HONDA BOSS CONFIRMS THEY ARE WORKING ON THE THREE-WHEELER!

It's been a concept and a bunch of patent drawings until now – but a big cheese at the big H has come clean about the firm's next step.

It was back in 2015 when Honda first unveiled a funky Neo Wing concept to the unsuspecting motorcycle world and since then the CB1000R-esqueleaning three-wheeler has been the subject of much debate about whether it would actually ever make it into dealerships. Well now we know that it WILL. For three years we've been tracking the bike's progress via patent drawings filed by the Japanese giant and now we've been given the official word that the huge-tyred hulk is being worked on by the factory.

Honda project leader Hiroshi Yamada (pictured) has confirmed a three wheeler is coming, with his comments adding fuel to the fire stoked by the filing of a batch of new patent drawings of a road-legal Neo Wing.

Yamada answered a series of questions about the possibility of Honda bringing a three-wheeler into production – and confirmed the iconic Japanese brand is "working on it".

Of course, you'd not expect Yamada to just give away highly sensitive details about a new motorcycle, and from his comment about the size of the eventual machine (whether it would be a scooter or a full-on motorcycle): "We have not decided yet, we are still evaluating the category, the engine…” you might think things are still up in the air, but that doesn't ring true with what's going on behind the scenes, and the raft of patent designs Honda has been filing for the Neo Wing.

When asked for a date about the three-wheeler going on sale, the Honda big wig wouldn't be drawn on specifics, saying: "I can’t say".

Given the usual amount of time it takes Honda to turn a motorcycle from fully realised patents to a road bike (about two years) the large Neo Wing production bike could be on sale as early as 2021, with the first production motorcycles shown to the world at the end of 2020.