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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: HolyCount on 24 June 2009, 20:37:26
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I have only ever ridden little automatic bikes (twist the grip and fall off type things!), but have lately, due to my mid-life crisis urges, had a hankering for a trike. I already have the shaven head and goatee, along with an impressive pot-belly.
Anyway, there are basically two choices; bike based or car based.
The car based ones are no problem, drive on a car licence and pedals like a car ::) The bike ones have a motorbike front end, engine and controls.
First Q (not too stoopid):
For road tax reasons I would like to keep the trike under 450kg ..... how do I guessimate the weight (would it be on the V5) ?
Second Q (feel really stoopid):
How DO you change gear on a bike? I know you de-clutch on the handlebars and tip the little gear lever jobbie by your right (?) foot. But do you press down each time to go up a gear and lift it to change down??
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it's a long time since I rode a bike but the basics of gear changing vary with the bike - some are 1 up 3 down, some are 1 down 3 up - but you either toe the gear change up or press it down to change gear. Some old bikes had the change on the left, others had it on the right - bit like old fashioned indicator stalks!
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gearchange with left foot,when in neutral push down for 1st gear then fror 2nd -6th just keep moving up,very easy,only need the clutch to move off and change down,not for changing up. :y
As for the weight of a trike,no idea im afraid,but a bike engined trike will be a lot lighter and probably a lot more powerful than a car engined version. ;)
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A disabled friend has a bike derived trike (made from a turbo Hiyabusa) and it goes like stink. It weighs in at around 700kg but as he's disabled it has a grip shift gearchange. Standard bikes are left hand clutch, left foot gears and brakes are on the right hand/foot, front/rear respectively. Very easy to get used to especially on a trike as you've not got to worry about balancing :P
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A disabled friend has a bike derived trike (made from a turbo Hiyabusa) and it goes like stink. It weighs in at around 700kg but as he's disabled it has a grip shift gearchange. Standard bikes are left hand clutch, left foot gears and brakes are on the right hand/foot, front/rear respectively. Very easy to get used to especially on a trike as you've not got to worry about balancing :P
Scary fast 8-).....The standard engines very between 170-190 bhp,depending on year. :)
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A disabled friend has a bike derived trike (made from a turbo Hiyabusa) and it goes like stink. It weighs in at around 700kg but as he's disabled it has a grip shift gearchange. Standard bikes are left hand clutch, left foot gears and brakes are on the right hand/foot, front/rear respectively. Very easy to get used to especially on a trike as you've not got to worry about balancing :P
Scary fast 8-).....The standard engines very between 170-190 bhp,depending on year. :)
He had a standard busa, thats how he ended up disabled but he's a complete bike nut. He'd already got the Mr Turbo kit before a bus pulled out on him, thats why he had the trike built. Mid 400's bhp now, the nose lifts at a ton with a generous fist ;D
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fuuuunnnnn 8-) 8-) 8-) :)
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A disabled friend has a bike derived trike (made from a turbo Hiyabusa) and it goes like stink. It weighs in at around 700kg but as he's disabled it has a grip shift gearchange. Standard bikes are left hand clutch, left foot gears and brakes are on the right hand/foot, front/rear respectively. Very easy to get used to especially on a trike as you've not got to worry about balancing :P
But real bikes had right foot gears and left foot brakes, with left hand clutch and right hand brake, and none of those indicator things.......... :D :D :D
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........and crash helmets were made from leather,and geoff duke was winning the TT. :D ;D
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........and crash helmets were made from leather,and geoff duke was winning the TT. :D ;D
I wasn't going quite that far back, just to my youth.... :D :D :P :P
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oh dear, as soon as some old bugger starts talking about his bikes i have to walk in the other direction.... "i had a 19** bsa tiger norton cub boneville.... pile of crap..... Oh ffs....
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oh dear, as soon as some old bugger starts talking about his bikes i have to walk in the other direction.... "i had a 19** bsa tiger norton cub boneville.... pile of crap..... Oh ffs....
But that is how it was, and how peeps will be talking about omega's in 20 years time. And I am not that old >:( it is all relative, think about what is a classic car, some people think a Fiesta is a classic ::)
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Vellocette Venom!!!
Nothing more needs saying :)
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oh dear, as soon as some old bugger starts talking about his bikes i have to walk in the other direction.... "i had a 19** bsa tiger norton cub boneville.... pile of crap..... Oh ffs....
But that is how it was, and how peeps will be talking about omega's in 20 years time. And I am not that old >:( it is all relative, think about what is a classic car, some people think a Fiesta is a classic ::)
Well the Mk1's are over 30 years old now!! :o :o ;D ;D ;)
........and I think the Senator is a classic already! 8-) 8-) :D :D ;)
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My first bike was a BSA Barracuda and the shift was on the right except when it fell off. It rode really well in top gear with a bit of clutch-slippage to get going.
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if you're after a trike then theres no better place to look than here http://www.boom-trikes.co.uk/products.html
theres a dealer/showroom just down the road from me. really beautiful machines. 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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if you're after a trike then theres no better place to look than here http://www.boom-trikes.co.uk/products.html
theres a dealer/showroom just down the road from me. really beautiful machines. 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Really nice -- but would cost me both my kidneys :-?
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I don't understand trikes.... All the disadvantages of a car and a bike combined. Never mind, enjoy. The nicest trike I ever saw had a Z1300 engine and audio system playing pirate radio. It was controlled by a microcontroller that automatically started the engine and ran it for a short time before stopping and repeating. Brilliant.
My first bike was an NSU Quickly moped. First legal bike Norton 99.
Next bike: Tuono, Husqvarna 610, Super Duke, or something......
mc9
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I don't understand trikes.... All the disadvantages of a car and a bike combined. Never mind, enjoy. The nicest trike I ever saw had a Z1300 engine and audio system playing pirate radio. It was controlled by a microcontroller that automatically started the engine and ran it for a short time before stopping and repeating. Brilliant.
My first bike was an NSU Quickly moped. First legal bike Norton 99.
Next bike: Tuono, Husqvarna 610, Super Duke, or something......
mc9
Many of the advantages of a bike but harder (though not impossible) to fall off ::)