Geoff Adams-Spink BBC News website Disability affairs correspondent |
|  The Conquest will appeal to those with a need for speed |
A new British-made motorcycle for wheelchair users was the star of this year's Mobility Roadshow in the UK.
The Conquest is based on BMW 850 or 1150 motorbikes which have been integrated into a racing car-type aluminium body shell.
Its creator, Alan Martin, came up with the idea after his son became disabled following an accident.
The company will be launching the Conquest in August and hopes to sell 100 in the first year of production.
The bike was on show at the Mobility Roadshow, an exhibition of products for people with mobility impairments, at Donnington Park in Derbyshire over the weekend.
"My son's now walking again so he doesn't need it," Mr Martin told the BBC News website.
"But I've built this beautiful machine which I feel will enhance the lives of so many disabled people."
'Steady as a rock'
The Conquest is designed to be driven from the rider's wheelchair and should be suitable for people without the use of their legs but with good upper body mobility.
It has been developed with assistance from the National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NABD) and the Manchester Business School among others.
