2009 First Mobility Conquest Wheelchair Motorcycles for Paraplegic Bikers Arrive in Akron

“Four Mobility Conquest wheelchair accessible trikes arrived in Akron, OH from the United Kingdom. Production to begin in the USA following initial order of imported motorcycles.”


by Melissa Reurink on December 29th, 2009

"We're very excited to have this in our showroom. It's such a unique solution for people in wheelchairs." - Brian Austin, MobilityWorks Akron, OH GM"



(1888PressRelease) December 27, 2009 – Four Mobility Conquest trikes arrived from the UK to the MobilityWorks Commercial facility on Wilbeth Road in Akron to begin the bike’s release into the U.S. marketplace. One of the motorcycles will be transferred to the Consumer showroom at 810 Moe Drive, Akron Ohio shortly. The other three trikes will make their way to other MobilityWorks locations in the coming weeks.

The four Conquest imports are just the start of 45 (forty-five) total wheelchair accessible trikes scheduled for delivery to the United States within the next two to three months. They will be distributed to a network of authorized mobility van dealers throughout the country. Manufacturing of the Conquest will then take place by the MobilityWorks Commercial Manufacturing Division. All Conquests are built around brand new BMW motorcycles. The bike is capable of going 0-60 MPH in 7.6 seconds and a 15-second quarter mile time. They have been proven over several years (in England and Europe) to deliver superior performance, maneuverability and paraplegic wheelchair driving capabilities.

Said Brian Austin, General Manager at the MobilityWorks Akron consumer location, “We’re very excited to have this in our showroom. It’s such a unique solution for people in wheelchairs that we anticipate a lot of interest and traffic coming in as a result of it being here. We already have a special place laid out on our showroom floor for the public to come and view it, along with our wheelchair vans.”