motorcycle guys?

[WoodiE]

Yesterday while I was getting lunch I seen a motorcycle that at first look, looked like it had training wheels. Looked like a regular motorcycle with two extra wheels next to the back tire of the bike. The extra two wheels was about the size of what I'd say was a small trailer and each wheel even had color matched fender wells.

As the motorcycle pulled away I could tell between the two wheels at the back of the bike there was what looked like a hitch of some sort.

Has anyone else seen this kind of setup before or know what it's called? I've searched for motorcycle hitches and even training wheels but I can't find anything similar to what I've seen yesterday.... I knew I should have taken a picture of it.

 

[NitroRC4Life]

I know exactly what your talking about. Just not what its called. its for pulling trailers they need the 2 extra wheels for pulling little trailers so they dont fall over. Its probably some Harley like towing package...

 

[bergoff]

A lot of the bikes that I see with them are larger gold wings and cruisers. They are installed on bikes when they driver is to weak to hold them up. I've taken so close looks at their setup and talked to a huge guy that had them on his gold wing he said it would still lean in the turns but not as far. And he also pulled a small trailer. He said that his setup cost about 1500 and he loved it.

 

[Metalhead Matt]

There's a company in Morris, Illinois called Voyager. All they do is this conversion. They've been in business for 12-13 years or so.

 

[beason]

Its a trike retrofit kit. some manufactures call it the insta-trike it turns a normal 2 wheel bike into a "trike" even though the original back tire is still there. as bergoff said, its for people who can no longer handle the weight of the bike.

A guy here at work has one on his bike, he has diabetes and had to have one leg amputated just below the knee.

 

[Metalhead Matt]

This is exactly why Voyager picked that area in Illinois. They took surveys for months before opening business. The demand was huge. Older folks and people with disabilities still wanted to hit the open road, but with the added convenience. This is all still fresh in my mind because they were recruiting help at all of the local high schools. We all applied there.

 

[WoodiE]

Beason you rock - that's exactly what I seen. Thanks!

 

[Rolex]

That's really slick. I've never seen one like that before, but I've seen a lot of custom trikes around here.

 

[MustangMan]

I've seen a bike around here (Central Florida) that smaller wheels on some sort of hydraulic or pneumatic setup that would pivot down to the ground as the bike slowed (the guy was a paraplegic or something one bike shop owner told me). So it looked like a normal two wheel bike until he slowed for a red light and they would slowly come down and touch the ground and keep the bike upright until he took off and then they would slowly go up again. It was cool, and it was great to see him do something he loves even with a dissability.

Mark