Whats The Deal with all the Trikes Out There?
 

Everywhere I go all is see is those high-dollar trike conversions ??? WTF? What happened to good 'ol motorcycling fun? Has it really all come down to: Are we too f*ckin lazy to actually hold the bike up when stopping or too lazy to lean into a turn? All the people I see look healthy enough....maybe too healthy.

I'm almost 50 and have been riding and around motorcycles all my life. I love it. I can remember a time when if you rode a trike it was because you were missing a limb or a hand. It was the only way to get yer face in the wind.

At this point why don't these people just buy a g*dd*mn car ? I would mention a convertible but then that might be a bit too taxing to raise or lower the top. Good grief! :o

I like those really cool looking new style trikes. Not sure what they're called, but ive seen a few on the road now. I'd love to get one...perhaps in a few years when most of the depreciation has already taken it's toll i'll pick one up.

I'm with you asphalt. I think the same thing when I see the majority of Harleys that now have windshields! Even some Sportsters. Back in the 70's and 80's only geezers and some weird dudes rode bagger Harleys. Ooo! Ooo! A bug hit me!

I guess I see trikes like left-handed shotguns.

Really expensive new with no resale market or value.

Ouch :-/

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Me on dear ole' dad's Harley about 3 years ago. Then again, he is 62.

Well, if you can't ski very well, might as well snowboard. :)

I see a lot of the Gold Wing trikes around here. Real popular with the retired crowd. The are pretty expensive from what I hear. But they have to crawl around corners.

Yes they look stupid.

You know those conversions are $8-10K installed for the "nicer" ones. I actually saw a HD Lowrider where a kit was installed but was litle more than outrigger wheels as the rear wheel was still there. Like THREE wheels in the back.........................ppppppppppfffffffffff t

That Can-Am backwards trike is about as stupid as anything I've ever seen. There's quite a few of them out here, too.

Another form of expression. Lord knows we don't try to personalize our p-cars.

I don't know of many '32-34 coupe owners with built motors that actually race. They love to cruise. Think it might be the same?

Yup, I'm seeing that Can-Am trike quite often these days. There is a dealer about two miles from my house. Harley actually sells trikes right off the showroom floor these days; they have contracted with some conversion company to offer theirs exclusively.

They are not my cup of tea, but I won't begrudge anyone who wants to ride one. The more the merrier - each additional "rider" adds to our voice. I do question the safety of these things, remembering back to the days of the three wheeled ATV's that were eventually outlawed. I guess if you take it slow enough, which these guys typically do, they should be safe enough.

As far as the Harley baggers - the "geezer glides" as we used to call them - my Road King was probably the best thing that happened to my riding. Granted, I had to swallow hard when I actually found myself considering one, but it has opened up a whole new world of riding for me. My range has increased dramatically, and my wife loves to ride with me again. Any bike I ever owned before that (especially at my age) would now be strictly a solo, short range proposition. My old Ironhead Sporty and 900 SS Ducati fill those roles admirably. But, when I'm somewhere east of B.F., Wisconsin, a week's ride from home, with my wife on the back - the Road King rules.

i saw a midget on one of those a few weeks ago.
no way his feet were going to reach the ground, but he looked cool with his leather jacket and little leather chaps.
like a kid on a ride at the fair

I see lots of these in Seattle.

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Yeah, well, I see lots of these in Seattle, too:


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I saw one of things here as well....WTF is that now?

I saw one of things here as well....WTF is that now?

My thought exactly, real men don't ride three wheelers!!! WTF is this world coming to?

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May as well have this!

Unless you're some lifetime biker, who's sustained some debilitating injury (motorcycle crash related, of course) that renders it unsafe/impossible to ride on two wheels, these trikes are just ghey. But whatever floats your boat.

Exactly my point!!!! Just subtract one front tire and add more do-dads
:confused:

It has wheels, an engine, goes fast. Whats the problem??:confused:

As previously stated above, not my cup of tea. But another cyclist on the road is ok by me.

:d +1

As long as we agree they're not motorcycles.
Jim

Does it make any difference for/to you guys if the trike leans? The MP3 posted above leans, the Harley and CanAm trikes do not.

My thought - if you're going to have a motorcycle-based trike, why not a sidecar rig?

Or, why not a low CG machine with wide flat tires that is actually designed to corner without leaning - like the CanAm.

OK. I amend my declaration: motorcycles with sidecars are acceptably cool, even for the able-bodied. The other trikes still remain ghey.

What about old Harly Servi cars??

This is the first year that Harley is offering factory trikes.
Before you had after market conversions like Lehman but it voided the warranty and not all dealers would work on them.
Now all the trike riders are trading in their trikes for factory serviceable rides.


I’m sure no one on this board would mind being seen on this trike.

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knew a girl with an inner ear/balance problem. somehow she was able to work a sidecar though.


have always wanted an old BMW with a sidecar. i could finally have a dog.




have never understood trikes. seems to maximize the disadvantages of cars and bikes.

Agree. Most of the dangers of exposure and lack of conspicuity, but without the slimness and maneuverability of a two-wheeled bike.

I sort of liked the idea of the reverse trike What does the dude on tv show fun factory have?He calls it T-rex

does one still give them the motorcycle wave?

huh, i pictured you as a tall skinny guy.

we got a guy that has a 3 wheeled goldwing here. when he comes to work, they anounce over the intercom, " black man on a 3 wheeler entering the compound"
i ask him when he is gonna take the training wheels off.

These are the like the ones I see around here...

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I mean just ghey, ghey, ghey........................

I have several patients who have them, every single one has some physical or neurologic challenge that prevents them from riding a two wheeler anymore. It was sell it or turn it into a trike. I guess it is tough to give up the scoot after riding it a few score years. None of them could bear to do it to an old bike though

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An entire 'Panzer division' of those were in the Branson Missouri area last weekend.

Each one, ridden (sat upon?) by 50-60 YO baby-boomers.

It rained ...a LOT!

Amusing.

it's just another creative expression. some form of rolling art if done right. here's one i made years ago. still have it in boxes, less engine.

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Yep

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I don't begrudge anyone riding/driving whatever floats their boat... but those things look downright dangerous... you get all the vulnerability of a motorcycle with out the maneuverability.

I often see 55-65yo wives on the back of a Gold Wings and they never look like they're have much fun. They can't read, can't knit, can't sleep, can't watch TV. They gotta hate it.
They just are sitting there looking at cars drive by and at hubby's neck.