Thanks to everyone for all the great advice. I am close to pulling the trigger on a sweet 2005 Goldwing with Champion conversion and 11,330 miles. I have test driven a few trikes in in my search and was having second thoughts when my 45-years of two wheel experience seemed to work against me on three wheels. If I buy the trike, I'm still going to have the guy ride it over to my house rather than temp fate by riding it on back-country roads, city streets and the Interstate. And I will practice, practice and practice before I put my wife on the back. Momma didn't raise a fool.
Bought my first trike a 2012 Harley Triglide in October of 2012 after a near fatal accident in August 2012 (ate the back end of a Nissan Sentra at 85mph on a Harley Nighttrain) the doctors had doubts I'd ever be able to support the weight of a bike again, and I had long wanted to try a trike, so I jumped at it when I was still in a wheelchair and found a smoking deal on a 2012 leftover. Glad I did even though I could ride a bike again, I love it! At 37 I might be the youngest here LOL...Only advice I can add after 1500 miles is to adjust everything so its comfortable!
Ryan
"WHEW".....85 MPH into a Sentra....not a good prospect.....:xzqxz:
Yeah it really wasn't fun, 85mph is best guess, the speed limit where we were is 70, but where it was early and little to no traffic, we were cruising around 75-80, it was a group of us in the middle of nowhere in Illinois early on a Saturday morning heading to Sturgis, as we came over a slight rise in the highway, this little red Nissan stopped in front of us, half in the fast lane, half in the left breakdown lane, I'm told I swerved hard to the right trying to avoid her, accelerating hard (maybe trying not to low side the bike?) as I was about 8 feet from her car she backed up to the right in order to take the cross-over through the median, she had missed her exit and was trying to turn around..My left foot/leg was the first thing that hit, followed by the left front fork leg hitting her right rear tire, snapping the fork leg above the axle, catapulting me and the bike end over end...End result, was leg and foot broken in 7 places including my femur coming out my inner thigh and my heel pad was severed...
Ryan
Note to YELLOW TRIKE
Stop using REV to hold the trike. Not sure with the 1800 but with the 1500 you are now using a small gear attached to the starter to hold a 1200lb trike . If it snaps you loose rev and the motor has to be removed and cases split to get the gear out.
I'm a newbie on the trike. I am getting a feel for the corners but still not quite there yet. Can you tell me what the difference in cornering riding solo vs. riding a passenger? Do you need to corner a little more slowly with a passenger (and I mean in the twisties or sweeping curves)? Thanks in advance for your replies.