Why 3 wheels?
#81
12-29-2016, 11:52 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
I enjoyed riding RK's in the past & my 2016 EGUC that I bought in March 2016. I bought the EGUC so I could ride long distance.
Had surgery in April (removed stomach due to cancer), while in the hospital contracted Sepsis. I will spare you the rest & say that I was confined to a hospital bed from April till August. During that time all I wanted was wind therapy. I had to wait to November to get back on my scoot. I rode but I had limitations like having trouble holding up my scoot. Riding from point A to Point B was no problem, just the stop & go plus the hills. I had been told by my doctors I was not going to be strong as I was in my legs, I just didn't believe them. Unfortunately they were right. So at the young age of 46 I decided a trike was the way to go.
I bought my 2016 Freewheeler yesterday & I love it, yes I miss the lean but the I still get my wind therapy & thats what counts.
Hope everyone has a good one.
Had surgery in April (removed stomach due to cancer), while in the hospital contracted Sepsis. I will spare you the rest & say that I was confined to a hospital bed from April till August. During that time all I wanted was wind therapy. I had to wait to November to get back on my scoot. I rode but I had limitations like having trouble holding up my scoot. Riding from point A to Point B was no problem, just the stop & go plus the hills. I had been told by my doctors I was not going to be strong as I was in my legs, I just didn't believe them. Unfortunately they were right. So at the young age of 46 I decided a trike was the way to go.
I bought my 2016 Freewheeler yesterday & I love it, yes I miss the lean but the I still get my wind therapy & thats what counts.
Hope everyone has a good one.
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Zepaholic (12-29-2016)
#83
12-29-2016, 10:20 PM
Intermediate
mctraveler
Another drawback with converting a 2 wheel bike to a trike is insurance. Most companies I have dealt with consider the conversion kit an "accessory" and limit the total accessory coverage to 20 percent of the bike price. For example, with a 20k 2 wheeler, you can cover only an additional 4k. That does not even come close to covering a trike conversion kit actual cost. Getting full coverage for a Triglide is easy. I demolished a Lehman FLHTCUI conversion in 2004 and had to fight like hell to get the money it took to repair the thing.
Another drawback with converting a 2 wheel bike to a trike is insurance. Most companies I have dealt with consider the conversion kit an "accessory" and limit the total accessory coverage to 20 percent of the bike price. For example, with a 20k 2 wheeler, you can cover only an additional 4k. That does not even come close to covering a trike conversion kit actual cost. Getting full coverage for a Triglide is easy. I demolished a Lehman FLHTCUI conversion in 2004 and had to fight like hell to get the money it took to repair the thing.
#84
12-30-2016, 05:51 PM
I went through a bunch of crap getting Nationwide to understand that my TG was a factory model, complete with VIN. It took me getting really angry and stating some facts loudly to get them to even look at the VIN as proof, even after I got an appraisal and certification from a Harley dealer.
#85
12-30-2016, 09:35 PM
Road Master
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#86
12-31-2016, 10:54 AM
Advanced
I went through a bunch of crap getting Nationwide to understand that my TG was a factory model, complete with VIN. It took me getting really angry and stating some facts loudly to get them to even look at the VIN as proof, even after I got an appraisal and certification from a Harley dealer.
#87
12-31-2016, 10:55 AM
Advanced
I don't have any ailments that caused me to go to 3. I just never was comfortable on 2. I would ride, but I think I was always inside my own head too much. My dad started riding again and bought himself a trike and after seeing how much he enjoyed his, he convinced me to get one too. I rode my first trike more in the first couple months of owning it than I rode all the 2 wheelers I owned all together.
#88
12-31-2016, 11:20 AM
Progressive insured mine with no questions, too, but the second year, the premium went up to almost $1000 a year so I started shopping for lower cost insurance. Nationwide gave me a good price after all the grief was over.
About $545 a year.
About $545 a year.
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#90
01-19-2017, 04:23 PM
Road Warrior