Roadhawk ride post

[starrider1946]

I would like to thank all the people that gave me suggestions on my post for help. I had many different suggestions. I was having trouble with the handle bars and fairing shaking from 45 to 55. I had had one suggestion to check the balance on the rear tires and I had started to do it( I had to take the tires off and carry it to the tire place) to be balanced and I had a lug nut freeze up and ended up drilling the stud out. In the meantime I called The Trike Shop and told them my problem and was told it is the rear tires. I had them balanced and it cured 90% of my problem. So if any of you have a roadhawk and the front end starts acting up look and the rear end. Thanks again to everybody for the help.

 

[DeathBySnuSnu]

Good to see ya figuring it out.
Get in the wind!

 

[starrider1946]

roadhawk ride

Thanks Fuzzy. Couldn't remember who told me to look at the rear.

 

[Loner]

The rear tire influence on the front end stability is common for virtually all trikes, not just the VWs. Glad to hear that you got your problem solved.

 

[Ozarkryder]

The rear tire influence on the front end stability is common for virtually all trikes, not just the VWs. Glad to hear that you got your problem solved.

True, that, though when we had our TrikeShop Runabout (predecessor to the Roadhawk) if the rear tires were out the effects seemed worse than on the 2 Goldwing trikes we have had since. I'm guessing it is because of the weight balance being biased to the rear on the VW trike vs. the Wings with most of the weight in the center.