Question about ride stability

[Deplorable]

All the reviews I've seen for any trike. Have been ridden on basically ideal roads. Many of the roads I ride on are older roads with humps in the middle and potholes.

These cause the trike to pitch side to side and I have to pretty much work the whole time riding just to keep the trike going relatively straight down the road. It's also uncomfortable for my passenger because they are getting jostled around.

Can anybody give me a comparison between the Rewaco and other trikes like the Triglide or California side car or CanAm?

 

[pwhoever]

I can only answer as far as a CSC Viper conversion as I haven't driven anything else triked. I know that especially on the rear tires, if I have too much air, potholes really shake the whole rig. I try to only run a max of 22psi which helps. I also reduce the shock preload sometimes down to single digits and that helps. Front tire I will set around 36-38psi. I also run with the anti dive valve on front left fork disabled. Using these combinations, it helps on poorly maintained roads.

As far as crown in center, I kind of roll the dice. Sometimes I will just ride the center and other times just grab either slightly to the right or left side of lane. I really don't know what is correct, I just try the different ways and see what feels best.

I'd imagine a reverse trike might benefit from playing with the tire pressures. I recall that reverse trikes have car tires on the front? What pressure are you running on those?

 

[Deplorable]

I run 17 PSI in the fronts and 28 in the rear as per builder recommendations. The pitching movement I am referring to doesn't change with tire pressure. I think it has more to do with three wheels running in three different tracks so the trike is constantly roaming depending on which wheel is in the rut in the road. The Rewaco just looks like it fits the road well and I was wondering how it rides on less than ideal roads.

 

[pwhoever]

Deleted info on post because I posted all the wrong information, sorry.

 

[Deplorable]

Mine is a reverse trike. I have car tires on the front and rear so the front tires share the load as compared to a single front that bears all the load.

 

[sfvpeckerwood]

Just bought the Rewaco Volcano. Rides great, stability is great. I have 1 of 5 in the United States. Limited edition. These are awesome trikes.

 

[sfvpeckerwood]

Fits the road well and the stability is perfect. Digital display back up camera and heated seats. Love my new toy.

 

[Papa Zook]

Just bought the Rewaco Volcano. Rides great, stability is great. I have 1 of 5 in the United States. Limited edition. These are awesome trikes.

Welcome from Conroe, Texas Josh.. I'd like to see what your Rewaco Volcano looks like. Can you share some pictures of it.

 

[Gorilla]

welcome aboard Josh

 

[Deplorable]

Thanks sfvpeckerwood, those are the types of comments I'm looking for.

 

[Pegasus1300]

All of my riding is on backcountry rural roads in Utah as I live in backcountry rural Utah. I have had both a Goldwing trike conversion( not CSC ) and now a Spyder. Although both were comfortable I found that the Spyder takes the road irregularities better for me and my passenger. We did have to learn how to ride 3 wheeles as with 2 wheels you can easily avoid much of that. On my Spyder I hold the bars loosely and kind of let it seek it's own way, with a little guidence from me to keep it going in the general direction I want to go.my passener had to learn to hold on to the grab rails to stabiliize herself and have a better ride. I really like the way my Spyder rides and find myself far less tired at the end of a day than on 2 wheels