Don't have a trike but heavily leaning towards one.
I currently ride an 09 Victory Vision Tour, fully customized. I had an accident in late April, ruptured my quadriceps tendon, so my riding days are finished for this summer season!
This accident gave me a new perspective on myself. At 57, I'm slowly realizing that maybe I should look at alternatives to two-wheeled scoots and thinking trikes are a more stable platform.
So now, I'm looking at all the different makes/models and learning. Figure by the end of summer, I'll be be mended and by then hopefully formed a game plan to upgrade to a trike.
So need opinions.
First of all, I'm not going to convert my current rig to trike - as you can tell from the two pics, the Ice Dragon is all custom air-brashed graphics. Adding new trike components would be costly, from that graphics perspective. Leyman's Crossbow is a gorgeous machine, but that company barely has a pulse. So, I'm thinking I'd sell the Ice Dragon, pay off the loan and start fresh.
Secondly, I really like the Goldwings, but at 6'4", I can't fit in them.
Thirdly, love the look of HD Trikes and conversions, but this website and others, all attest to how hot that engine is. The Victory Freedom 106 by comparison, is cooler. So, are the HD Tri-Glides and other HD conversions with the HD 103 really that hot?
I could go the CSC route, they offer the Ventura (beautiful machines), which fits the Victory's Cross Country, but talking major bucks here.
So can y'all help me sort out my jumbled thoughts here?
Thanks in advance, Vince in Leesburg.
I currently ride an 09 Victory Vision Tour, fully customized. I had an accident in late April, ruptured my quadriceps tendon, so my riding days are finished for this summer season!
This accident gave me a new perspective on myself. At 57, I'm slowly realizing that maybe I should look at alternatives to two-wheeled scoots and thinking trikes are a more stable platform.
So now, I'm looking at all the different makes/models and learning. Figure by the end of summer, I'll be be mended and by then hopefully formed a game plan to upgrade to a trike.
So need opinions.
First of all, I'm not going to convert my current rig to trike - as you can tell from the two pics, the Ice Dragon is all custom air-brashed graphics. Adding new trike components would be costly, from that graphics perspective. Leyman's Crossbow is a gorgeous machine, but that company barely has a pulse. So, I'm thinking I'd sell the Ice Dragon, pay off the loan and start fresh.
Secondly, I really like the Goldwings, but at 6'4", I can't fit in them.
Thirdly, love the look of HD Trikes and conversions, but this website and others, all attest to how hot that engine is. The Victory Freedom 106 by comparison, is cooler. So, are the HD Tri-Glides and other HD conversions with the HD 103 really that hot?
I could go the CSC route, they offer the Ventura (beautiful machines), which fits the Victory's Cross Country, but talking major bucks here.
So can y'all help me sort out my jumbled thoughts here?
Thanks in advance, Vince in Leesburg.