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Big Wheel All Grown Up - SS Trike to enter AMD World Championship

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Olmax Fabrication SS Trike - Click above for high-res image gallery

With the AMD Official World Championship for Custom Bike Building in Sturgis right around the corner, now's the time we look forward to some real innovation coming from the American V-twin crowd - just not quite the kind of forward-thinking we see here. Don't get us wrong, we loved our Big Wheel as a kid - bombing up and down the driveway and perfecting the art of the powerslide - but we're not entirely sold on the idea as adults.

In any case, the SS Trike from Olmax Fabrication is powered by the buyer's choice of air-cooled V-twin engines from Ultima, S&S or TP. That giant hoop up front measures 24 inches in diameter, easily dwarfing the classically-cool 14-inch American Racing rims out back. Those twin rear wheels receive power through either a six-speed manual gearbox or optional automatic transmission developed using well-known GM Powerglide parts that should therefore be more than up to snuff in this application. Through a quick-change set of seats and foot controls, the SS Trike can reportedly accommodate riders ranging from 5-foot tall to 6-foot-2. Click past the break for a short video of the machine in action.


Gallery: SS Trike
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