Yep.........Without over analyzing it, You were over riding the front wheels available traction..........
In the words of Simon and Garfunkel......The front wheel was ;
Slip-sliding away.....
My triked Valk has a Ford axle and diff, shortened only to accommodate the Valk's offset drive shaft. So she is steady as. Until now I have always felt that if the trike felt bad, it was me that was the problem. I have some scary moments, but I could always analyse and see that I was caught out and could understand how I could handle it better next time.But yesterday I had a weirdo. I went on to a new off-ramp of a freeway, and the ramp is seriously tight. It pretty well does a 360 in a 450 m curve. There are signs that tell trucks to do 40kph, else they might tip over. I went round at 70-80kph, I guess. I was hanging on. But if I tried to accelerate, the front wheel would squirell maybe 2-3 times a second. Back off and it would stop.I have ridden petty hard on various surfaces and curves and I have never encountered this.Best I can figure is that I am lifting the inner rear wheel, which changes the steering dynamics, the either I or the diff are compensating and the inner drops, and then repeat.So I can do tight turns and corners and have pushed on many, but this one actually made me feel uncomfortable. Smooth surface, long tight curve.Anyone else felt this, and am I right about just over-riding?Interested to hear.
Nick
98 Valk Std trike. Ford rear end, 6' wide. Huge storage box....and a li'l bubba box on top of that.
Yep.........Without over analyzing it, You were over riding the front wheels available traction..........
In the words of Simon and Garfunkel......The front wheel was ;
Slip-sliding away.....
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
2019 Tri-Glide.......
My 08 Goldwing wChampion conversion would do that in really tight curves ... I always thought the 6* rake had something to do with it ... once in a sandy mountain curve (sand roads after snow), I almost slip slide of the road .. after that ... I slowed a touch in the tight ones ... and learned to bring spare undies.
What type of front tire do you have?
If I enter a curve like you did, I get the same response.
I have a Bias Ply Rear tire mounted in reverse rotation for a front tire. Rear tires do not flex like a front tire due to the stiffer side wall.
I like the way my trike handles, however, I know not to speed in the curves.
Nick
98 Valk Std trike. Ford rear end, 6' wide. Huge storage box....and a li'l bubba box on top of that.
Yep same tyre setup as you describe. The tyre grips like the proverbial brown stuff to a bed's top covering.
Until this I have not slowed down for curves and have never felt this before. It just does not feel like a front tyre slippage problem: there was no loss of directional stability in the direction of outwards.
Nick
98 Valk Std trike. Ford rear end, 6' wide. Huge storage box....and a li'l bubba box on top of that.
I may have to eat humble pie....my front was at 28 psi....... The ride was after a week's break. Need to learn from that.
This is not conclusive as a cause, as I am an hour's ride away from that off ramp. I will try at the first oppo.
If it is squirm from the front tyre, I still cannot understand why it felt self correcting and rhythmical.
Nick
98 Valk Std trike. Ford rear end, 6' wide. Huge storage box....and a li'l bubba box on top of that.