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I'm not a Harley guy but that is an awesome machine!
I'm not a Harley guy but that is an awesome machine!
Harley's doing it. Why not Honda?
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Check out the new Harley trike. Apparently they're not worried about any lawsuits. Honda really ought to re-think the market appeal.
Regards,
Hobie
Check out the new Harley trike. Apparently they're not worried about any lawsuits. Honda really ought to re-think the market appeal.
Regards,
Hobie
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Hmm, I wonder what will become of the new conversions that many Harley Dealers offer. :?
Competition? Clauses? No-Compete issues in general? Harley is in a scramble-mode now and should've pursued this before now. Won't be long before we see a thumper coming from them. It's all good. Nice looking trike. Makes sense to me. Honda should follow suit if they're not going to lead. Keep the price even with the converts, maybe even lower it since it would be line produced?
Don't know, but if they can get it looking like SpiderBobs trike, they would have a seller.
Hmm, I wonder what will become of the new conversions that many Harley Dealers offer. :?
Competition? Clauses? No-Compete issues in general? Harley is in a scramble-mode now and should've pursued this before now. Won't be long before we see a thumper coming from them. It's all good. Nice looking trike. Makes sense to me. Honda should follow suit if they're not going to lead. Keep the price even with the converts, maybe even lower it since it would be line produced?
Don't know, but if they can get it looking like SpiderBobs trike, they would have a seller.
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Wing-Rider wrote:
If I'm mistaken about this, please set me straight. I'll have no problem being corrected if necessary.
Hobie
Wing-Rider wrote:
It is my understanding that way back when ATVs were just coming on line, Honda made a ATV trike. I rode one a couple of times. They were very prone to tipping over to the front if you tried to turn too tight and too fast. You could also flip them over backwards if you weren't careful. Lawsuits followed. Honda went out of the trike business entirely.
If I'm mistaken about this, please set me straight. I'll have no problem being corrected if necessary.
Hobie
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Tons of lawsuits as I remember.... TONS. No correction needed. There was a National push to outlaw them altogether.
A friend had a ATC185 and we would trade every so often.
If you didn't know how to ride it, you were asking for trouble.
IMO, the ATCs were safe as long as you knew how to ride them.
I loved it.
Tons of lawsuits as I remember.... TONS. No correction needed. There was a National push to outlaw them altogether.
A friend had a ATC185 and we would trade every so often.
If you didn't know how to ride it, you were asking for trouble.
IMO, the ATCs were safe as long as you knew how to ride them.
I loved it.
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This one priced out the door, with armrests and backrest 37,999
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This one priced out the door, with armrests and backrest 37,999
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Lehman Trikes in Spearfish, SD makes a nice product!
Lehman Trikes in Spearfish, SD makes a nice product!
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Any Honda Dealer can submit warranty work for approval. Doesn't matter what it is (within the obvious, but I didn't need to say this).
I'm not referring to the practice of warranty submission and approval, and any subsequent repair that follows.
With that said, any warranty action taken on behalf of a Dealer is authorized by American Honda. If it is not authorized, and action is 1) taken under the guise of warranty2) performed without approval or 3) falsely represented to American Honda, then the Dealer is liable in many ways, most notably would be that of violating his Dealers franchise agreement. This does not mean that they (American Honda, not the Dealer) won't cover some things, it means that they don't have to. Manynew GL1800 Trikershave screwed themselves by not understanding the stated warranty.
My initial suggestion was that Honda should get into the game.
I followed-up with my opinion as to why they will not.
Somewhere back in '87-'88 Mother Honda swore never to build a 3-wheeled vehicle for the masses again.
I'm all for Trikes. I'm all for Honda having a Factory Trike... and I think yours looks beautiful.
I see Honda never again putting themselves on the witness stand though.
Any Honda Dealer can submit warranty work for approval. Doesn't matter what it is (within the obvious, but I didn't need to say this).
I'm not referring to the practice of warranty submission and approval, and any subsequent repair that follows.
With that said, any warranty action taken on behalf of a Dealer is authorized by American Honda. If it is not authorized, and action is 1) taken under the guise of warranty2) performed without approval or 3) falsely represented to American Honda, then the Dealer is liable in many ways, most notably would be that of violating his Dealers franchise agreement. This does not mean that they (American Honda, not the Dealer) won't cover some things, it means that they don't have to. Manynew GL1800 Trikershave screwed themselves by not understanding the stated warranty.
My initial suggestion was that Honda should get into the game.
I followed-up with my opinion as to why they will not.
Somewhere back in '87-'88 Mother Honda swore never to build a 3-wheeled vehicle for the masses again.
I'm all for Trikes. I'm all for Honda having a Factory Trike... and I think yours looks beautiful.
I see Honda never again putting themselves on the witness stand though.
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