Trikes are so much more fun
It was a beautiful day in North Florida/South Georgia and I went on about a 200 mile ride on my 2005 Harley Road King. Although there was a bit of nice feeling being able to take curves leaned over or migrate within my lane with a touch of countersteering and/or slight lean, I realized that I really don't enjoy riding on two wheels that much anymore.
Having ridden for about 50 years and owning 99 motorcycles (just got a 2017 TGU) with three of them being trikes, I used to pride myself on constantly reading the road surfaces and adjusting to changing conditions. That was especially true when we were going "supersonic" on our uber high-performance sport bikes (i.e. Yamaha R1, Honda VTR1000, Ducati 748) when I was in my early 50's. Yesterday's ride just seemed kind of tedious having to do all of those things and also worry about putting a foot down at a traffic light.
The realization came over me that I am about to get rid of the Road King and forever more just enjoy the pleasures of three wheels on the ground. The simplicity of trikes is such that you can loaf if you want to or get as aggressive as you think prudent and still have a great time. Seems to me that the trike offers the best of both worlds and gives up very little in terms of enjoyment for the type of riding that is pleasurable these days. Of course YMMV but this is TrikeTalk and I am sure that my sentiments are echoed by others on this forum.
2 up on 3 wheels vx solo on 2 wheels
I bought a new Victory (2010) Cross Roads. Biggest bike I'd ever ridden. It wasn't set up properly at the dealer - took 4,000 miles to figure that one out. Great bike after I figured out the rear wheel was out of alignment. By that time the damage was done though. I'd dropped it a couple of time in the parking lot and my wife wouldn't ride with me anymore. In 7 years of owning the Vic I put around 7,000 miles on it - mostly solo. The first full year I had the TG we put 3,000 on it, and now she's interested in learning to ride it. I'd rather ride 2 up on 3 wheels, than sole on 2. The Tri-Glide is a lot of fun, but it's definitely NOT a motorcycle. There will be another motorcycle in my future to go with the trike.
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