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Criminal Customs: John Deer Wants His Motorcycle Back

CrazyXYZ's coverage of a TVS Victor with a tractor tire for a front wheel. Media sourced from Youtube.
CrazyXYZ's coverage of a TVS Victor with a tractor tire for a front wheel. Media sourced from Youtube.

Here at WBW, we cover many motorcycle builds boasting custom componentry. 

Whether you’re looking at “The Crown” (an R 18 celebrating a century of BMW motorcycles), MotoExotica x Royal Enfield’s ultimate Himalayan or that grungy Honda “Daxxer” 125 Cafe Racer from K-Speed, every modded bike shows off potential for a new idea that challenges the norms of mass-produced motorcycles. 

Of course, there’s also the opposite edge of the coin: Criminal customs that garner a grin, or a groan, or both… 

CrazyXYZ's coverage of a TVS Victor with a tractor tire for a front wheel. Media sourced from Youtube.
CrazyXYZ’s coverage of a TVS Victor with a tractor tire for a front wheel. Media sourced from Youtube.

I’d put this bike in the latter category.

CrazyXYZ’s decision to mount a tractor tire to a 109.7cc single-cylinder TVS Victor screams “ridiculous” regardless of which language you choose; still, I’d wager that there are worse ways to spend free time than by itching that “what if” bug bite and actioning dreams to reality. 

CrazyXYZ's coverage of a bike experiment with a TVS Victor. Media sourced from Youtube.
CrazyXYZ’s coverage of a bike experiment with a TVS Victor. Media sourced from Youtube.

CrazyXYZ’s coverage shows the choice of monster tyre for this project: An agricultural R1 tractor wheel with a triple-angle lug that promises tumultuous travels.

The team creates a bar system to replace the typical axle situation, leaving two female parts at the end of the rectangular casing. 

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The TVS’s wheel-less forks are dropped into those holes, with the tractor wheel exerting force upon the Victor’s forks. By some miracle, the contraption holds. 

Next phase of the experiment: A gentle bump-and-roll jaunt through the countryside. 

CrazyXYZ's coverage of a TVS Victor with a tractor tire for a front wheel. Media sourced from Youtube.
CrazyXYZ’s coverage of a TVS Victor with a tractor tire for a front wheel. Media sourced from Youtube.

Spoiler: They did indeed roll, though no amount of suspension travel could possibly keep with the ups and downs of that triple-lug angle.

What do you think of this TVS motorcycle with a tractor wheel?

*Media sourced from CrazyXYZ on Youtube*