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DIY 'Tow Pac' Trike Mod
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnAndy" data-source="post: 65154" data-attributes="member: 1933"><p>Have a DIY trike mod installed on my GL1200 on loan for assessment to purchase. It seems to be a quality build and the builder and I are forging a friendship over it. For those that followed my Jello post, his was the other bike. A good guy.</p><p></p><p>As an "I love the leanines" biker - a trike is not natural. A traditional trike may not be so unsettling as the 2 rear wheels are pretty stable but the 'Tow Pac' style with torsion suspension is FREAKY! Bolt it on and the lean in your turns reverses!!!!</p><p></p><p>Yes, turn left is no longer lean left - it is carve left and it leans right !!!! I took my rig out to a parking spot and ran tight turns - it 'U'ies in 1-1/2 parking spots. I ran it in full lock circles at some speed and it lifted the inner wheel but kept carving the corner.</p><p></p><p>The other thing that surprised me was how heavy the bars became - you really have to muscle them! and I mean EFFORT, not like the sweet carve into a free-bike turn.</p><p></p><p>Anybody have similar experiences?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnAndy, post: 65154, member: 1933"] Have a DIY trike mod installed on my GL1200 on loan for assessment to purchase. It seems to be a quality build and the builder and I are forging a friendship over it. For those that followed my Jello post, his was the other bike. A good guy. As an "I love the leanines" biker - a trike is not natural. A traditional trike may not be so unsettling as the 2 rear wheels are pretty stable but the 'Tow Pac' style with torsion suspension is FREAKY! Bolt it on and the lean in your turns reverses!!!! Yes, turn left is no longer lean left - it is carve left and it leans right !!!! I took my rig out to a parking spot and ran tight turns - it 'U'ies in 1-1/2 parking spots. I ran it in full lock circles at some speed and it lifted the inner wheel but kept carving the corner. The other thing that surprised me was how heavy the bars became - you really have to muscle them! and I mean EFFORT, not like the sweet carve into a free-bike turn. Anybody have similar experiences? [/QUOTE]
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