Acceptable reasons to ride a trike??? - Page 3

marko138 · 11-17-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

Or the guy my first trip to Deal's Gap. In a wheelchair with a specially equipped chopper type trike with a platform for his wheelchair and a seat for his wife on back. Totally cool.

Age = less strength, arthritis from old age, bad knees, etc etc...I have an uncle who got super old and his legs lost alot of strength, he couldnt safely hold up a big gold wing so he triked it and didnt have to give up riding.

I cant believe you guys are dogging people for riding trikes. Regardless of their reasons (and most have a GOOD reason) at least they are RIDING.

Not riding as much as cheating.

the chi · 11-17-2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Not riding as much as cheating.

No, its not.

Lemme see, I cant use my legs, Im paralyzed but I dont want to stop riding. My legs are too weak to hold up an 800 lb bike? What are my options?

a)Not Ride
b)put training wheels on an SB (which is STILL technically a trike)
c)or get a real trike that I can still travel on and see the countryside

AquaPython · 11-17-2009, 01:23 PM

i think the leaning trikes are not worthless at all, did you see the ones i posteD?

marko138 · 11-17-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

No, its not.

Lemme see, I cant use my legs, Im paralyzed but I dont want to stop riding. My legs are too weak to hold up an 800 lb bike? What are my options?

a)Not Ride
b)put training wheels on an SB (which is STILL technically a trike)
c)or get a real trike that I can still travel on and see the countryside

I'm just fucking around, Rae. I dont really care.

the chi · 11-17-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

I'm just fucking around, Rae. I dont really care.

Note to self. Junk punch Marko immediately upon first opportunity.

I should have realized it, Im cranky lately, must be this incredible job I've got.

HokieDNA01 · 11-17-2009, 01:31 PM

I think people should be able to ride what every they want to spend their money on. Trikes are not motorcycles, they are trikes and most trike riders know that. I do not think I would ever choose to ride one but I will never judge anyone that does.

marko138 · 11-17-2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by The Chi

Note to self. Junk punch Marko immediately upon first opportunity.

I should have realized it, Im cranky lately, must be this incredible job I've got.

I ride a Buell, you think I should be criticizing what people ride?

MILK · 11-17-2009, 01:41 PM

I will never forget listening to Dr. Laura explaining her reasons for having a trike and not a motorcycle.
At one point in her life she had a Honda Rebel. From what she said it was obvious she was very inexperienced. She hit some gravel and crashed. So now she has a trike because it's 'safer.'

Other than not falling over on their own, there is nothing safer about a trike from what I can see, you are still exposed to the elements. If she had learned how to ride the damn motorcycle in the first place she probably would not have crashed. Just another example of how people justify things in their minds rather than accepting the responsibility that they screwed up.

marko138 · 11-17-2009, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MILK

I will never forget listening to Dr. Laura explaining her reasons for having a trike and not a motorcycle. It seems at one point she had a Honda Rebel. From what she said it was obvious she was very inexperienced, hit some gravel and crashed. So now she has a trike because it's 'safer.'

What I find most shocking about this is that anyone actually listens to Dr. Laura.

MILK · 11-17-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

What I find most shocking about this is that anyone actually listens to Dr. Laura.

Oh I listened to her at one point in desperation looking for anything to help my marriage. Didn't help either!

I would never drive a trike. When I get that old I will buy a sports car!!

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11-17-2009, 01:41 PM	#28
MILK The cows want you dead. Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,087	I will never forget listening to Dr. Laura explaining her reasons for having a trike and not a motorcycle. At one point in her life she had a Honda Rebel. From what she said it was obvious she was very inexperienced. She hit some gravel and crashed. So now she has a trike because it's 'safer.' Other than not falling over on their own, there is nothing safer about a trike from what I can see, you are still exposed to the elements. If she had learned how to ride the damn motorcycle in the first place she probably would not have crashed. Just another example of how people justify things in their minds rather than accepting the responsibility that they screwed up. Last edited by MILK; 11-17-2009 at 01:44 PM..