.

Also, surprising is the price. Normally, traditional trike conversions are like $30k minimum. This one is listed at $15k OBO, so I assume that the actual conversion must be a more reasonable price. More pictures and info can be seen at the listing: Cycle Trader Link

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Thanks,
Ryan
 

They got bought so I don't know if they are still in business or not.
They are also on Facebook but the last post was in 2022.
According to Mr. Google AI -

No, Tilting Motor Works is no longer in business as an independent company. It was acquired by Arcimoto in January 2021, and both the company and its previous address are now listed as closed.
 
Oh yeah, only reference I can find is "onwingsofgold.com" and if you follow the link it is a dead link to the tiltingmotorowrks.com. I guess they went out of business.

Also, from my very limited research - the kit was sold with a tilt lock and a non tilt lock. I would be inclined to think the cycle trader link is a non-tilt lock, just because the kickstand is down.

Ryan
 
I hope that the engineering survived,,, somehow. It was fascinating to watch. In their early days there was speculative rumoring that Can-am might acquire tilting tech,,, and develop a tippy trike,, reverse trike, of course. That never happened,, as far as I know,,, thx,, CAt'
 
We had a couple come in when I was at the shop. Nice quality craftsmanship. Sketchy as hell to ride. They behave oddly or dangerously and CAN fall down. After twice I refused to test ride them and so did the other test riders. They were sold "as is." I imagine liability did the company in.
 
I saw one in person at a Wing Ding event in Nashville, in 2019. From the front, they can only be described as not attractive, since butt-ugly seems a little harsh. A big improvement would have been to leave off the front fender? and grill?

John
 
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