How NOT to ride a Trike! I test ride the Harley Davidson Freewheeler Trike new for 2024

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Күн бұрын

With David behind me to give some instruction, I manage to ride the new 2024 Harley Freewheeler Trike witout crashing or indeed flipping it over! Eventually after around 50 miles of riding I get the hang of it but at first.... ohhhhhhhh. Thank you to Newmarket Harley for the loan and if you want to try this beauty please call Dan or Can at Newmarket Harley Davidson.

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@everettballenger7880 15 күн бұрын

I deiced to get a trike because of my wife's disabilities. I went for a Road Smith Honda Goldwing. My reasoning was the Honda has a longer wheelbase, the 1800 6 has lower center of gravity. They do take some getting used to. The best advice I gleaned from You tube videos, was to find a large vacant parking lot, and put the trike through it's and your passes. You will be surprised how quickly you will get confidence in the trike and you abilities. I still ride regular bikes, but the trike is fun for the both of us know.

@FenTour Күн бұрын

Sounds good advice. As yet I won't be getting a Trike but who knows in the future, indeed a lot of fun once you get used to it!

@robertturriff9836 7 ай бұрын

I went to the triglide a year ago and I was the same way going slow till I got use to it. The more you ride the better you will understand it, the camber will make you feel like your leaning to much the way I do it is slow down in the turn and catch up in straight aways. If one wheel does go up it will cut the fuel off to get it back on the ground. I had to relearn how to ride it but I love it now.

@sg3971 7 ай бұрын

That was hilarious! Thank you so much for taking me with you. If you haven't already, try a Can-Am Spyder. Love to get your take on that.

@FenTour 6 ай бұрын

That would be a fun toy to try indeed, glad you enjoyed the vid.... cheers.

@petesouthwales867 7 ай бұрын

That was a very funny and an informative video. I am just finishing restoring a Vmax trike and have yet to ride it for the first time. Due to arthritis I have had to give up riding after over 50 years on two wheels. I hope I can get used to it as fast as you did and have as much fun doing so.

@jennifershaffor9675 6 ай бұрын

It's definitely an adjustment. I just bought my freewheeler a few weeks ago and as soon as I got out of my driveway I had thoughts of what the heck did I just buy. I've had it on two more rides since, around 30 miles each. It's getting much better. The highway is much better than the beat up back roads.

@petesouthwales867 6 ай бұрын

@@jennifershaffor9675 I'm glad you are getting used to it and starting to enjoy it. I went for my first proper ride today and the roads around my house are like the surface of the moon. I thought the same as you at first and thought about selling the trike as I was being thrown all over the place but once I got out on the main roads it was a lot easier. I am going to practice on these back roads in the village because if I can master those then I can ride anywhere.

@jennifershaffor9675 6 ай бұрын

@petesouthwales867 best wishes out there. That's the way I've been doing it. I'll take the back roads usually on my way to where I'm going then treat myself to the highway on the way home.

@macwiller2105 5 ай бұрын

I have a 22 Freewheeler, one of many upgrades I've done is Legend suspension front and back and 14" bars. Night and day difference

@FenTour 4 ай бұрын

Good to hear that you have modded your Freewheeler to suit you.

@geedubb-q1u 7 ай бұрын

Unlike 2 wheels, you have to man handle a trike. Some people aren’t made for it, But once you get used to riding , it’s a blast.

@inkelf 6 ай бұрын

Here's 3 tips for new Trike riders. When you're going straight it looks and feels like you're on a motorcycle; but... Tip #1: "Give yourself room" You have to REMEMBER at all times that you stick out almost 2 feet on each side in the rear. You do not want to clip a parked car, or have one rear tire in oncoming traffic. You also need to be careful getting gas. DO NOT clip the metal poles they put around gas pumps with your rear fender. It's embarrassing and expensive. Tip #2: "Brake before the curve" When you see a curve in the road coming, back off the throttle, and apply 5% of your back break. (Don't touch the front brake) By just applying 5%, you lower your back end (better traction) and now you can enter the curve, still applying 5% break, turning your head and looking ahead (don't look down) and if it turns out the curve is sharper than you thought, no need to panic, your foot is ALREADY on the back break, just apply the appropriate amount of extra pressure, maybe roll off the throttle a little more, and remember that if you're turning right to stay as far into the inside track of the road without putting your right back tire in the dirt. If you're in a left curve, try to stay as much in the center of your lane as possible because of vehicles coming the other direction that can drift into your lane causing a head on collision. (This is for U.S. riders) Tip #3: "I feel like I'm falling off in the turns" On a regular motorcycle gravity and centrifugal force push you into your saddle in a turn. On a trike you have to grip the gas tank with your knees or you will fall off. You also have to be pretty drunk, but it's possible. "I feel like I'm falling off in the turns" is not the tip, but it is something every new trike rider says. The tip is this, "Riders backrest." The Freewheeler saddle has a slit in it right behind the rider. That's so you can add a backrest. Once there, you can press your lower back into it in turns and it anchors you in the saddle. Between that and gripping the tank with your knees, the feeling of sliding out of the saddle all but disappears even in the sharpest of curves.

