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wait until you can get it out and ride it. right now, you think you are giving something up but oh how wrong you are. you are getting the relief for your hip, better stability, freedom from balancing the bike, the ability to relax at stoplights, more comments about your ride and you get to hang with the best people on the forum....trikers !
plus, you wont see your ride meeting you all the time. How many black streetglides have you seen? thousands ? how many trikes like yours?
plus, you wont see your ride meeting you all the time. How many black streetglides have you seen? thousands ? how many trikes like yours?
Last edited by Steve On 3; 04-05-2015 at 02:49 PM.
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wait until you can get it out and ride it. right now, you think you are giving something up but oh how wrong you are. you are getting the relief for your hip, better stability, freedom from balancing the bike, the ability to relax at stoplights, more comments about your ride and you get to hang with the best people on the forum....trikers !
plus, you wont see your ride meeting you all the time. How many black streetglides have you seen? thousands ? how many trikes like yours?
plus, you wont see your ride meeting you all the time. How many black streetglides have you seen? thousands ? how many trikes like yours?
#15
Thank you for the encouragement.
Been a bit of a rough transition. I am not ashamed to say. I used to love to drag the foot pegs on my dyna so its a big change handling wise for me.
Bumped the curb slightly heading left on my first day out , I got to relaxed and forgot about the outside wheel. I also got to smell some flowers on the side of the road. i counter steered when I should have turned but I am getting it. Fortunately both times it was a gentle screw up.
I was feeling a bit alone in all this till I read an article about transitioning from bikes to trikes and the two most common first goofs are : bumping the curb, gas station island, or bank atm curb the first time out and counter steering and going off the road and smelling the flowers. I felt a lot better after reading that .
Currently the trike is in the shop for a rear brake evaluation. Linked brakes were pulling hard right when engaged. (rear brake pedal).
I am looking forward to getting 500 plus miles on it so I can get comfortable. It is slowly happening and I am looking forward to the change.
Thanks for the kind words.. and with the exception of one hostile person so far you are all right about meeting the best people on trikes. Lots of people have gone out of there way to give encouragement and information. All I can say is I deeply appreciate it.
Been a bit of a rough transition. I am not ashamed to say. I used to love to drag the foot pegs on my dyna so its a big change handling wise for me.
Bumped the curb slightly heading left on my first day out , I got to relaxed and forgot about the outside wheel. I also got to smell some flowers on the side of the road. i counter steered when I should have turned but I am getting it. Fortunately both times it was a gentle screw up.
I was feeling a bit alone in all this till I read an article about transitioning from bikes to trikes and the two most common first goofs are : bumping the curb, gas station island, or bank atm curb the first time out and counter steering and going off the road and smelling the flowers. I felt a lot better after reading that .
Currently the trike is in the shop for a rear brake evaluation. Linked brakes were pulling hard right when engaged. (rear brake pedal).
I am looking forward to getting 500 plus miles on it so I can get comfortable. It is slowly happening and I am looking forward to the change.
Thanks for the kind words.. and with the exception of one hostile person so far you are all right about meeting the best people on trikes. Lots of people have gone out of there way to give encouragement and information. All I can say is I deeply appreciate it.
#16
I just got my Freewheeler. After being on two wheels for over 40 years these are the biggest changes that came up for me. Pushing the bars to steer, back off on the throttle going into a turn and accelerate after the apex. You will find it very responsive . Kind like going from a buck to a sports car. You will like how it stop if needed. My only problem is face cramping from grinning when I ride it. Oh, and be prepared to talk about it if you stop somewhere where there are people around. Everybody wants to check it out!
Last edited by foundryratjim; 04-06-2015 at 09:29 AM.
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#18
Welcome from eastern Ohio.
I went from an Ultra to a TG back in '10. I figured my riding days were just about done until I started reading this forum. Nice people with plenty of suggestions.
I just got out of the hospital with open heart surgery so my riding days will be delayed for 8-10 weeks. As soon as I'm ready I'll be back out on the road.
Gary
I went from an Ultra to a TG back in '10. I figured my riding days were just about done until I started reading this forum. Nice people with plenty of suggestions.
I just got out of the hospital with open heart surgery so my riding days will be delayed for 8-10 weeks. As soon as I'm ready I'll be back out on the road.
Gary
#19
Ill have to work on the whole backing off the throttle approaching a turn and accelerating out of it. My dyna used to wobble unless I just blasted though a turn at full throttle.. Might be part of my problem LOL . My old bike loved to rip. I got used to moving through turns really fast. thanks for the input and encouragement. Im getting there.
And Gary good luck and heal up quickly from your heart surgery.. all the best wishes ...
And Gary good luck and heal up quickly from your heart surgery.. all the best wishes ...
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