Oh Oh Your Getting Old....You Trike Your Ride?

[mgwtrike]

Since converting my 2012 Goldwing to a Roadsmith trike, I'm amazed at the amount of people think
I did the conversion to reduce pain in my knees or legs and can't hold my original two wheeled Goldwing up when they see my trike for the first time.

To me it's really a false impression about why I triked in the first place, and what bothers me is I never had any trouble holding up 900# on my own.

Anyone experience this from people?

Cheers!

[cavie]

Since converting my 2012 Goldwing to a Roadsmith trike, I'm amazed at the amount of people think
I did the conversion to reduce pain in my knees or legs and can't hold my original two wheeled Goldwing up when they see my trike for the first time.

To me it's really a false impression about why I triked in the first place, and what bothers me is I never had any trouble holding up 900# on my own.

Anyone experience this from people?

Cheers!

A trike is thought of as a motorized wheel chair. I think of it a gocart on steroids.

[Gold Rush]

All the guys I ride with know darn well I had to trike or give up riding but nobody ever saw it coming.... I've told this story before about one guy remarking that they'd not have any more fun (I lead most rides) and another guy pointed out how good the gas mileage would be now. A month later and 1000 miles on three wheels and I was serving up their words for lunch.

A riders attitude does does not change when they convert. They just have new ways to express it. Once I learned how to trike the fun was back in spades and everyone is having fun again..

[Gorilla]

Unless you ride one you don't understand the reasons why. As their ownership keep growing the reasons will become better understood.

[dirtdobber]

I have a buddy that reminds me all the time. Says I ride like a old man but he is always pulling up the rear. Go figure.

Might have had something to do with me not letting him ride the GW trike while I rode the freewheeler. His riding skills and attitude are not to my standards.

[1800 06 Champion Trike]

I bought my 06 Champion Trike just before I retired and sold my pizza company in 2006.
My wife and I have never been happier and wish I would have done it sooner.
Sure is easier to drive in winds, bad roads, etc. Don't have to worry about tipping over or where I park it.

[Marc H]

The locals don't make many comments.For 1 they know I still have and ride my nomad.The negatives I do get are about the same as they give for not riding Harley and I just ignore them.I don't ride with the locals anyway.

[Solidbob]

I didn't trike my bike for someone else, it was my decision to do while I was still on two wheels more than three. Never consulted the spouse until we started looking and had it narrowed down to two brands. My buddies and friends of course asked and what we said was it's a cool new design and provides a more balanced travel package and trailer towing platform with a more stable base at stops. Because I'm a little height challenged my only real problem when we ride two up is stopping (maybe) on my toes in a clean area with no marbles, gravel or something that makes me wish I was only one up. Stabilty was our real concern and it has certainly stopped the pucker factor.... others do it for other reasons. Since triking I had a stroke a few years back and have a slightly weak R/H leg that is sometimes a challenge to throw over the seat. MY REASONS FYI....

But I did it for my spouses protection....

[DblTrbl]

I have a buddy that reminds me all the time. Says I ride like a old man but he is always pulling up the rear. Go figure.

Might have had something to do with me not letting him ride the GW trike while I rode the freewheeler. His riding skills and attitude are not to my standards.

Obviously your buddy never heard of "the little old lady from Pasadena"........

[FRR]

When I first got into Triking a few years ago I did get comments from friends that seemed surprised that I had gone that direction. A couple of folks commented that they "didn't know I was having health problem"( which I'm not, thank the Lord), or "why did you go to a Trike? You can still handle a two wheeler, right?" At first I was insulted by their comments, but then realized, as the gentleman said in an earlier post, unless you decide to do it, folks don't understand it.

I'm way past the ego thing on needing to ride the "right bike", whatever that is, or dressing the "role", whatever that is also. I still own a leather jacket, but much prefer my heated vest in cold weather over a cloth coat. The Triking world has so many advantages, which we all know, that it wouldn't make sense to numerate them here. Like I said in an earlier post this week, I've never met anyone who owns a trike that is sorry they chose that option. That fact speaks volumes to me.

