Just got Voyager trike kit

[royphotog]

My wife has had a Burgman 650 s end last September but has not ridden it much because of some foot issues, we began looking around for a trike kit and found one on e bay near us, we're on on way home with it now. It's got a Harley kit for it so we will need to get a Burgman kit from Voyager but we saved about $1,500 of the new price and she can ride it. The kit even was very close in color to her off white Burgman. Anyone have experience with the install, or with riding a trike?

[paulcbrowne]

Looks like this may be your link: http://www.mtcvoyager.com/kits-available.html

[Scooter Mama]

biggest difference is steering. You don't push the handlebars as that doesn't hardly move it. You pull the handlebar towards you. Pull the right side to turn right, etc, keep your feet up so you dont run over your foot, it hurts if you do. Practice in a parking lot or side street at slow speeds till you get it then practice some more. You will forget pulling the handlebars at the worst possible moment when you first start. I was on a back country road and hit a rough area that had big ruts in the apshalt from the semis that took you all over the road when I forgot to pull and almost ended up in a field before I remembered and got it back on the road.

Slow down around the curves, you're not riding a bike that leans but one that will track similiar to a car and you dont have a door to lean against or a seat belt keeping you in the saddle. Enjoy and don't let the nay sayers get you down. It's amazing what you see, hear and smell on a bike, even a 3 wheeled one, that you dont in a 4 wheeler.

[seatec]

You should push more than you pull the handle bars so you don't bend them, also lock up your elbow and lean into it. If it's hard to steer put a tripple tree on it and it will be like power steering.
Wayne

[royphotog]

Thanks for your replies, I just got it installed yesterday and all went well. Wayne, what do you mean by triple tree, on my other bikes the triple tree is the peace that holds the shocks, handlebars and and steering hub, but by what you said it's something different and sounds like something my wife would like. And I took a look at your photo gallery of your fabrication of the back of your scooter and I was amazed at your skills.. Wow.

[royphotog]

Forgot to note that my wife has very little motorcycle experience, so she has not had a lot of habits to re learn with the trike, so this should help. Thanks for the advice scooter mama, I remember seeing the video about not putting your foot down at a stop, and it sounds like from experience you figured this put the hard way. Well take it out this weekend and do a little spin around the block.

[seatec]

Tripple trees move the front wheel out about 5 deg, most all people who trike put them on.
Customtrippletrees.com makes them for the burgman 650, cost around $1000 I think. I put a set on mine and it's like power steering .
Wayne

[nycburg2006]

Wayne I just looked at your pictures. They were sick totally awesome man..everyone should check them out if they have a chance. .awesome work pal.

[seatec]

Thanks, those are old pictures on the Burgman USA site.
Since then I have built bodies for Yelvington trikes, then sold them the molds.
Last winter I built a cab for my Polaris RZR, next I might be building a body for golf carts for a casino in Las Vegas, it will be the Porsche 550 spider that James Dean got killed it, if all the things come together, should be a fun build.

Wayne.