Hi!

I have had my 2016 Freewheeler for 3 months now and am LOVING it! Getting lots of miles in now that spring is finally here in NJ. I'm building confidence and experience.

I am curious, however, if anyone has heard of these things tipping over in a turn? I feel stable, and am learning more and more with experience on how to take the turns, but it's in the back of my head that I *could* tip.

It may just be the "feeling" of the inertia that makes you feel like you may tip over, and I've read that you can take corners just as fast as on 2 wheels (I have a 2012 Sporty too)...but like I said - I'm curious what others think/have heard.

Insight?

Thanks!

Jenn

 

If you try hard enough you can tip anything over....So use caution..[Common sense] If you try to out corner a two wheeler...

 

My wife & i demo rode a 3 wheeler at MB Bike week. She loved it on the back, although she rides her own Intruder. I felt the same way too. If you turned too fast it would flip. Harley guy said no.

 

I live 350 miles from the Dragon in Tennessee, I've ridden it for several years on both two wheels and on trikes ( Goldwing and Harley) I can go fasted on a trike than two wheels, never acted like it would tip over, the front wheel would skip before tipping...that's my experience. Can it tip over, I guess it could. With normal to spirited riding I don't think so.
BUT! You have to ride your ride, not mine...as they say, " don't ride faster than your guardian angle can fly"

 

You would have to do something really stupid to tip it over.

 

I have pushed Old Shiney really hard trying to catch up on forty years not riding anything. Front seems to want to washout first. Never at least don't think I have ever lifted a rear wheel. These trikes are a pile of fun and I push mine be careful and ride to your own pace. travel safely Fred

 

Think back to the former ATV/3-wheeler days (e.g. Honda 110's)...tipped ours over many times on tight turns. It's the law of Physics...just ride within limits and you'll be Ok.

 

Wow.... People still bring up the ATC's.... There not even close to Street legal trike's.... Not even in the same ball park'''
ATC's had a locked rear axle, Street Trikes have an open axle[Differential]
Locked axles are illegal on the road.....Put a locked axle on your car and on hard pavement make a fast/tight 'U'' turn and you'll probably flip it first time.. I know exactly how ATC's work i had 3 of them...

 

The old three wheeler ATV models were all a solid rear axle. This was just like posi-traction in a car. With both rear tires "pulling" forward and the shorter wheelbase, they were easy to turn over. Of course the big fat tires didn't help...except in the mud etc. I am getting more confident with my 16 TGU cornering as I build more seat time. However my brain, that has managed to keep me alive for 69 years so far, talks to me very strongly at times. Your A** says go for it a little more but your brain says nope..no faster. LMAO. As I get older I tend to yield to my brain a lot more than I did as a youngster!

Like my signature says... Experience is the best teacher, IF you can afford the tuition!

 

A limited slip or positraction rear still functions as a differential. The three wheel ATV did not have a differential. Huge difference.

I've never been able to get our trike to even hint at lifting a rear wheel. However, its independent rear suspension and 6" wider wheel track has a lot to do with that.

Trikes are very, very capable in the twisties. Just takes a little more arm strength to muscle them around.

FWIW, those Freewheelers are like a slot car in the corners, Jenn.