lester12483 said:
wow that's pretty cool. But I think the police here in USA would stop the bike if they saw it on the roads. They just wouldn't know what it is.
Uhh? No offense but I believe that you are overlooking the obvious though I sincerely doubt that the local law enforcement in the USA would do the same & that is the plain fact that the rear chain derailleur is out in plain sight. It would take a REALLY STUPID cop to not notice that this is just a trike that was converted into a sort of bike car.
OKAAAAYYY! Concession time! Granted, our favorite form of trike, is still very rare. SO...! Granted, especially in my area, (Amish country in middle Tennessee) not many have ever seen a recumbent trike, especially the Amish though the youngsters of the Amish community, have a large collection of bikes among themselves that they ride everywhere every day/ AND!!! Though not as common, there are several Adult Amish people that also prefer the bike over the tedious long task of hitching up a pony to a small cart just to ride a few miles down the road. AND...! The last concession... THERE ARE stupid cops out there that do not understand nor have they ever seen a recumbent trike, never mind my KMX tornado which is currently without a fairing though the model in this thread is something that very much interests me.
With all that in mind, I will concede that IT IS within the realm of possibility to be pulled over by a cop due to a case of ignorance. Alternatively, since this last may when I was FINALLY able to afford one & I assembled it, as the summer progressed til now, I am still very much a head turning novelty while wearing my warm riding suit because the mornings are now chilly & I ABSOLUTELY ADORE the shock value of my appearance on a trike as people often stop to ask me questions.
Their very act of doing so, affords me a window towards educating them because I am also a new age activist. So, my KMX Tornado is a means to an ice breaking conversation starter & to me, that is more important that worrying about a ignorant lone police office pulling me over to issue a ticket that would only be laughed out of court because of when I show them my trike & the fact that it doesn't have a motor & IF there is a bike lane, I always use it. If not, its the law to share & observe the rules of the road. Bikes & trikes are no different & even WHEN I do manage to afford this fairing, once I install it, it really won't change a thing.
Basically, in the USA, IF a cop wants to stop you, he or she WILL stop you for whatever reason they find to be plausible & sometimes you end up with an ignoramus officer that tries to BS you in which case, you simply educate them while being armed with pamphlets that have all the up to date information on local traffic laws in regards to your trike & how riding your trike ass you did when stopped, was not illegal as the officer may have erroneously assumed in his quest to meet his ticket quota. You just hand one to the officer while explaining that it is actual information in relation to the laws of the road & how they apply to a trike, uphill motor or not.
Speaking of which, I do plan on upgrading to an uphill assisted rear wheel powered by an internal hub & YES, because of the obvious, you just can't miss the fact that the E-hub motor is right there in plain sight inside the rear wheel, its all the more reason to be armed with the facts printed on pamphlets from the local DMV so you can shorten or shut down your stop by the cop & be on your way in less time than if you didn't have the information on hand in the first place.
Between this & the matter of this concern over being stopped because of a KMX fairing, its really nothing to be concerned over as long as you are armed with the knowledge to educate the local law enforcement & out here in Amish country, its to be expected since the Amish moved in approximately 6 - 7 years ago. So, its the norm for an enterprising person like me to suddenly show up, riding a trike & passing horse buggies on the down hill while also giving the customary shout, "Heads up driver- coming up on your left!" I do that a lot because the horse carts & carriages may pass me on the uphill but more often than not, I catch up to them on the downhill to pass them & they have grown used to seeing me pass them.
Yet, even with my long winded disagreement over your concern, the entire point is "Don't worry! Be happy!" & if it happens, it happens. Cops may or may not stop you but you can always talk it out with them.
Nuff said -
Peace to all my worldly brothers & sisters-
Sharri
