Grant Bovey is not expecting to be flooded with cash offers for his "Frankenbike" but that is fine with him. He has no intention of parting with it.
"It's a bitser bike but it's all mine, made from parts collected over time," he said.
The Dunedin man was one of more than 1500 people who attended the 31st Brass Monkey rally at Oturehua at the weekend. Millions of dollars worth of motorcycles were on display but Mr Bovey was reluctant to put a value on his three-wheeler.
"It would be impossible to put a price on it. It started life as a Subaru and it's evolving all the time. You could call it a work of art, made from whatever was around at the time."
"This bit's off a car ... and that's off a bike ... and that's another car bit. It's certainly a one-off."
The bike was still being modified but it featured "an 1800cc Subaru motor, a Toyota gearbox, a Subaru diff', a Subaru rear end ... and some security mesh as decoration."
The trike attracted a fair bit of attention. It had transported him to three rallies.
The Brass Monkey is organised by the Otago Motorcycle Club. Organising committee chairman Stu Evans said everything had gone like clockwork, apart from two riders crashing on the way to the site.
Last year, snow covered the rally location but this year, it was almost T-shirt weather.
About 1540 people took part in the event.
Some proceeds from the rally, about $4600, were donated to the Canterbury Earthquake appeal.
