5. Campagna T-Rex
The T-Rex is the brainchild of Daniel Campagna, a former Canadian race car driver. His company has been active in producing three-wheel vehicles and sidecars for motorcycles since the late ’80s. The first and most popular product is the T-Rex, which they introduced in 1990. They’ve modified it over the years and it is still in production.
The T-Rex is considered a motorcycle, but to be honest, it is something in-between. It has a motorcycle engine from BMW, Suzuki, Kawasaki or Harley Davidson mounted behind the driver to power the rear wheel. Currently, the T-Rex has a 160 HP engine from the BMW K1600 motorcycle.
The driver and passenger sit in the front, while the two front wheels control the steering. In contrast to vehicles with a single front wheel, the T-Rex is much more stable and can achieve high cornering speeds. The owners describe the T-Rex like driving an overpowered go-cart with crazy soundtrack, and we can only imagine how it is to drive this ludicrous machine under full throttle.
Practicality is not the strongest suit of the T-Rex since the driver and passenger have no weather protection and basically no trunk space. The only storage spaces are the boxes on the side of the rear wheel with limited capacity. Interestingly, the T-Rex is a popular, fun vehicle and is still in production at the Campagna factory in Quebec, Canada.