Super bikes have nothing on this twin-turbo V8 trike

Mitchell Tulk
Contributor
27 Mar 2019
1 min read

At OverSteer we mainly focus on cars, but sometimes we see something with three wheels or less and think it just needs to be shared.

Enter the latest project from ProBoost, a Finnish company that has specialised in modifying motorbikes and snowmobiles since '94.

With the motto "power is everything", it's only fitting that a custom trike powered by a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 is currently being built by the garage.

The engine, gearbox, wheels, differential and subframe are all taken from an BMW E38 740i.

Naturally aspirated, the V8 made 210kW/400Nm, but with forced induction, numbers should be over 270kW/520Nm.

Previosuly, ProBoost made a bike called the M1, which runs the same twin-turbo BMW V8 and is somehow road legal.

Is that a Mercedes V8 bi-turbo badge? (image credit: ProBoost)
Is that a Mercedes V8 bi-turbo badge? (image credit: ProBoost)

ProBoost even sells the frame, so people can make their own BMW-powered death trap.

I couldn’t think of a more exciting way to die.

Should BMW sell its super bikes with car engines? Let us know in the comments.

Mitchell Tulk
Contributor
Following a passion shared by his father and grandfather, Mitchell’s love of cars really kicked off with his Godfather’s purchase of a new Mazda RX-8. Exposure to that car changed his world forever, leading to an RX-7 obsession. To feed his automotive addiction, Mitchell decided to become a motoring journalist and made his mark at several high-profile motoring publications before landing at CarsGuide. While he is a rotary loyalist, Mitchell also has a massive love for Aussie muscle cars, and dreams of one day getting behind the wheel of a Charger R/T E49 (if anyone will let him). His other passions include Queensland, and spending Saturdays with the boys.
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