New Member from St. Cloud, FL

[wa.bound]

Hi all! My 2005 Honda VTX 1300s is currently being custom triked by a local cycle shop. It's really more about stability for me due to a neck injury. It was try this or give up riding. I have no experience riding a trike but do have my motorcycle endorsement as I just sold my Suzuki Volusia 800. I'm thinking about taking a trike course in a couple weeks, before I get my bike back as a trike, to learn some ins and outs as I've heard it's completely different than a two-wheel.

[Nana]

A big TrikeTalk welcome! The VTX makes a beautiful, great-performing trike! I trust you are getting an EZ Steer/rake kit put on along with the conversion. Particularly with your neck injury it will be important for you, as it makes the steering sooooo much easier than without the rake! You will need several days of practice on quiet streets and empty parking lots to get the feel of steering vs. leaning, but once you do that, you will not find it difficult. In fact, you will soon be saying: "why didn't I do this sooner!"

Read through this thread while your trike is being built. It will give you tons of great advice before you get out on the roads: http://www.triketalk.com/forum/gener...post-here.html

[Boscoporp]

Welcome wa.bound,

You will like this group of ..

[wa.bound]

A big TrikeTalk welcome! The VTX makes a beautiful, great-performing trike! I trust you are getting an EZ Steer/rake kit put on along with the conversion. Particularly with your neck injury it will be important for you, as it makes the steering sooooo much easier than without the rake! You will need several days of practice on quiet streets and empty parking lots to get the feel of steering vs. leaning, but once you do that, you will not find it difficult. In fact, you will soon be saying: "why didn't I do this sooner!"

Read through this thread while your trike is being built. It will give you tons of great advice before you get out on the roads: http://www.triketalk.com/forum/gener...post-here.html

Thanks for the welcome and the information!
The shop advised it's another $1000 for the rake kit so I'll be discussing that with him today. Though I've heard about it recently, I don't really understand what the rake does vs. does not so I will find some information on that today as well so I go into our conversation knowing more.

[Nana]

The rake kit takes the trike from manual to power steering. I have ridden without a rake and with, and I would not be without it. It is probably the first and most important "extra" you should consider before anything else!

Please contact Bazooka as soon as possible. He is owner/administrator of this forum in addition to running a trike shop; and he gives members a dramatic discount on the kits. See this thread: http://www.triketalk.com/forum/honda...610-695-a.html

After you look through the posts there, give him a call at 334-648-0157. He can arrange for the kit to be shipped directly to your trike builder or to yourself. It will be worth the price and will save you a lot! Bazooka (Randy) can also give you a clear explanation of how the rake makes a difference in your steering and answer any questions you have about it.

[wa.bound]

The rake kit takes the trike from manual to power steering. I have ridden without a rake and with, and I would not be without it. It is probably the first and most important "extra" you should consider before anything else!

Please contact Bazooka as soon as possible. He is owner/administrator of this forum in addition to running a trike shop; and he gives members a dramatic discount on the kits. See this thread: http://www.triketalk.com/forum/honda...610-695-a.html

After you look through the posts there, give him a call at 334-648-0157. He can arrange for the kit to be shipped directly to your trike builder or to yourself. It will be worth the price and will save you a lot! Bazooka (Randy) can also give you a clear explanation of how the rake makes a difference in your steering and answer any questions you have about it.

Nana-thanks! I've sent him a PM w/a few questions and awaiting an answer (I even did that before you replied-great minds think alike). If he hasn't gotten back to me after lunch then I will call. I'm really interested in all of this and if it will help w/the neck challenges than that's great.

[Frozenshrimp]

Wa.bound Welcome to Trike Talk from Oklahoma!!Great bunch of people here on the forum with lots of info...Would love to see some pic's when you get your trike back!!

[skuuter]

WELCOME to TRIKE TALK.....and, YES, a Rake Kit will be the Best Spent Money You do since decidin' to go to a Trike.....

[Beeper]

Welcome! Great folks here! I think you'll like it
Beeper

[spiritdream]

Hi there Traci, and WELCOME to Trike Talk!! Glad to see you made it over here. You won't find a better group - if you can't get an answer to your questions here, then there just isn't an answer!

Looking forward to getting to know you better, and be sure to check out the Rides & Rallys forum for information on our June Rally in Maggie Valley!

[Blondie Gal]

Welcome from the Great State of Texas! Give us a shout if you're ever in the area; always good to welcome new folks to our Forum!

[White Knight 04]

Welcome from soggy Pa....

[wa.bound]

Thanks everyone! I'm in the process of ordering the rake kit as I type (Randy is helping me out wonderfully with information!). Can't wait to get riding and meeting up with some of you! If you're ever in Central FL, let me know-we have a spare room, a spare bathroom, plenty of floor space, a warm meal and even yard space for a tent.

[Papa Zook]

Thanks everyone! I'm in the process of ordering the rake kit as I type (Randy is helping me out wonderfully with information!). Can't wait to get riding and meeting up with some of you! If you're ever in Central FL, let me know-we have a spare room, a spare bathroom, plenty of floor space, a warm meal and even yard space for a tent.

Water view? Are you pet friendly? :giggle:

[wa.bound]

Water view? Are you pet friendly? :giggle:

Actually sir, we do have a magnificent water view with glorious fishing available to all and even a skilled fishing guide right in our home at no charge to you. We are also pet friendly-small pets only as our little Herbie (toy poodle) is extremely loving & friendly but somewhat traumatized from a history of larger dogs before we adopted him from the poodle rescue. :giggle:

[wa.bound]

Come on...that was funny!

[Nana]

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Water view? Are you pet friendly? :giggle:[/quot

Actually sir, we do have a magnificent water view with glorious fishing available to all and even a skilled fishing guide right in our home at no charge to you. We are also pet friendly-small pets only as our little Herbie (toy poodle) is extremely loving & friendly but somewhat traumatized from a history of larger dogs before we adopted him from the poodle rescue. :giggle:

You asked for it Traci..... Just wait until all of us wild and crazy people arrive on your doorstep! With our little dogs! :Biker: oggie:

[wa.bound]

:HaHa:

Bring in on. Makes for more story telling LOL

[ricle41]

Man, I can hear the wheels turning all over as people are googling a map from home to St. Cloud. How far? When can we go?

Oh yeah. Welcome to the forum. You're going to love it here.

[Gorilla]

Actually sir, we do have a magnificent water view with glorious fishing available to all and even a skilled fishing guide right in our home at no charge to you. We are also pet friendly-small pets only as our little Herbie (toy poodle) is extremely loving & friendly but somewhat traumatized from a history of larger dogs before we adopted him from the poodle rescue. :giggle:

welcome aboard youll love triken