[JaysGone]

A trike is thought of as a motorized wheel chair. I think of it a gocart on steroids.

That is exactly what my registration says when you get Handicapped plates. Here in Florida.
I officially have a motorized wheel chair.

[werewolf]

Snicker, I just remember who RODE a Motorcycle back in high school and college........
ME
Dont remember seeing them anywhere close to a bike in those days
and my little bike was awful lonesome in the motorcycle parking area.

I like my trike, I will like my next trike even better.
So will the wife. She is not a motorcycle person.
But she does reasonably well on a trike.

And there is still the Roadstar in the garage for those days when the itch hits.

[Chazzman]

I just say it's always better to Trike sooner than later. After 45 years of hard riding, racing and pushing the limit I figured the odds are in my favor now. My wife was pushing me to give up two and I only wish I would have went to a trike a few years back. It's much more relaxing, comfortable and secure. It still gives me that freedom of riding, very pleased.

[Retired Army]

Perhaps those approaching the waning portion of the riding career would be better served by concentrating risk management and not the opinions of others.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

That is exactly what my registration says when you get Handicapped plates. Here in Florida.
I officially have a motorized wheel chair.

Does that get ya a better insurance rate??

[TwoBye]

I consider it a matter of overcoming fear. No, not fear of riding .... the fear of trying something new and different. I gave up two wheels for many reasons but most importantly because I chose to. At that point in time I felt like riding on two with my wife was just not comfortable anymore. Safe? yes, fun? most of the time but comfortable? no. I'm not sure how else to explain it. Since then I have often times said these "three wheeled motorcycles" are strange and only for old people. I realized I was actually afraid of just trying one 'for the hell of it'. Well I did and the rest is, as they say, history. I overcame my fear of experimenting and made the journey to three wheels and now I am enjoying the ride. I am in love ........ please don't tell my wife!

[rhino 2]

I had a guy come up to me when I pulled in on my T/G at a local coffee shop last January , And ask how do you like that Trike. I said I love it you should try one.. Then he says I've been riding for 25 years and I would have to be pretty bad off to ride a Trike,.. Well I said how many miles have you ridden on your bike this month? I did about 8 hundred on my trike... None he says too much snow and ice on the roads.. So I just looked at him and said . There you go.. Now you know why I Trike...

[Sully]

I had a guy come up to me when I pulled in on my T/G at a local coffee shop last January , And ask how do you like that Trike. I said I love it you should try one.. Then he says I've been riding for 25 years and I would have to be pretty bad off to ride a Trike,.. Well I said how many miles have you ridden on your bike this month? I did about 8 hundred on my trike... None he says too much snow and ice on the roads.. So I just looked at him and said . There you go.. Now you know why I Trike...

Nice come-back

[Motogordo]

Sept. 6, 2015
Two years ago I purchased a Spyder RT5 Cruiser..It was tons of fun but expensive to service if you use the dealer as I do. A year later I stopped by "East Coast Cycle Center" in Bensalem, Pa. and saw a 2005 Honda with the Lehman Monarch II kit installed. I fell in love with it. It was loaded to the gills with lots of chrome. I have had almost 50 bikes in my lifetime including 6 Goldwings starting with the 1975 model (1000cc) right up through the 2012 with 1832cc.
I purchased a trike because I was tired of moving around the basic wing. It just got too heavy for me. And when it came to U-turns it made me very nervous. I have no problem riding in the rain, metal bridges, sand and stones or light snow. I feel extremely safe and very stable. The only thing I gave up when going to a trike was the leaning in the curves, which I never liked very much anyway.....
Motogordo

[clint44]

99% of the comments I get on our trike are positive. The rest are just background noise.
I started riding a trike in 2008. The only regret I have is it took so long to do it.