As reported by autoblog, TriRod Motorcycles has introduced a new tricycle, the F3 Adrenaline. It uses a 2+1 configuration, using 2 wheels for steering and 1 massive rear wheel for power delivery. This setup is much more stable and infinitely more sportive than the more traditional wheel configuration.

The Adrenaline will be powered by a 120 cubic inch Harley-Davidson style V-Twin engine. This is good because this is one of the most popular motorcycle engines, and aftermarket support will be high. This is bad because that style of engine is terribly inefficient, and produces nowhere near the power of sport bike engines. Personally, I’d rather have less aftermarket support but an engine that is good to begin with and doesn’t need to be tweaked. Oh well.

The trike weighs around 750 pounds, which, funny enough, is actually less than many Harleys! Even with modest output from the engine, power-to-weight should still be very high.

I’m actually quite interested in this and similar trikes. They are quite similar, design-wise, to the T-Rex, which was able to pull almost 1.9 Gs lateral acceleration. That is better than most race-prepped cars. If these trikes can yield that level of performance, they would certainly be something I’d consider buying, especially if their price is reasonable.