Kitty Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 My OH says that we can buy a trike, possibly a Harley Davidson. Where do I start to look for one? I googled but it only offered UK sellers.I want it to be French registered and it can be new or second hand. It does have to be blue (!) and have three seats.Any advice on buying trikes will be welcome, e.g. do prices drop at the end of summer? do you have to have a special driving licence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 There is a Trike dealer Cathy on the N10 just north of Poitiers at St Cyr. They are on the left as you travel north (American flags flying outside). I've not been in myself but they have several trikes on display.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Here are a few trike dealers to get you started......http://www.trike-corner.com/ based in Bernay St Martin, Charente-Maritime.http://freedomcycles.googlepages.com/ based in Rennes.http://trikevire.free.fr/Boom/index.php based in Vire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Thank you BB and SD. It looks as if I shall have to do a trip to the "mainland" (the other side of the Gironde) and visit St Cyr, Bernay and Vire in a round trip. I did like the 'Family Boom' (what a name) on the Vire site.SD - how do you do the search? Trike is the same word but what is dealership in French? I want to see if there are any trike dealers in Bordeaux.Does any other Forum member have a trike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Dealer in French is concessionnaire....Here's a list of Rewaco trike dealers in Europe - fourteen listed for France:http://www.rewaco.com/fr/international.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex H Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Cathy"]Does any other Forum member have a trike?[/quote]I'd love to, but at those prices - no chance ! [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Sunday Driver"] Dealer in French is concessionnaire....Here's a list of Rewaco trike dealers in Europe - fourteen listed for France: http://www.rewaco.com/fr/international.aspx [/quote]Thank you so much, SD, you are so helpful.Do you know if you have to have a special licence or does the ordinary car licence cover trikes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Tandem_Pilot"][quote user="Cathy"]Does any other Forum member have a trike?[/quote]I'd love to, but at those prices - no chance ! [:(][/quote]Cheaper than a sports car - and much more fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I think you'd be better off with a sportscar ( and a motorcycle) - both better handling and the car can be used all year round. Probably better resale value and easier to sell. Plus a lot safer and trikes have none of the advantages of a motorcycle and none of a car. Definately going to be more reliable than a wheezing old HD agricultural engine over 50 year old design. Plus you will not need to get any tatoos.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="Dog"]Plus you will not need to get any tatoos....[/quote]That was the attraction - together with the leathers and the stilettos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1steveuk Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 If I had to do a trike[IMG]http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t215/f1steveuk/HayabusaTrike2.jpg[/IMG]Having said that, I did post elsewhere a friend of mine who has been in a wheel chair for a few years now, and he has a very trick Harley that has retractable stabilisers[IMG]http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t215/f1steveuk/jason.jpg[/IMG]He also Danish Touring car champion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Blimey Dog I find myself surprisingly agreeing with you!Tell me Cathy, are you comfortable on the couch, when did you first feel this loss of reality and mid life crisis coming on?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 [quote user="just john "] mid life crisis coming on?[:D][/quote]JJ - Who said that I was in mid life? [Www] I'm very young, according to my children.Anyway, they want a trike as well. We have an annual Show Bike here and it's great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Have they told you there are two good days when you get a trike? the day you drive it home and the day you sell it[:)] anyway no age limit for a mid life crisis, twenty-twenty to thirty-thirty[:D]Ask them how cool is this blue sports car? it goes round corners better than a trike and when it rains you can put the hood up[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote user="just john "]Ask them how cool is this blue sports car? it goes round corners better than a trike and when it rains you can put the hood up[8-|] [/quote]Call that cool? No thanks I would prefer a 2CV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 yep, that as well for dodging down to the shops, but it just doesn't have the sort of grunt to out drag the trike![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1steveuk Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote user="just john "]Have they told you there are two good days when you get a trike? the day you drive it home and the day you sell it[:)] anyway no age limit for a mid life crisis, twenty-twenty to thirty-thirty[:D]Ask them how cool is this blue sports car? it goes round corners better than a trike and when it rains you can put the hood up[8-|] [/quote]"blue sports car" in this case isn't that a oxymoron? Even a trike would go around corners better than that. The Hayabusa trike I posted even leans......