Love em or hate em?
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Bilko

Original Poster:

1,693 posts

253 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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Trikes; love em or hate em?
here's one to get you started....
oh, child is no relation.

Thom

2,745 posts

294 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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Saw one with a beetle engine the other day...errrr ridiculous if you ask me, but at least they are somehow original; as such I respect them

anonymous-user

75 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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hate 'em, but i did see one hte other day which hada child seat in the back and i thought that was quite cool. is it true that once you get a trike you suddenly put on 15 stone and grow enough facial hair to make people think you are eating a squirrel?

Pete_W

646 posts

284 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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-soft top Robin Reliant anybody?

whatever

2,174 posts

291 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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They don't do anything for me, though of course I respect the rights of others to ride/drive them

Whenever I see one I am always a bit concerned about how they actually go round bends, though. They always seem as if they would tip over. Can't see how it appeals to the bikers (unless they need somewhere to bold the kids' seat, as someone else mentioned)

Neil Menzies

5,167 posts

305 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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They don't do anything for me, though of course I respect the rights of others to ride/drive over them

Basil Brush

5,499 posts

284 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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Whenever I see a trike or chopper I just think of the Black Widows on Any which way but loose etc. Can't help but laugh.

hertsbiker

6,443 posts

292 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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what's the point? all the disadvantages of a bike;- rain protection, security, none of the advantages of fitting through gaps.

All the disadvantages of a car - too clumsy, won't lean properly. Performance not as good as a bike. Could go on.

Crap, crap, naff. Burn all of them, except the V8 models, which are atleast amusing. But stil don't go round corners.

C.

JMorgan

36,010 posts

305 months

Thursday 27th June 2002
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Saw an strange one on the way back from the Rumble in the Gorge. Had a Beetle back end, hate to think what the drag was.

Farmer

1,287 posts

295 months

Friday 28th June 2002
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are you including tasty vehicles like the Malone Skunk or Grinnal Scorpion etc ? very gigglesome I would say

markqelise

258 posts

285 months

Friday 28th June 2002
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I thought trikes where for the big fat bastards and come with pie racks and big mac holders.

mel

10,168 posts

296 months

Friday 28th June 2002
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Crap.

nubbin

6,809 posts

299 months

Friday 28th June 2002
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Saw one on the A57 a couple of weeks back, and at the back was welded the rear half of a VW Beetle! Must have been acting as an enormous airbrake!