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Calman suggested this forum to me when I posted on another forum he visits as I am considering getting a trike for my wife. A little about me, then some about her. I'm in the Navy, currently stationed in the Hampton Roads, Va. area and moving about the middle of the year down to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS. I own both a 2004 Honda Shadow Aero and a 2007 Honda Goldwing. Both are great bikes and have their own purpose for me, although the Wing does get more use, especially in the colder winter months. Earlier in the year my wife expressed an interest in riding her own bike and I suggested she take the MSF class. I am actually an MSF ridercoach myself, but knowing that learning to ride is stressful enough I told her I would not be the right person for the job as I didn't want to add any stress to the situation by her having her husband watch over her every move in the class. She took the class and near the end of the first day, had a problem shifting gears during an exercise, the bike never went down, but she got scared enough that she decided to walk away even though the ridercoach's there insisted she should stay and told her she only had one more exercise for the day then she could return with a clear head in the morning. She has now decided that a trike is the way she wants to go.
We have looked at various trikes online primarily and she is a huge fan of the GL1800 trikes (Purple seems to be her color choice) however, I have concerns about her going straight to an 1800 cc engine for her first trike. Being a ridercoach I tell anyone that asks to get the smallest bike their ego will allow until they get some seat time. We went to a Can Am dealership and looked at the new RT Spyder which she immediately fell in love with. However, I also have concerns about the Spyder, primarily around the fact that its a brand new bike and the maintenance is a bit of a mystery to me other than the fact that it has a computer system that must be accessed by the dealer anytime work is done. The salesman even told me I'd have to take it in to have them reset the computer if I did an oil change myself which sounds like more of a hassle than I want to deal with.
Which brings us to the current idea I have and she at the moment is considering. MotorTrike makes an Aero trike for a ton less money than either of the first two options. Calman has the trike I am talking about and we plan to meet up with him in the near future to have her take a look up close as they are not as common as a Goldwing trike so finding a local one is nearly impossible. It just worked out that he is fairly close to us. The only real disadvantage I see to this option is that I would need to get the bike to Troupe, TX to Motortrike for them to do the conversion as they don't offer it as a normal conversion through their dealer reps throughout the US. Other than that, I already know how to dismantle and work on the Aero if needed, more accessories are available for it than the Spyder, and obviously the fact that the price is where I would rather have it sure is nice. Probably a lot longer of an introduction than you expected, but this is me.
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Calman suggested this forum to me when I posted on another forum he visits as I am considering getting a trike for my wife. A little about me, then some about her. I'm in the Navy, currently stationed in the Hampton Roads, Va. area and moving about the middle of the year down to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, MS. I own both a 2004 Honda Shadow Aero and a 2007 Honda Goldwing. Both are great bikes and have their own purpose for me, although the Wing does get more use, especially in the colder winter months. Earlier in the year my wife expressed an interest in riding her own bike and I suggested she take the MSF class. I am actually an MSF ridercoach myself, but knowing that learning to ride is stressful enough I told her I would not be the right person for the job as I didn't want to add any stress to the situation by her having her husband watch over her every move in the class. She took the class and near the end of the first day, had a problem shifting gears during an exercise, the bike never went down, but she got scared enough that she decided to walk away even though the ridercoach's there insisted she should stay and told her she only had one more exercise for the day then she could return with a clear head in the morning. She has now decided that a trike is the way she wants to go.
We have looked at various trikes online primarily and she is a huge fan of the GL1800 trikes (Purple seems to be her color choice) however, I have concerns about her going straight to an 1800 cc engine for her first trike. Being a ridercoach I tell anyone that asks to get the smallest bike their ego will allow until they get some seat time. We went to a Can Am dealership and looked at the new RT Spyder which she immediately fell in love with. However, I also have concerns about the Spyder, primarily around the fact that its a brand new bike and the maintenance is a bit of a mystery to me other than the fact that it has a computer system that must be accessed by the dealer anytime work is done. The salesman even told me I'd have to take it in to have them reset the computer if I did an oil change myself which sounds like more of a hassle than I want to deal with.
Which brings us to the current idea I have and she at the moment is considering. MotorTrike makes an Aero trike for a ton less money than either of the first two options. Calman has the trike I am talking about and we plan to meet up with him in the near future to have her take a look up close as they are not as common as a Goldwing trike so finding a local one is nearly impossible. It just worked out that he is fairly close to us. The only real disadvantage I see to this option is that I would need to get the bike to Troupe, TX to Motortrike for them to do the conversion as they don't offer it as a normal conversion through their dealer reps throughout the US. Other than that, I already know how to dismantle and work on the Aero if needed, more accessories are available for it than the Spyder, and obviously the fact that the price is where I would rather have it sure is nice. Probably a lot longer of an introduction than you expected, but this is me.
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