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[HolyCount]

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??

[omegadti]

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!

[albitz]

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.
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.

[Welung666]

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

[albitz]

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

Scary fast  8-).....The standard engines very between 170-190 bhp,depending on year.

[Welung666]

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

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

[albitz]

fuuuunnnnn 8-) 8-) 8-)

[Vamps]

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

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..........

[albitz]

........and crash helmets were made from leather,and geoff duke was winning the TT.

[Vamps]

........and crash helmets were made from leather,and geoff duke was winning the TT.

I wasn't going quite that far back, just to my youth....

[feeutfo]

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....

[Vamps]

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

[Pitchfork]

Vellocette Venom!!!
Nothing more needs saying

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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!!

........and I think the Senator is a classic already! 8-) 8-)

[Chris_H]

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.