First ride: handling..does it improve as the bike breaks in ? Or inexperience.?
Just wondering if I should take the bike back to the dealer and have it checked out or if I just need to get used to how the trike corners and rides vs. a regular bike. I can not believe how different they are. Feels like the trike just fights you in 90 degree turns. Bike pulled right once today so hard due to a bad road that was way off camber sloping downward to the right I just let it go off on the side before getting back on the road. 90 degree Left turns seem damn near impossible. I certainly gained respect for you long time trike riders today.
I bumped the rear right tire once, turning left ; on a curb. Because I turned too wide (forgot about the extra distance with an extra wheel in width vs. a bike) and felt the right wheel go part way up the curb before settling back down.
It was a rounded curb. Thankfully I was not going that fast at the time. Probably 10 mph. All in all one wild first days ride. I tried to be very cautious . I stuck to back roads, side roads and low traffic areas since I live in the boonies (Thank God). I did not scuff up the side wall, curb hit the bottom of the tire, and did not hit the right side tire too hard on the curb (I hope).
Tomorrow Im checking the air pressure in the rear shocks to make sure there is enough air in them. And checking tire pressure. If after I do the basic checks if the handling does not improve with time as I get used to the bike Im going to get it looked at.
Thoughts?? New to triking or something out of adjustment? Seems like it wants to pull to the outside a lot. (Even before I turned wide and bumped tire). Also seems to wander some. Thanks.
Just wondering if I should take the bike back to the dealer and have it checked out or if I just need to get used to how the trike corners and rides vs. a regular bike. I can not believe how different they are. Feels like the trike just fights you in 90 degree turns. Bike pulled right once today so hard due to a bad road that was way off camber sloping downward to the right I just let it go off on the side before getting back on the road. 90 degree Left turns seem damn near impossible. I certainly gained respect for you long time trike riders today.
I bumped the rear right tire once, turning left ; on a curb. Because I turned too wide (forgot about the extra distance with an extra wheel in width vs. a bike) and felt the right wheel go part way up the curb before settling back down.
It was a rounded curb. Thankfully I was not going that fast at the time. Probably 10 mph. All in all one wild first days ride. I tried to be very cautious . I stuck to back roads, side roads and low traffic areas since I live in the boonies (Thank God). I did not scuff up the side wall, curb hit the bottom of the tire, and did not hit the right side tire too hard on the curb (I hope).
Tomorrow Im checking the air pressure in the rear shocks to make sure there is enough air in them. And checking tire pressure. If after I do the basic checks if the handling does not improve with time as I get used to the bike Im going to get it looked at.
Thoughts?? New to triking or something out of adjustment? Seems like it wants to pull to the outside a lot. (Even before I turned wide and bumped tire). Also seems to wander some. Thanks.