Phu Cat
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Is it my imagination or does a TG stop in less distance than an electra glide?
Phu Cat
Phu Cat
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Is it my imagination or does a TG stop in less distance than an electra glide?
Phu Cat
I haven't tried a quick stop with my Triglide, I know I can stop pretty darn short with my Ultra. I've had a blue hair, a soccer mom and others try to take me out over the years.
"Wrong Forum", I know, but just for "INFO", my 1800 Gold Wing Trike will stop in less distance than any of the 1800 Gold Wing 2-wheelers I've owned.....I would assume the TG probably can too. More Braking Surface, and more Friction Points on the road......ThumbUp
Wait a minute M3, I resemble that blue hair remark
I don't know if the Triglide will stop quicker, but I can tell you from experience, they will stop as fast as two wheels. The wife and I were coming back from the Rivers-End Restaurant at Nantahala. We were near Murphy, NC when a big dog decided he would cross the road in front of us. I was leading and grabbed the brakes. Very glad my bike has ABS. I didn't think about my wife behind me until we were stopped along with cars in the other lane. She was able to stop behind me without hitting me. Don't remember if the Dog was a Blue Hair or not...
Funny this would come up. On the way to breakfast yesterday a soccer Mom in a Suburban full of kids and she was on the phone pulled out of a driveway right in front of me.
1. A Tri-Glide can lock up all 3 wheels
2. I was surprised and very pleased at the relatively short stopping distance going from 50 mph to 0
3. It is possible to give someone the finger from a Tri-Glide
What really pissed me off was, she didn't apologize, she yelled "You were going too fast, slow down". My response (besides the finger) was 2 words, the second was YOU
Wait a minute M3, I resemble that blue hair remark
I don't know if the Triglide will stop quicker, but I can tell you from experience, they will stop as fast as two wheels. The wife and I were coming back from the Rivers-End Restaurant at Nantahala. We were near Murphy, NC when a big dog decided he would cross the road in front of us. I was leading and grabbed the brakes. Very glad my bike has ABS. I didn't think about my wife behind me until we were stopped along with cars in the other lane. She was able to stop behind me without hitting me. Don't remember if the Dog was a Blue Hair or not...
3. It is possible to give someone the finger from a Tri-Glide
What really pissed me off was, she didn't apologize, she yelled "You were going too fast, slow down". My response (besides the finger) was 2 words, the second was YOU
I find it hard to believe that a FINE YOUNG gentleman like you would do such things.
My first thought when I read Screwballs post was OMG those kids witnessed that display of anger, but then I realized the society we live in today, they already know all this and can probably teach us old folks some new words..ThumbUp
Funny this would come up. On the way to breakfast yesterday a soccer Mom in a Suburban full of kids and she was on the phone pulled out of a driveway right in front of me.
1. A Tri-Glide can lock up all 3 wheels
2. I was surprised and very pleased at the relatively short stopping distance going from 50 mph to 0
3. It is possible to give someone the finger from a Tri-Glide
What really pissed me off was, she didn't apologize, she yelled "You were going too fast, slow down". My response (besides the finger) was 2 words, the second was YOU
I would have yelled "get off your f***in' phone!" Then clean out my shorts!
I yelled that at a young girl a few years ago in Pidgeon Forge when she pulled out in front of me and almost took me out. She had the misfortune of catching a stop light where I pulled up along side her and let her know just what you would have yelled.
I am alot more mild mannered, I would has just smiled.
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