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BigBod
20-08-2004, 10:35 AM
Didn't know what to use as a title really.

But help needed anyway.

A friend of mine has a Wing but due to illness is unable to ride it. There is a bolt on attachment available from the US called the 'Voyager' which turns it into what looks like a trike. It has 2 15" wheels and just bolts on and off as required. The rear wheel stays in place and remains as the only drive wheel.

This is a much cheaper option than going for a full on trike conversion. But with it now having 4 wheels it can't be a trike. Can it?

Does anyone know for sure how this vehicle would be classified?

I think it still remains a solo motorcycle because it is a bolt on accessory the same as a side car.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find out a definitive answer.

Many thanks.
Gypsy
20-08-2004, 11:13 AM
this site is brilliant for trike stuff...might have your answer there, if not email the guy whose site it is as he's very helpful

http://www.trikenest.freeserve.co.uk/
Jay
20-08-2004, 07:28 PM
This ?
BikerGran
21-08-2004, 01:13 AM
Why not just have the 'Wing triked?
BigBod
23-08-2004, 08:37 AM
this site is brilliant for trike stuff...might have your answer there, if not email the guy whose site it is as he's very helpful

http://www.trikenest.freeserve.co.uk/

Thanks for that, very interesting.

I'm also looking into the quadricycle class of vehicle.
BigBod
23-08-2004, 08:38 AM
Why not just have the 'Wing triked?

That would be the ideal solution but cost is a big consideration and these Voyager kits come up second hand pretty cheap.
Mrs Reject
23-08-2004, 09:15 AM
Well I had a Goldwing moment this weekend!!! I always thought Goldwings were pseudo cars ridden by Barry Manilow stalkers....until this weekend that is. A friend of ours...proper biker like with tattoed head challenged me to go out on the back of his Goldwing at the Pissed Indian, so I did and he had Rush on the bikes CD and it was the bollox!!!!
BigBod get the metallica out I will pester you mercilessly for a ride on your Goldwing at the forum party :D
Sir Ewok
23-08-2004, 10:15 AM
spoke to a guy a few years back that had a 5 wheeled trike and it was taxed and classified as a car. Since the abolition of the B1 class, most trikes are light cars and need a car licence anyway (except for the disabled, I believe).