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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: pault on March 03, 2018, 05:22:54 PM
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Bit long here but there is a few points to make.
On various forums remarks have been made about those of us who are getting on a bit, about our ability to keep upright. If I fall over in the mud on my drive I do have trouble getting up right. I simply do not have the strength to get upright easily. That does not mean I no longer have to ability to ride safely in traffic. The main thing for myself is that the magic is still there as what it was 40 years ago.
I have met some people when confronted with this problem have gone the Peugeot 3 wheeler route and are very happy with their choice. Mind you it took some talking to get them to open up. Scared of ridicule? perhaps, but when I showed real interest, the conversation went well.
I would like to keep my ST and add some sort of safety feature to avoid the low speed thing happening. There would seem to be three options.
1 a leaning reverse tike where the front end is modified to take a new system with 2 wheels which allows one to lean as usual.
A good example here from Indonesia. It has a manual lock system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYmC-aMbJ-E&app=desktop2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYmC-aMbJ-E&app=desktop2)
2 A system known as leg down or leg down.
https://rideapart.com/articles/the-legup-system (https://rideapart.com/articles/the-legup-system)
And another version which is rather complicated, but solves the problem of getting the legs down in off camber situations.
http://www.goldwingfacts.com/forums/2-goldwing-technical-forum/384122-landing-gear-1500-a.html (http://www.goldwingfacts.com/forums/2-goldwing-technical-forum/384122-landing-gear-1500-a.html)
3 This system keeps the extra wheels down all the time. They are linked hydraulicaly with a stop valve to lock the cylinders. It would be activated manually as need be and released just as easily.
http://www.crossroadstrikes.com/Alternatives/GhostWheels.html (http://www.crossroadstrikes.com/Alternatives/GhostWheels.html)
The 3 option might be the cheapest and easiest. With no time between off and on, as compared to no. 2 . And might be less trouble with the RTA.
Might look a little weird, to say the least.
Comments please.
Or should I be shot at dawn.
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Here's a 4th option. Little modification needed. Essentially adding two wheels at the rear and maintaining drive through the original rear wheel - 1 wheel up front and three at the back
(http://thumb2.zeppy.io/d/l400/pict/251011809285/trike-conversion-kit)
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The options ........
When the time comes, this one will be high on my list.
(http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/williamson_photos/Forum%20Inserts/143c028d-2ce9-404f-bf31-983811ba2f0f_zpsmvchvie8.png) (http://s643.photobucket.com/user/williamson_photos/media/Forum%20Inserts/143c028d-2ce9-404f-bf31-983811ba2f0f_zpsmvchvie8.png.html)
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Some more options:-
https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1992-Honda-ST1100/SSE-AD-5333712/?ret=search-alert&utm_source=internal-bikesales-notification-centre-search-alert&utm_medium=email (https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1992-Honda-ST1100/SSE-AD-5333712/?ret=search-alert&utm_source=internal-bikesales-notification-centre-search-alert&utm_medium=email)
https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1999-Honda-GoldWing-SE-(GL1500)/SSE-AD-5149209/?cr=0&psq=%28%28Service%3D%5BBikesales%5D%26%28Make%3D%5BHonda%5D%26Model%3D%5BGoldWing%20SE%20%28GL1500%29%5D%29%29%26%28%28%28%28SiloType%3D%5BBrand%20new%20bikes%20available%5D%7CSiloType%3D%5BBrand%20new%20bikes%20in%20stock%5D%29%7CSiloType%3D%5BDealer%20used%20bikes%5D%29%7CSiloType%3D%5BDemo%20%26%20near%20new%20bikes%5D%29%7CSiloType%3D%5BPrivate%20used%20bikes%5D%29%29&pso=0&pss=Premium (https://www.bikesales.com.au/bikes/details/1999-Honda-GoldWing-SE-(GL1500)/SSE-AD-5149209/?cr=0&psq=%28%28Service%3D%5BBikesales%5D%26%28Make%3D%5BHonda%5D%26Model%3D%5BGoldWing%20SE%20%28GL1500%29%5D%29%29%26%28%28%28%28SiloType%3D%5BBrand%20new%20bikes%20available%5D%7CSiloType%3D%5BBrand%20new%20bikes%20in%20stock%5D%29%7CSiloType%3D%5BDealer%20used%20bikes%5D%29%7CSiloType%3D%5BDemo%20%26%20near%20new%20bikes%5D%29%7CSiloType%3D%5BPrivate%20used%20bikes%5D%29%29&pso=0&pss=Premium)