What makes a trike bad, fair, good or great?

[Tom Trike]

Hello,
Trikes vary in their ride quality, power or lack of power, handling, cornering and how hard or easy they steer. Our Cheetah Trikes have the radiator located in the rear, so all the very hot air goes out of the radiator, behind the trike. Riders feel very little engine or exhaust heat riding a Cheetah. The Cheetah has a fully automatic transmission with a regular reverse. It has the power and performance to provide all the feel and thrill of motorcycle riding. The Cheetah has a 1-year engine and drivetrain warranty, which is long enough to confirm all is well. Very importantly, the Cheetah is totally 304 stainless and high-grade aluminum fabricated to last. They have a drivetrain made to go 100,000 plus miles in vehicles weighing 2 to 3 times the weight of a Cheetah before the first overhaul, with just regular maintenance and oil changes. You can order your Cheetah with 150 to 450 horsepower, it comes with a smooth fully automatic transmission, with reverse and many other option choices.
Unless you're sure your trike is as good as any trike can be, watch our Cheetah video- Cheetah Chopper, call us at 812-256-9199 and schedule an appointment to come to our Charlestown, Indiana facility and test-ride a Cheetah.
If you think the Cheetah has more smooth power, corners and performs better and steers much easier than any trike you've ridden, I'll give you a test-ride gift certificate, good for $500 off of one of our Cheetahs or a Cheetah you custom order, just the way you want it.
If you think your trike is what you want to keep riding, that's fine.
Either way, you'll know a lot more about the huge diversity in trikes.
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Have a great day,
Tom and Chilita Walters

[ea81slush]

the original question

What makes a trike bad, fair, good or great?

And a good question. Cheetah trikes has the goods- no doubt about it and I wish you well in your endeavors.

What I'd like to see in the triking world is some individuality. Kits available in the USA as it seems to me from many thousands of Km's (ok miles) away (Oz) appear very similar.

In our local club we have many variations of trike appearance. We have a dragon one (VW trike with dragon airbrushing theme including a dragons head on top of the front guard), A Kawasaki 1300 6 cylinder trike with a Holden (GM) rear body and others.

So what makes a trike great. That's subjective. Everyones taste is different but for me its uniqueness. There are some seriously unique trikes around like the FROGMAN's silver monster, some "C" cab trikes (odd but unique and cool), some front mounted V8 trikes, rat trikes, etc. But as far as manufacture is concerned as a business there is not enough of that uniqueness in the showrooms.

Until in the trike world a "viper" or a "Countach" or even a "Daytona" comes along then we observe more of the same.

The Dutch Carver is a good sign of what I'm talking about. Just my views