Posted by Gene Case on November 12, 2008, 4:15 pm
I thinking about making a regular motorcycle into a 3 wheeler. (to carry
more stuff, make it safer to ride in bad weather, other reasons)
I've got my ideas on just how to do it but I'm wondering, if the
motorcycle has a clean,
clear Title, will making it a 3 wheeler require changing the Title and
dealing with the DMV?
I talked to a local shop that builds bikes, (and doesn't work on
'metrics', if you know what that means) and they claimed the Title AS IS
covers 3 wheelers too. IOW, it wouldn't require getting the Title
altered.
So, does altering the front end, by adding 2 wheels, (after removing the
1 front wheel)
mean that the Title will need altering too?
P.S. This would be done in Florida.
Posted by Bob Myers on November 12, 2008, 4:28 pm
> I talked to a local shop that builds bikes, (and doesn't work on
> 'metrics', if you know what that means) and they claimed the Title AS IS
> covers 3 wheelers too. IOW, it wouldn't require getting the Title
> altered.
> So, does altering the front end, by adding 2 wheels, (after removing the
> 1 front wheel)
> mean that the Title will need altering too?
I dunno about the title, but you're sure looking at
major alterations to the front end. You DO want to
be able to turn, right? (Hint: there's a reason why,
in making conventional motorcycles into trikes, the
new wheel generally winds up in the rear...)
Bob M.
Posted by The Older Gentleman on November 12, 2008, 4:41 pm
> dunno about the title, but you're sure looking at
> major alterations to the front end. You DO want to
> be able to turn, right? (Hint: there's a reason why,
> in making conventional motorcycles into trikes, the
> new wheel generally winds up in the rear...)
The Italians have built some interesting tilting three-wheelers
recently.
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Posted by Mark Olson on November 12, 2008, 4:53 pm
The Older Gentleman wrote:
> The Italians have built some interesting tilting three-wheelers
> recently.
Tilting or no, the best handling three wheelers have universally
had two wheels in front. However, comparing the Piaggio MP3 with
the Can-Am Spyder is a bit of a stretch.
http://www.thebikergene.com/gallery/cache/PiaggioMP3/-9.jpg_w450.jpg
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/1685407_canam_spyder.jpg
Posted by Beav on November 12, 2008, 5:56 pm
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>> The Italians have built some interesting tilting three-wheelers
>> recently.
> Tilting or no, the best handling three wheelers have universally
> had two wheels in front. However, comparing the Piaggio MP3 with
> the Can-Am Spyder is a bit of a stretch.
> http://www.thebikergene.com/gallery/cache/PiaggioMP3/-9.jpg_w450.jpg
> http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/1685407_canam_spyder.jpg
Yeah, one's a trike and the other is still a bicycle by dint of the fact
that the two front wheels of the Piaggio are not far enough apart to take it
into trike territory.
The Can-Am can be ridden on a normal car drivers license, but the Piaggio
requires a bike license.
Of course, that applies to UK law and no doubt Septic law is different. the
Can-Am probably has a gun rack in the states :-)
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> 'metrics', if you know what that means) and they claimed the Title AS IS
> covers 3 wheelers too. IOW, it wouldn't require getting the Title
> altered.
> So, does altering the front end, by adding 2 wheels, (after removing the
> 1 front wheel)
> mean that the Title will need altering too?