Motorcycle Trikes
A strange new motorcycle has recently been seen by some motorists - a motorcycle trike. They encounter it at gas pumps and on the interstate highways. They see the motorcycle trike glistening way up ahead on the road and can’t quite figure out what it is. They speed up to get a better look.
Kids roll down the windows and yell, “Hey, what is that thing?”
The owner of this likeable 3-wheeled vehicle just smiles back and says, “It’s a trike.”
For most people this is not enough information. If they happen to see you standing next to your motorcycle trike at a gas pump or in a parking lot, they come over briskly before you know they’re there and barrage you with questions. If you desire the solitary life with your motorcycle, never convert it to a motorcycle trike.
I knew that motorcycle trikes were attention getters but you really find out when you own one.
When I converted my white 1998 Gold Wing SE motorcycle to a trike for my wife, I found that I was totally ignored and everyone was drawn to her trike as if it were a magnet. Then when I found that the advantages of the trike were starting to become more obvious to me, I decided to convert my own 2000 Gold Wing SE to a trike also. Double trouble! Now we had to field questions about both conversions.
The following are the stock motorcycle trike questions we get asked all the time. Please memorize these so you can help inform your own friends and family should you come upon a trike minding its own business: