ROAD TEST H-D TRI GLIDE
WORDS & PICS: Big Dave
THREE INTO TWO DOES GO! W
hen we were discussing how we should cover the Tri Glide I suggested to The Ed that a good photo opportunity would be something that showed me removing a large slice of humble pie from the ‘trunk’ (hey, it’s American).
I did because it’s fair to say that before getting on and getting ‘into’ the Tri Glide, I had it all wrong about trikes. Like most bike guys the standard patter I used to spout ran along the lines of ‘worst of both worlds; no traffic cutting capability like a bike and no weather protection like a car.’ That was until I lived with Harley’s
new three-wheeler for almost a month.
To be fair too, if you approach the trike as a motorcycle, then you’ll probably be disappointed. If you come at it like it’s an exhilarating open wheel sports car, then, boy, is it a huge amount of fun. In evaluating one it pays to leave your bike mentality at home as well. The obstacles that a bike deals with so easily become more difficult on the trike. This, as I’m sure you can understand, can be quite frustrating, though there are compensations – one of them when you get a trike out on the open road.
Harley-Davidson has always listened closely to its customers. So when enough said they wanted a factory three-wheeler ‘the Motor Company created the Tri-Glide.
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