three-wheeler
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A three-wheeler, tricar, or trike is a vehicle with three wheels. Some are motorized tricycles, which may be legally classed as motorcycles, while others are tricycles without a motor, some of which are human-powered vehicles and animal-powered vehicles.
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- Overview
- History
- Configurations
- Two front{{Anchor|Tadpole}}
- Two rear{{Anchor|Delta}}
- Lateral stability
- Tilting option
- Electric three wheelers
- Battery-powered three wheelers
- Solar-powered three wheelers
- Steam-powered three wheelers
- Wind-powered three wheelers
- All-terrain vehicles
- {{anchor|Autocycle}} Registration
- Examples
- Two front wheels
- Two rear wheels
- See also
- References
- External links
A three-wheeler, tricar, or trike is a vehicle with three wheels. Some are motorized tricycles, which may be legally classed as motorcycles, while others are tricycles without a motor, some of which are human-powered vehicles and animal-powered vehicles.
== Overview == Many three-wheelers which exist in the form of motorcycle-based machines are often called trikes and often have the front single wheel and mechanics similar to that of a motorcycle and the rear axle similar to that of a car. Often such vehicles are owner-constructed using a portion of a rear-engine, rear-drive Volkswagen Beetle in combination with a motorcycle front end. Other trikes include that are specially constructed for off-road use.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “three-wheeler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.