Motorcycle/Trike question.. (1 Viewer)

[Jay H]

While touring Lake Champlain, I noticed a whole bunch of motorcyclists, including alot of those guys on Trikes, the three wheeled motorcycles.. Are they converted/modified two wheelers or do people actually buy that from the manufacturer that way?

Jay

 

[Philip Hamm]

They are conversions. Take a look at "Rider" magazine for ads for many companies that do these conversion.

 

[Brent Cantrell]

'Lehman' is one of the most prevalent sellers of conversions. They do HD, Honda, Yamaha, most any bike available. Prices are kinda high tho', I worked as a service manager for a local dealer for a while, and put several of these on.

 

[Aurel Savin]

Came across this recently in MAXIM magazine.
www.corbinmotors.com
Looks interesting ... 100 mph ... but butt ugly IMHO.

 

[Garrett Lundy]

They are converted from two-wheeled bikes. Usually people buy them pre-converted from specialty shop's, but there are many that have been converted by the owner.

However, IMHO, unless you are physically handicapped and unable to ride a "regular" motorcycle, please do not buy these ugly things. They are top-heavy, noticably slower than their original vehicles, fail to use any of the natural lean ability of a motorcycle (You are forced to "steer" the things, going against the design of the front frame and forks).

Just buy a car.

 

[Shawn C]

I really hate trikes. Well, except for this Hayabusa Trike! WOW!

http://www.trikeshop.co.uk/item1.html

 

[Jay H]

I have to agree with the folks here, but I thought it odd that almost every motorcycle group I saw go by had at least 1 guy with a trike thing. I saw one guy with two little kids in the back.. Even some bikers would actually wave at us which we waved back.
Jay