@FenTour 6 ай бұрын

Good advice.

@TWillie9957 6 ай бұрын

lol. I switched to a Freewheeler after 30 plus years on 2 wheels. It took a couple of rides to get used to it. I love it now. Once you get the rear suspension adjusted to your liking it rides smoothly. Good purchase for me.

@TWillie9957 6 ай бұрын

Me again. Leaning is, for me, essential. Just because of your own body weight. Does nothing with the bike.

@FenTour 6 ай бұрын

It was growing on my by the time I had done 50miles, lots of fun.

@jennifershaffor9675 6 ай бұрын

OMG. YES. I just switched from 2 wheels to a freewheeler and that first ride was rough.

@FenTour 6 ай бұрын

hehe glad I am not alone!

@stevedickson5853 3 ай бұрын

I knew someone who had a trike and he told me the number of times especially at night cars etc suddenly swerved out of his way because they just see the central headlight and presume its a bkie before they see the back wheels sticking out lol, im surprised they don't have marker lights on front of the mudguards or something for better visibility for oncoming traffic

@FenTour 2 ай бұрын

Sounds a bit lethal, it does have the wide lamps but not the full width!

@stevedickson5853 2 ай бұрын

@FenTour They are nice looking machines I've recently bought the 1/12 scale Tri glide CVO , can't afford the real thing lol 👍

@FenTour 2 ай бұрын

@ hopefully a full size one will be yours in the not too distant future.

@javonbrandon 4 ай бұрын

Have ride the road glide 3 yet

@FenTour 4 ай бұрын

Probably never will unless there is a demo version to test someday.

@stevehewitt6203 7 ай бұрын

I bought the Road Glide 3 a year ago. It's different again trom the Freewheeler. Better for long distance rides because of the big fairing. I recommend you try that one if you can.

@geedubb-q1u 7 ай бұрын

The RG3 is a Freewheeler with a faring.

@markbright7845 8 ай бұрын

Could have been useful to see some views of you from behind. Would be interesting to see how often you hung the right hand rear wheel over the white lines.

@FenTour 8 ай бұрын

On hindsight I should have given David a camera.

@christofgonzenbach363 6 ай бұрын

How NOT to drive a trike. Reading that headline I hoped to learn how to drift through corners, how to lift the inner rear wheel, how to make a wheelie or a burnout with the Freewheeler. But I nearly felt asleep watching your „testride“ and hearing you laughing. I drove with my own Freewheeler now more than 50000 kms and still I wait to see someone driving it faster than me!

@socaltriker4212 25 күн бұрын

I have a 2019 Freewheeler that now has 71,000 miles plus on it, a stage two upgrade with a TTS tuner. Flick the throttle without dumping the clutch and yes, up comes the front wheel. The latest upgrade was adding a color matched Road Glide fairing (Blue Max) from the factory (I installed it myself) and it will do 115 mph effortlessly. Next upgrade will come after I have 100 k miles on it and will include a 135 c.i. motor, a Baker transmission and the cherry on top will be a Trask Turbo! With the possibility of producing massive torque and crazy horsepower I'll have to go to a chain final drive (drag strip size) so I won't be snapping the rear belt (which would obviously happen)! If you catch up to me at some stop light don't worry though the only thing you'll see when the light turns green is my tail lamps. And for those of you that are wondering why I would do such a thing, well the answer is simple.........because I can! BTW I am running the factory clutch and rear belt and haven't had any issues with either!

@FenTour Күн бұрын

Sounds rather rapid, an exhilarating weapon.