Well, I asked, so I'll start.
Got the first trike when I was about 3. Was 35 years later until I got one with an engine. After I got married the 1971 Sportster wouldn't cut it for the 2 of us, so we went shopping for a Big Twin. She loved riding, hated leaning in the corners. We ended up with the FLHS I still own, with a side car. She didn't like the hack at all. It was low - when passing a semi all she could see was jacks and pallet racks, and the tops of the semi wheels were above her head. She really hated it when I lofted the chair. She liked the wheel to stay on the ground. One January she said we were going somewhere, just drive where I tell you. Ended up at the Trike Shop in the Twin Cities, went into the garage, she pointed at a trike and said "That one's mine." VW based Trike Shop Runabout, Automatic transmission and she had a foot accelerator installed. Sold the hack. In the next 11 years she had pinstriping applied, pictures of waterfalls painted down the fenders and etching on the engine guard and front springer fork legs. Always won 1st place in the trike class at shows. The thing was a hot rod, but there came a time when long distance comfort won out. We sold that trike back to the Trike Shop during the Davis Rally in Iowa 4 years ago and bought a Goldwing GL1500 Motor Trike we found at that same rally. She has since found she likes the passenger seat, and when we go, I am the Captian, she is the Admiral. She even had me put in a power port under the rear speaker so she could plug in a DVD player if we drone on the freeway, along with cupholders, set up to play the Mp3 player, GPS, intercom system and more pinstriping, with "Riding On A Wing And A Prayer" written on the back of the trunk. It's a good mile-eater, we put 2 to 3 thousand miles in a week or 2 on it 3 or 4 times per year, along with the normal couple hunderd mile weekend rides. It also shares some commuting and joy ride duties with my Harley FLHS (2 wheels). When we go, its the trike. When I go 75% of the time its the Harley, but I do enjoy the trike solo the other 25%. Both bikes get about the same miles on them each year.
Well, that made a short story long.
Got the first trike when I was about 3. Was 35 years later until I got one with an engine. After I got married the 1971 Sportster wouldn't cut it for the 2 of us, so we went shopping for a Big Twin. She loved riding, hated leaning in the corners. We ended up with the FLHS I still own, with a side car. She didn't like the hack at all. It was low - when passing a semi all she could see was jacks and pallet racks, and the tops of the semi wheels were above her head. She really hated it when I lofted the chair. She liked the wheel to stay on the ground. One January she said we were going somewhere, just drive where I tell you. Ended up at the Trike Shop in the Twin Cities, went into the garage, she pointed at a trike and said "That one's mine." VW based Trike Shop Runabout, Automatic transmission and she had a foot accelerator installed. Sold the hack. In the next 11 years she had pinstriping applied, pictures of waterfalls painted down the fenders and etching on the engine guard and front springer fork legs. Always won 1st place in the trike class at shows. The thing was a hot rod, but there came a time when long distance comfort won out. We sold that trike back to the Trike Shop during the Davis Rally in Iowa 4 years ago and bought a Goldwing GL1500 Motor Trike we found at that same rally. She has since found she likes the passenger seat, and when we go, I am the Captian, she is the Admiral. She even had me put in a power port under the rear speaker so she could plug in a DVD player if we drone on the freeway, along with cupholders, set up to play the Mp3 player, GPS, intercom system and more pinstriping, with "Riding On A Wing And A Prayer" written on the back of the trunk. It's a good mile-eater, we put 2 to 3 thousand miles in a week or 2 on it 3 or 4 times per year, along with the normal couple hunderd mile weekend rides. It also shares some commuting and joy ride duties with my Harley FLHS (2 wheels). When we go, its the trike. When I go 75% of the time its the Harley, but I do enjoy the trike solo the other 25%. Both bikes get about the same miles on them each year.
Well, that made a short story long.
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