Have a co-worker, never seemed like the motorcycle type, he often made snide remarks about my riding into work. Two weeks ago, his only son graduates college on Saturday, he and his wife are eating lunch across the street from a Harley dealer on Sunday and she says "Let's go look at a motorcycle". Couple hours later the dealership is delivering a 2016 Tri-Glide to his garage. He's signed up for a spyder riders course next weekend to get his license.

Is that a common thing among trike riders?

 

IDK, when shopping for Trikes, there were several with under 500 miles

a Trike is basically a car, not much like a Bike at all

and a Spyder is diff than a Tri-glide, so that may confuse them more?
??

 

I think a lot will bye a trike then won't give it enough time before they decide they don't like it because it is different the a bike. We bought a Sporty with a trike kit on it for my wife and I would ride it often so I got used to it and knew the differences before I bought the TG for myself. I like the comfort and stability of the trike. It is different, not better or worse just different and it takes time to get used to. The man I bought my TG from decided late in life to start riding. It slid into the ditch in his yard and threw him off. Just because it has three wheels doesn't make it a car either.

 

Good grief. A TriGilde is not like a car. Yes, it handles differently than a 2 wheel bike, but saying it is like a car is arrogantly naive.

We bought a TriGlide, after not having ridden for 30 years. It was a much easier path to get back into riding, especially 2 up riding, than on a 2 wheeler. It’s easier to ride safely than a 2 wheeler, and you can load it down with a lot more luggage. But, requires muscling in the corners, and in fast tight turns puts a lot of lateral force on the rider & passenger.

After 7 years, and 50,000 miles, with a lot of trips, we dropped a wheel and traded it on an Ultra Limited.

 

My Boss Hoss trike was the first trike I had ever sat on, much less ridden.

 

As the post said I am on my second trike so I am aware that it is not a car. My point was that sometimes people that are not part of the "biking community" think that because you don't have to balance a trike, that it is like a car. This is where they are either disappointed or get into trouble as happen to the gentleman that I bought from.

 

I bought my sidecar rig never riding one before. Been riding two wheels for 40 years before that.

 

I had never ridden a trike before I bought my '18 Tri-Glide last fall.

I have owned and ridden ATV's and snowmobile's and the basics of those vehicles are similar to trikes.

 

I think the OP meant folks that had never ridden a motorcycle before, not a trike. I've only heard of a relative few, but there are some.

"a Trike is basically a car, not much like a Bike at all" What?

 

I am one that never rode a bike prior to getting my trike. I bought at the age of 61 last fall. I wanted something more stable since I have some balance issues plus some physical limitations. I also felt that the 2-up learning curve was shorter then the several thousand miles I would need to put on two wheels vs three wheels. I wanted something that I felt my wife would feel more comfortable riding plus have more confidence in my riding ability. Fortunately, she really enjoys riding and I love it.