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Morgan aero is technically a trike and it goes round corners as do quite a few back to fron bike engined jobbies. I simply don't get the point other than the (Limited IMHO) Pose value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 Polaris and KTM make some modern threewheelers that go like stink but still have one too many wheels or one too few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 [quote]"blue sports car" in this case isn't that a oxymoron? Even a trike would go around corners better than that. The Hayabusa trike I posted even leans........[/quote] Hi Steve, each to their own and I can't wait to see Cathy in her stilettos on the trike[:)] but as regards the mustang they did have a few people push it round corners, Jack Brabham at Snetterton for one and Steve McQueen in Bullitt but I can't remember too many trike races?[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1steveuk Posted July 22, 2009 Share Posted July 22, 2009 [quote user="just john "][quote]"blue sports car" in this case isn't that a oxymoron? Even a trike would go around corners better than that. The Hayabusa trike I posted even leans........[/quote] Hi Steve, each to their own and I can't wait to see Cathy in her stilettos on the trike[:)] but as regards the mustang they did have a few people push it round corners, Jack Brabham at Snetterton for one and Steve McQueen in Bullitt but I can't remember too many trike races?[8-)] [/quote]I recall watching the saloon car racing from Crystal Palace, (black and white footage that was on a sports programme, I was too young to see it live!!!) and I think it was Jack Sears in a Ford Galaxy, and someone in a Mustang pull out a huge lead down the straights, then being run circles around by a Fiat 500 around the corners! All down to handling, and most American sports cars don't handle, even the latest Camaro still has a live back axle and leaf springs on the back! If the old American tin does do well, it's usually down to the driver rather than the handling. I remember James Hunt winning the tour of Britain in 1973, he really had to throw his Z28 around. Trike races?? They're called sidecar races aren't they!!! There's some pretty awful trikes, usually painted matt black and with a Rover V8 and huge long handle bars, but there are also some, with Beetle engines and proper engineering that are very impressive, just not my thing.Jason (the guy with the Harley with retractable stabilizers) tried a trike with wheel chair access, but he said he felt perched in the air and so commisioned the bike I posted, but still a trike still lets you have the sense of freedom, and ultimately, that is what it's all about. Now, about these stilettos???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 [quote user="just john "]I can't remember too many trike races? [/quote]Just for Just John: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWnff376PEI&NR=1And this is my kind of trike:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8NP85xJ2nMc/SXX8bYKuJOI/AAAAAAAACWA/t3dcDXBa1DE/s320/stiletto+motorbike.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Ahem, Cath, 1, (every one in Bristol shortens names to single syllables[:)]) point proved; they don't go round corners![:P] 2, Great stiletto!, I believe they usually come in pairs, how you gonna get all the kids in.?[8-)]Steve, I think it was probably a Fifat 600 Abarth bit quick but no much room for the family.[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted July 23, 2009 Author Share Posted July 23, 2009 [quote user="just john "] they don't go round corners[/quote]But they do, JJ.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g6lvpvXU00&feature=fvstWhen I saw some in my areal of Bris'ol, being ridden by girls named Vanessal and Veral, they were cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1steveuk Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 [quote user="just john "]Ahem, Cath, 1, (every one in Bristol shortens names to single syllables[:)]) point proved; they don't go round corners![:P] 2, Great stiletto!, I believe they usually come in pairs, how you gonna get all the kids in.?[8-)]Steve, I think it was probably a Fifat 600 Abarth bit quick but no much room for the family.[8-|][/quote]That would be right, 500 shell, Abarth 600 engine. The only difference between the standard 500 and the Abarth ones, apart from the engine, was the boot lid propped open for for cooling, and the fibreglass front bumper with in built oil cooler, I had one, the best driving fun I can recall!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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