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[radismukes]

:welcome: To the Trike Talk Family! FROM SOUTH

Angleton, TX

Howdy Rich :wave4:Welcome to the group.

 

[wickedwriter]

Try before I buy - hard to turn?

Brand new to the forum, (Hi everyone!) and looking at buying my first trike. Have had a motorcycle and a scooter in the past, but the test drive this morning leaves me in a quandry...

I've NEVER had such a hard time driving a vehicle (and I'm a "prefers stick shift to automatic" gal from WAY back).

It's a Burgman 650 with a trike kit... what I always thought was a dream machine for me. My SO has the 1800 Goldwing for long trips and I just wanted something for around town that *could* got out on the road if desired.

I expected a fun ride. Instead, my test drive was like a wrestling match with the steering. I'm no weakling, and it took all I could muster to make turns once it was above about 25 mph.

I've never driven a 3 wheeler before -- only 2 and 4 wheelers -- but it seemed terribly, overly difficult to make turns. It seems to turn fine when under 15 MPG, but with any speed it becomes pretty scary.

Is this just a "you will get used to it" situation and common to trike riders, or is this a problem with the used bike I'm considering buying?

 

[rhino 2]

Angela.....Welcome to Trike-Talk.....:wave4:....Ive never driven a Bergman. That said if you as you say driven a 4 wheeler ATV ?....Then you should not have a problem with any of the other trikes...IE; Harley, Can Am or Gold-wing conversions..:Shrug:...

But like i said i don't know a thing about a Bergman..

 

[paws]

Angela.... I would walk away from that one real fast.

If it doesn't feel good now you don't want to waste time and money on it - fighting it - trying to make it feel good. Try something else... there are plenty of them out there.

And...

Welcome to TrikeTalk!

 

[Uncle Fester]

Welcome from Southern Maryland!