New Trike Rider Questions
 

Just bought a new red Tri-Gide. Couldn't pass up the $29,995 price for a 2016. I am familiar with the the Rushmore stuff, no problem. Getting used to the steering. Took the wife out for an 80 mile ride yesterday and it was great. Has anyone ever tipped one of these over? It seems to me that if the front wheel slips and then grabs again, like in sand on a corner, it could high side and flip everyone off. Other than crashing it myself or being hit by a car, I'm trying to figure out when it would be possible to go down. Thanks.

Well, you do have to take the corners a little slower, but other than that, my wife's trike has been very stable. In fact it's more maneuverable at slow speeds.

Congrats! I hope you enjoy it as much as she does.

Stay away from the front break in the 'twisties'. As for your question, I'm sure someone has tipped one over, it is human nature to push the envelope until something like this happens, then they blame the trike.

I used to have a 2010 Triglide, I pushed it pretty hard. I'm the type who always likes to push something right up to the limits. The front wheel skipping is a combination of the front suspension not following the road perfectly at higher cornering speeds. My dad has Traxxion Dynamics MK20 cartridges in his front forks of his 09 Triglide, little to no skip with his present setup.

With my 2010 I would use a combination of shifting my body weight, throttle and brute force to muscle it through a corner at sometimes more than double the suggested speeds. As with anything, you can push it too far and bad things will happen. If you want to tip one, you can. One of the worse things you can do is have the bars turned sharp and use a lot of front brake, you increase your chances of having it go over on you. I know one the the 1st things that come to mind in a panic situation is to turn away and hit the brakes hard. Resist the urge to hammer the front brakes hard in this type of situation, use more rear.

3 years now
 

I have pushed harder and harder for the last three years and not come close to flipping Old Shiney. Like all have said watch what you do with the front brake it's a little touchy in corners, I'm not evil Knievel by any means but I do like to get going I'm old not dead yet. Tri glides are more stable than most people believe, respect the machine hold on enjoy yourself. :icon_dance-cpatch: :icon_slap2: Ride safely fearless

Great points about the front brakes in the corners. Thanks.

These things really stick well in the corners. It's not impossible to get one up on two wheels but it would be very difficult.
Believe me,I've tried numerous times on both our Boss Hoss and H-D trikes,w/o success.

That is one thing I don't like about the 14ym & up. When you hit the rear brakes you hit both front & rear at the same time.
Been in a few corners if I had touched the front brakes it wouldn't have been pretty !

I was on the Dragon last week, I managed to get it up on two wheels twice. Not close to flipping:icon_clapclap:, but up high enough to know it was on two wheels. Plus the "screech" when the tire touched down let me know.

That must have been both fun and scary at the same time!