Maybe I should revise my statement to " I hate trikes today". I never used to like Street Glides till I got older either. Hell I never liked Exile Cycles either till the look grew on me. Being a custom painter, I've always liked a perty bike. Exile is raw and tough. Something kinda sexy bout that. People change. Opinions change. Maybe someday mine will too.
Yup, I'd never get on a trike...until I can't hold up a bike anymore. Funny how age and infirmities have a way of humbling us when we least expect it. Eye glasses..then bifocals...softer riding bikes...then come trikes...and then the final frontier: Viagra!
I hate trikes also. I’ve ridden them before. That’s why I hate them. But that doesn’t mean I won’t ride one if I have to. I hate them, but I hate not riding more. That is a kool looking ride though.
Wow! With no exposed cabling or other unsightly bits hanging off, the bike looks almost like a plastic mock-up and not a real motorcycle at all. Beautiful work, just don't accidentally lean back and rest your elbow on one of those tires at 100 mph. And just for the record - I've always liked trikes. Never owned one though.
I have a great picture of two young ladies sitting on one of these trikes. The women have some great assets and these make it really difficult to realise they are sitting on one of Mr Mitchell’s trikes! Somehow your eyes don’t make it that far down.....!
I think I can ditto most comments here... I'll trike it when I can't hold two up anymore. I just can't imagine not being able to put my knees to the breeze just cause I'm getting older.
Funny thought... we start out on trikes when we're just kids. Go up to two wheels, then four, then back to two again. Seems only right that the trike completes our full circle. LOL!
What I can't figure out is why so many people think that they will get so old and decrepit someday that they won't be able to hold a bike up anymore. Quite frankly if that is the case, I'm not sure if you are fit to drive a car safely, let alone a three wheeler. I understand a medical injury making you a paraplegic or other special circumstances and then getting a specially rigged three wheeler, but otherwise, no thanks.
Errr... Mr. M... I hate to disagree with you, but I feel there will come a time that I won't have the physical strength to pull a motorcycle upright off the kickstand, and I'm sure that will happen way before I'm incapable of driving. With that being said, I liken riding a trike to driving a car. You sit on it, turn the key, and ride away. I won't need near the physical strength to enjoy the highway miles with the wind in my face during my senior years.
But that's okay... when we are all riding our trikes with our gray hair blowing, we'll ride by your house and wave at ya while your sitting on your porch wishing you were still riding! LOL!
I do mean this in a humorous way. Don't hate me! ;)
Hating Trikes is fine as long as you can still ride a 2 wheeler. Most of the trike riders I know, including myself, ride them because it's the only way thy can keep their "knees in the breeze", as they say. I have to tell you, the air in my face feels exactly the same as it did on any regular motorcycle I ever owned.
Tough lookin' trike.
ReplyDeleteI saw the episode on TV where they made this trike. It kicks ass (but it has a turning radius of about 50 feet.)
gotta say I'm sorry to hear that you hate trikes - course I didn't like em till I wasn't well enough to ride on 2
ReplyDeletehope you never get sick dood
~I'm just sayin~
That is a nice looking ride. I will consider a trike setup when I can't hold Petunia up any longer.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should revise my statement to " I hate trikes today". I never used to like Street Glides till I got older either. Hell I never liked Exile Cycles either till the look grew on me. Being a custom painter, I've always liked a perty bike. Exile is raw and tough. Something kinda sexy bout that. People change. Opinions change. Maybe someday mine will too.
ReplyDeleteYup, I'd never get on a trike...until I can't hold up a bike anymore. Funny how age and infirmities have a way of humbling us when we least expect it. Eye glasses..then bifocals...softer riding bikes...then come trikes...and then the final frontier: Viagra!
ReplyDeleteI hate trikes also. I’ve ridden them before. That’s why I hate them. But that doesn’t mean I won’t ride one if I have to. I hate them, but I hate not riding more.
ReplyDeleteThat is a kool looking ride though.
Yeah, Baby! Love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a hot looking trike! So simple too! the ones I usually see involve the back end of a VW and look like crap. That is so sweet
ReplyDeleteWow! With no exposed cabling or other unsightly bits hanging off, the bike looks almost like a plastic mock-up and not a real motorcycle at all.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, just don't accidentally lean back and rest your elbow on one of those tires at 100 mph.
And just for the record - I've always liked trikes. Never owned one though.
Very nice.
ReplyDeleteI have a great picture of two young ladies sitting on one of these trikes. The women have some great assets and these make it really difficult to realise they are sitting on one of Mr Mitchell’s trikes! Somehow your eyes don’t make it that far down.....!
ReplyDeleteThat!.....is a nice trike. I don't mind trikes because I might be riding one someday.
ReplyDeleteGood thing about trikes is you can have mad sex on it and it won't fall over. Suddenly you like trikes right?
I wanna wheelie that thing!
I think I can ditto most comments here... I'll trike it when I can't hold two up anymore. I just can't imagine not being able to put my knees to the breeze just cause I'm getting older.
ReplyDeleteFunny thought... we start out on trikes when we're just kids. Go up to two wheels, then four, then back to two again. Seems only right that the trike completes our full circle. LOL!
What I can't figure out is why so many people think that they will get so old and decrepit someday that they won't be able to hold a bike up anymore. Quite frankly if that is the case, I'm not sure if you are fit to drive a car safely, let alone a three wheeler. I understand a medical injury making you a paraplegic or other special circumstances and then getting a specially rigged three wheeler, but otherwise, no thanks.
ReplyDeleteErrr... Mr. M... I hate to disagree with you, but I feel there will come a time that I won't have the physical strength to pull a motorcycle upright off the kickstand, and I'm sure that will happen way before I'm incapable of driving. With that being said, I liken riding a trike to driving a car. You sit on it, turn the key, and ride away. I won't need near the physical strength to enjoy the highway miles with the wind in my face during my senior years.
ReplyDeleteBut that's okay... when we are all riding our trikes with our gray hair blowing, we'll ride by your house and wave at ya while your sitting on your porch wishing you were still riding! LOL!
I do mean this in a humorous way. Don't hate me! ;)
Looks great. I've seen a few of late I like. There may be a day when I will have too. Hope it is long off.
ReplyDeleteI don't like trikes...might as well be in a Cage...a trike?...common give me a break
ReplyDeleteI want one of those.... really bad , and i'm sad to hear that you hate trikes
ReplyDeleteHating Trikes is fine as long as you can still ride a 2 wheeler. Most of the trike riders I know, including myself, ride them because it's the only way thy can keep their "knees in the breeze", as they say. I have to tell you, the air in my face feels exactly the same as it did on any regular motorcycle I ever owned.
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