When I used to ride,there was this guy with an old Harley trike who was very popular at all the big runs. He was known as The Ice cream Man From Hell.
I’m that person. I took the class and have the endorsement, but I wouldn’t want to ride in a group with me, either.
I look at the trikes and think they might be interesting because it would eliminate at least one of my worries/distractions while riding.
Yep, and five forward gears.
Mine is a the manual known as the SM5, just like a motorcycle, but you have to press a separate button to engage reverse so you do not do it accidentally.
You can also get a semi-automatic, a centrifugal clutch engages as the RPM increases and the rider must press a handlebar button to shift, but the machine will downshift by itself if you let it. The transmission is the same in both cases, the shifting mechanism is activated hydraulically in the auto, known as the SE5.
The engine is a high revving water-cooled V-Twin of 998 CC and about 100 horsepowers.
I have a friend that looks like a big bad ass Harley guy. But when he got his Harley he didn’t take it out much, never took it on the freeway, always wore his helmet, never took it out if it looked like the weather was going to turn or even if it was overly windy/cold/hot and in talking to him you could tell he just wasn’t quite that comfortable with it. Then he got a (Harley) trike and he started putting probably 10,000 miles a year on it. In his case, it’s that he loved riding, he just wasn’t that comfortable and never really felt that safe on a bike, but as soon as he had three wheels he was happy as a clam and he takes it out every chance he gets.
Yeah, bikers are all kind of bikeist. We tend to keep to our kind, with a little manufacturer miscegenation stirred in now and then!
On group rides, I’ll ride the Ural, a Ducati for dogfighting, and my K1200RS for crossing Texas in 1 day:D
With all these different styles of trikes, I’ve always wondered why they don’t just add a fourth wheel and sell what would essentially be street-legal quads?
Why don’t we see street-legal quads?
Oh, that’s easy! A vehicle with four wheels is legally a car, and is required to have passed all the car safety tests and all. With three wheels it’s a motorcycle, and is cheaper to license as well as not needing the crash tests and all. It’s a legal dodge that goes back a century.
Also good for aged/disabled people who want to take to the mountains and woods like they used to.
I think in the US (and many other countries), a 4-wheel motorized vehicle is classified as an automobile. To be street-legal it must meet all the same regulations as a regular car (safety, emissions, registration, etc).
On the perils of putting the single wheel up front: Top Gear Season 15-Jeramy and the 3 wheeled car on Vimeo
But a 3 wheel motorcycle doesn’t have weight in the ‘corners’ to flip going around a corner at 10 miles per hour, does it? The center of gravity is just to low? That car, I would think, has a much higher center of gravity.
The motorcycle has the engine between the three wheels. That car appears to have the engine over the single wheel which is probably what’s causing the problems. If they moved if back two feet or so, and dropped some of it it below the axles it would probable flip a lot less.
Look at the at the car you linked to, look how easily he flipped it back over. One time he simply opened the door (from the inside) and it pushed it over, one time, when it was all the way over, a single person rocked it a few times and managed to get it back where it belongs. I just don’t think that’s going to be the case with this. I’d be surprised if two guys could get this thing on it’s side to begin with and it’s COG is so low, it’s going to have to roll a good long way before it’s actually going to flip (as opposed to just falling back down).
My husband bought a Harley earlier this year and joined the local HOG chapter. There are several trike riders in the club, and they’re not all ancient geezers, altho most of the club seems to fit that demographic… 
One of the officers in the club has a trike and when he goes on a group ride, if he doesn’t need to tend to anything on a stop, he’ll literally kick back, put his feet up, and grab a power nap while others are gassing up, taking a bathroom break, or having something to eat. He couldn’t do that on a regular motorcycle.
There’s also a woman in the club who just dropped in excess of $50K on a new trike with lots of customization. That’s more than we spent on our car, our truck, and spousal unit’s FatBoy - combined! And it doesn’t even have a custom paint job - she did have the engine bored out and apparently added a lot of chrome and stuff, but to me it just looks like a black trike with shinies. The point? She likes it and she wanted it. (Personally, I don’t like bikes or trikes - if I go to chapter events, I’ll drive.)
I figure in the grand scheme of things, the point is that different people like different things.
So they’re road-legal Hoverounds? 
Except louder and you can’t take it in the Walmart.
“road-legal Hoverounds… can’t take it in the Wallyworld” 
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! <snort…snicker…cough…wheeze>
Now, that’s funny! 
Yeah, yeah… I know it’s a zombie…
So, sue me. 
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Also, sex on a three-wheeler is lots easier than on a two-wheeler. (damn things fall over if you get even a little bit excited)
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You don’t really want to take this any further, do you?
I’ll have to speak with my attorney first. 
Also for those who have dumped their bikes once too often. It can hurt like a sumbitch.