I'm at the age where I have to consider some changes. My reflexes, eyesight, and situational awareness are still above average, but my knees, lower back, and shoulders are starting to feel the years. I'm in the process of setting up a DR-650 as a light tourer, but even that may be too much weight for my knees. I can handle it all right if I do everything right, but I'm afraid that if/when I put my foot down in a patch of loose gravel I'm going down. Then I have to look around for a couple of teenagers to help me pick up the bike. <img src="images/smilies/frown.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Frown" class="inlineimg" /><br />
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Accordingly, I'm considering trikes. I have an older Suzuki Savage that finally needs the usual plug replacement in the head, which might make a good base for a trike. For support, I have a master-mechanic friend who is also one righteous machinist and welder, who is just finishing up a V-8 powered trike that he built the frame, sheet metal, and many other components of from scratch. He even designed and built some of the punches and brakes to do the sheet metal work.<br />
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So, I'll be perambulating around, mostly reading, and asking some elementary questions. I know very little about trike construction, and thus some of my questions/opninions will be naive.