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Old 11-17-2009, 01:14 PM   #1
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Unless you are the paraplegic from Indy. Remember that dudes bike?
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.

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I fail to see how age would motivate someone to switch from 2 wheels to 3.

Disability, sure, but not age.

My guess is most 3-wheelers never rode a bike before.
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.
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:20 PM   #2
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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.
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:23 PM   #3
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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
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:25 PM   #4
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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.
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:28 PM   #5
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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.
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:35 PM   #6
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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?
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:49 PM   #7
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How can you tip over a trike?
Very easy, they aren't stable at all in corners.

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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.
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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
It's not riding no matter how you want to slice it, it might as well be called an automobile because it stopped being a motorcycle the minute you put on that third wheel. Sorry, TWFix is not PC. If you cannot support yourself, tough shit. I won't get into this pandering bullshit our government does.

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

Yes,
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Old 11-17-2009, 02:38 PM   #8
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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?
get a lighter bike.
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Old 11-17-2009, 02:39 PM   #9
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Old 11-17-2009, 01:23 PM   #10
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i think the leaning trikes are not worthless at all, did you see the ones i posteD?
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