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So these guys have no spec.

Three wheels has a pretty bad history. You don't see 3 wheel golf carts much either.

If Harley built it as a trike they have a spec

whole list. Again, if Harley built it as a trike they have a spec. If they didn't, they don't - and a Ural with a side-car or "chair" is NOT a trike!!!!

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 16:50:03 -0400, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com posted for all of us to digest...

It might be worth it for a one shot blast... Just being kool ;-)

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 16:51:33 -0400, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com posted for all of us to digest...

They haven't outlawed the lube yet?

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 22:43:20 -0400, Ed Pawlowski posted for all of us to digest...

I can rent a slingshot for 4 hours for $139 regularly #199. I might call to see if we could get in the dang thing...

It is OK as long as it is plant based.

On Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:29:02 -0400, Tekkie© posted for all of us to digest...

WE can't. Might go up just to look...

Depend on how much fork rake you have as well. If you have extended forks with more rake, then a radial on the front will be the pits. At the rear, the suspension will keep the radials *vertical*. Radials are designed to run with minimal *camber*. At the front, the fork rake will lean the tyres in a manner akin to camber. That little feature, I suspect, would require a tyre that will maintain a decent amount of tread on the road surface. A radial will lift and run on an edge, potentially not good, especially in wet weather. Another poster mentioned bias ply tyres. That sounds like a better compromise. That said, if you find the handling to be *predictable* , then stick with what you have.

Also, it really depends on how much weight bias you have on the front and how much slip angle you generate front and rear. If they are F & R balanced as they are, then sticking a radial at the front will *change* that, and maybe not in a good way.

I have no doubt the people who built the trike knew whaat they were doing when they left a standard bike tyre on the front. Your experience with the existing handling confirms it.

The only thing I can disagree with is your assessment of the guy who

Lauren Boebert is just as hot ...

That's bad. I have seen trikes built like that, by people who do not understand handling. For instance, a mate had a *chopper* trike with a ridiculous rake, so much so that the wheel would fall over if steered beyond a certain point. Scary. And stupid.

Yeah, you can do that on a trike, not too much though, as I mentioned above.

That is to be expected since you will spend most of the drive time going straight - no wheel lean.

The brakes on my '49 VW were "predictable" in that you KNEW they were going to pull one way or the other. The behavior of my mini in the rain was also "predictable". It was going to misfire or shut down if I hit a water puddle or drove into the rain. My former boss's behavior was very predictable when he had a few black russians under his belt too - he'd make promisses he would never keep - - - Predictability isn't always a GOOD thing!!!

You've never visited Stone County Arkansas . The longest straight piece of road in the county is Main Street in Mountain View ... There are hairpin turns so tight that you can pass yourself going the other way . This area has turned into a "Biker Destination" , most summer weekends the roads are crowded with sportybikes and geezerglides . This weekend is Mountains , Music , and Motorcycles and even with unsettled/rainy weather I'd bet there are over 2 thousand bikes in town for the festivities . We haven't decided whether to go or not , my wife had a rough night (digestive issues) and I don't know yet if she's up for it .

Sport bikes have come with radials for, what, 40 years now? I haven't ridden a bike with bias ply tires since the mid to late 70's. I'm surprised to hear that anyone still uses them. Heck, I'm surprised to hear that they might still be available.

Radial motorcycle tires 'wrap' the tread across the surface area that's intended to come into contact with the road, so by the time you "lift and run on the edge", you're probably already crashing. Race bikes get nearly

I can attest to that. I managed to get both left hand drivers off the ground on a hairpin turn going up Petit Jean mountain. Trucks have a limited slip setup between the front and rear drive axles but not side to side. The truck was trying to fall over and couldn't. I was screwed.

When the wrecker came he had an anchor point set up. I asked him if he'd been there before and he said about once a month. The last time was for a wide load that the state had routed over the mountain.

If you look in a trucker's atlas almost every road in Arkansas is designated as a truck route. Highway 215 isn't so that must be a real pisser.

There's a hairpin coming down Fox Mountain on SR 263 just south of Hwy 66 that's limited to 33 foot trailers ... on a bike it feels like doing a u-turn on a single lane road .

The stretch of 263 from Rushing to Prim isn't marked as a designated route but all the rest is. I think I see the curve you mean south of

I was getting a bad feeling before I got to the first hairpin but when you're pulling a 53' trailer there ain't no turning around.