Well, after picking up our new (old) trike last weekend me and the wife took our first Saturday ride today. Yes I putted around a little during the week after work but that was all. Today we traveled about 150 miles over four hours in northeast PA. Weather was gorgeous! About 80 degrees blue skies with puffy white cumulus. Almost no breeze at all.
I'm used to riding a Road King but sold it three years ago and haven't ridden since. We now have a 2005 Goldwing GL1800A with 2014 Motor Trike Adventure conversion. Never rode a trike for more than a test ride or two so while on one hand I was excited on the other I was just a bit tentative wondering how I would feel being truly on the road as opposed to just a local brief test ride. All I have to say is that I / we had a great time! Trike handled very well. Other than the fact that I've found I'm more challenged making left turns vs right.
Making a right turn just comes more naturally for some reason. I just pull the right grip and for whatever reason the feel is more natural than when I turn left. By the end of the ride my lefts were improving but there's still a deficit vs the right. In time I'm sure it will improve.
LOVED the stability of three wheels. Yeah you don't get to lean into turns like on two wheels but the tradeoffs are worth it for both me and the wife. Of course we had our favorite playlist blaring all along the way with a pizza stop (Pizza) in the middle (in Milford PA) then a milk shake in Marshalls Creek. We were both very comfortable on the trike and very happy! Looking forward to our next ride tomorrow! I can definitely see us taking the trike on much longer rides than we would have considered with the Road King.
I'm used to riding a Road King but sold it three years ago and haven't ridden since. We now have a 2005 Goldwing GL1800A with 2014 Motor Trike Adventure conversion. Never rode a trike for more than a test ride or two so while on one hand I was excited on the other I was just a bit tentative wondering how I would feel being truly on the road as opposed to just a local brief test ride. All I have to say is that I / we had a great time! Trike handled very well. Other than the fact that I've found I'm more challenged making left turns vs right.
Making a right turn just comes more naturally for some reason. I just pull the right grip and for whatever reason the feel is more natural than when I turn left. By the end of the ride my lefts were improving but there's still a deficit vs the right. In time I'm sure it will improve.LOVED the stability of three wheels. Yeah you don't get to lean into turns like on two wheels but the tradeoffs are worth it for both me and the wife. Of course we had our favorite playlist blaring all along the way with a pizza stop (Pizza) in the middle (in Milford PA) then a milk shake in Marshalls Creek. We were both very comfortable on the trike and very happy! Looking forward to our next ride tomorrow! I can definitely see us taking the trike on much longer rides than we would have considered with the Road King.
