PennyFarming – An Incredibly Unique Penny-Farthing Style Motorcycle Made From Tractor Parts

Lori Dorn
June 30, 2025

The New Zealand builder behind Paton Machines created an incredibly unique Penny-Farthing style motorcycle using tractor parts. While the first version of his “PennyFarming” motorbike was successful, it couldn’t remain upright. He figured out that he needed a trailer to help even things out.

I came up with this stupid idea and started building this monster of a machine 3 years ago. PennyFarming is all lightweight proof of concept so I could see if it was going to work. Today it’s time to fit a stabilizing trailer!

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The First Field Test in 2024

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Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.