Triker Wannabe

[Nana]

PERFECT IDEA, Mary!!!!! Great plan <img src="images/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Smile" class="inlineimg" />

[Gorilla]

Mary no harm no foul. Take the course and you will be fine. Then try some trikes again and get the one you feel best on. The clutch throttle thing is hard at first but easily over come with practice. Ted

[HeartSleeve]

I'm certainly going to give it my best shot, Ted.

Thanks.

Mary

[Ironhorsepilot]

Hey Mary, even though you have decided to wait until after the MSF to see how you feel about the whole idea of Triking...please stay on the board and keep us updated on your new adventure and dreams!

[John Luciano]

I wish I lived closer. I would have you out on the road in less than 2 hours. You just have to think of the clutch on the BAR as you do on the floor. You only pull it out 1/2 way until the bike gets moving. You work it the same as the foot clutch. you can pump it if you have to. The right hand throttle is more of a Squeeze and wrist bend than a TURN motion. If it is anything like my Goldwing you really don't even need the throttle to ride around a parking lot.

[HeartSleeve]

Well, I'm gonna stay on the boards until I get 'er done or die trying! <br />
I'm hoping I can convince the MSF instructor who rides a trike to take me on as a student, one-on-one, but I have to wait until I meet up with him in the class first, which will draw this adventure out a ways.... <br />
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I just dont have many resources here in the beachy area of southern Delaware when it comes to available trikers.<br />
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Keep your fingers crossed for me that this situation improves!<br />
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Thanks, one and all.

[Juju]

Mary, I just read your story of mayhem (just joking <img src="images/smilies/grin.gif" border="0" alt="" title="big grin" class="inlineimg" />) at the HD dealer's, and like the others, I just KNOW you'll do MUCH better after the MSF class. Before I took the class, I had only ridden a scooter when I was in college about a hundred years ago, so I was pretty much a babe-in-the-woods. When I got on the bike at the beginning of class on the Saturday morning, I was surprised first by the weight of the bike (the scooter had been MUCH lighter), and then, when I started it, by the sound. I've been around motorcycles for much of my adult life, but to have that sound coming from your own input on a bike that you're going to pilot--well, it's much different even from riding as a passenger.<br />
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All of which is to say that your response to that first attempt is nothing to be too much concerned about. Sounds like it was a bit of a learning experience, and like someone else said, now that's behind you and you can get down to the fun of learning to ride. <br />
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Again, in my own experience, we weren't even an hour into the MSF class when I got off my bike and forgot to put the kickstand down. (In my defense, my bicycle has no kickstand--old habits die hard LOL!) But when I and the bike ended up on the ground, the coach helped me get the bike up, then said, there, now, that's over with and now you don't have to worry about it happening again--then she looked me in the eye and said, "Right?" And she WAS right! I just know it'll be similar for you. You'll feel so much more confident after the class!<br />
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And I agree that's a great idea to see if you can hire the trike-riding instructor for a day's worth of private instruction.<br />
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Finally, though the salesman sounds like he was pretty nice, he really did you disservice by putting you in a situation in which it would have been difficult for any inexperienced/new rider to succeed.

Good for you for not letting it spoil your whole view of biking/triking!