Triking

Triking is the United Kingdom based manufacturer of the 3-wheeled Triking Cyclecar, located in Marlingford, Norfolk.

History

Trikings are essentially a modernised version of the 1930s Morgan 3 wheelers. They are also in practice a cross between a sports car and a microcar.

Former Lotus employee Tony Divey built the first Triking in the late 1970s in response to being unable to acquire a Morgan.

The original Triking featured a steel space frame with an alloy panels and glass-fibre bonnet, and was powered by a Moto Guzzi V-twin motorcycle engine. This proved popular and production eventuated. In 1990 Divey redesigned the Cyclecar with a new tubular front end and a one piece glass-fibre "body".

An employee of Divey's, Alan Layzell, built his own supercharged Triking, giving prodigious performance.

Telegraph writer, Andrew English, commented of the Triking driving experience: "The intimacy is both profound, delightful and, for the claustrophobic, disturbing. Everything is so contiguous with the driver; you could have sex at a greater distance than this."

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