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I have a Voyager trike kit on my 1989 GL1500. One of things I like about the trike kit is that locking up the brakes is a non-event since the bike continues straight - or wherever I'm steering. This has come in real handy riding in the rain.
On the way home today, I was turning off the main road on to a 4 lane boulevard with a raised median. There is an entrance to a shopping center on my right. An over-sized SUV with a young lady jabbering away on a cell phone turned left into the shopping center right in front of me. Had I been in the right-hand lane she would have t-boned me. In the left lane, I was making plans to t-bone her. I was able to stop before making contact with her, my horn blaring and my tires smelling like burned rubber. She never saw me or looked my way and continued into the shopping center as if nothing happened.
I was momentarily pissed, but more thankful and happy to have been on my trike rather than 2 wheels. This kind of thing doesn't happen much as my trike is almost 10 feet long and 5 feet wide and presents a large profile to oncoming cars. But admittedly, I'm no match for a girl on a cell phone in a SUV that's way too big for her to maneuver.
Kudos to Voyager for making panic stops near routine.
On the way home today, I was turning off the main road on to a 4 lane boulevard with a raised median. There is an entrance to a shopping center on my right. An over-sized SUV with a young lady jabbering away on a cell phone turned left into the shopping center right in front of me. Had I been in the right-hand lane she would have t-boned me. In the left lane, I was making plans to t-bone her. I was able to stop before making contact with her, my horn blaring and my tires smelling like burned rubber. She never saw me or looked my way and continued into the shopping center as if nothing happened.
I was momentarily pissed, but more thankful and happy to have been on my trike rather than 2 wheels. This kind of thing doesn't happen much as my trike is almost 10 feet long and 5 feet wide and presents a large profile to oncoming cars. But admittedly, I'm no match for a girl on a cell phone in a SUV that's way too big for her to maneuver.
Kudos to Voyager for making panic stops near routine.