New to trikes

[cliner]

What brand works best for front tire

 

[rhino 2]

Welcome Rich, What brand Trike do you ride....:Shrug:

 

[Dave59]

Hey Rich, Welcome to Trike Talk:wave4:

 

[paws]

Hi Rich! Welcome to TrikeTalk from west Texas! Tires and oil are 2 subjects of which you will find a LOT of different opinions. You might try doing a search for tires and see ALL of the threads that come up...lots of information in there.

 

[cliner]

front tires

I have Torbleau trike 1998 fat boy front 8541 miles it was set up as all hand controls

 

[Jack Klarich]

Hey Richard, Welcome to Trike Talk

Nice looking Trike

 

[Zammy]

Hi Richard, welcome to the forums, what size tire are you running up front now.

 

[cliner]

front tires

What brand works best for front tire

The tire is a Dunlop touring Elite II D402F MT90B16

The rear tires P325/60R15 Dunlop OT Qualifier radial

 

[Lee H. Mann]

The tire is a Dunlop touring Elite II D402F MT90B16

The rear tires P325/60R15 Dunlop OT Qualifier radial

Avon has a new Trike specific tire called a Cobra Trike. It is relatively inexpensive and I have been substituting other rear application tires for the Cobra. Give it a try, it won't be worse than the standard Dunlop 402 you have in the picture.

 

[ol' school]

First, welcome to Trike Talk Richard! Glad you found us! You have a real nice looking trike!

Second, +1 on Jim's and Fuzzy's recommendation of the Avon Trike tire! That is what I am running and am satisfied with the ride and handling.

 

[Gorilla]

welcome aboard Richard

 

[48TrikerGirl]

Brand new to trikes, and bikes in general. Have a ‘14 48 and am researching converting to a trike. Have been told a sportster doesn’t have enough power to convert. Anyone have any insight on this statement? Have been looking into Frankenstein conversion - Good, Bad, indifferent?

 

[LadyonaMission]

Jenah, I can't help you, but I can offer you a big Texas welcome.

 

[cliner]

front tires

I installed a Avon AV71 trike tire so for works great . Will see how miles pile up.

 

[cliner]

Tires

I went with the Avon trike tire it was nite and day difference . It works great no more head shake.

 

[floridaguy]

Another positive review for the cobra trike tire just had it mounted and after putting 400 miles or so it is amazing the difference between the bridgestone that came stock on vulcan 1700 and the cobra.. The handling is super improved corners better no more feeling of plowing through a turn rather the feeling of being planted and also tested it out in the rain. Tried to do doughnuts in a parking lot and had a hard time trying to make it skid this tire makes you feel like your on a tail also i got it for 114 at dennis kirk

 

[trike lady]

Brand new to trikes, and bikes in general. Have a ‘14 48 and am researching converting to a trike. Have been told a sportster doesn’t have enough power to convert. Anyone have any insight on this statement? Have been looking into Frankenstein conversion - Good, Bad, indifferent?

Hello and welcome to the forum.

I did a conversion of an 883 Sportster years ago and it was powerful enough and it was converted with a Frankenstein conversion. If you go with their conversion buy the whole kit. Frankenstein makes a very good conversion and I found it to be very well made.

 

[radismukes]

:welcome: to the group!

 

[Old Road Dog]

Brand new to trikes, and bikes in general. Have a ‘14 48 and am researching converting to a trike. Have been told a sportster doesn’t have enough power to convert. Anyone have any insight on this statement? Have been looking into Frankenstein conversion - Good, Bad, indifferent?

Whoever told you this is a dink.Tell'em I said so.Talked with a guy up in Montana just after Sturgis that was at a McDonalds with a Road King conversion.I inspected the Frankenstien setup he had.It looked solid and well made.Nice and clean build.He said he liked it and had no problems.Id say go for it.You'll probably need the raked triple trees to improve handling.

 

[roadking2]

Brand new to trikes, and bikes in general. Have a ‘14 48 and am researching converting to a trike. Have been told a sportster doesn’t have enough power to convert. Anyone have any insight on this statement? Have been looking into Frankenstein conversion - Good, Bad, indifferent?

There are a heck of a lot of sportsters rolling around with with frankenstein conversions. Seems to me that if they didn't have enough power, there wouldn't be so many of them on the road eating up miles. Tell whoever it was that gave you that bogus opinion that they have no clue what they are talking about. It's probably someone that has never in their life even sat on a trike much less ridden one. Frankenstein is a great conversion choice for a sporty.