Since trikes are such a shipping nightmare you may want to start gathering them up and seeing who can transport them to Windber. Bring a big ole empty trailer and bring them home. After last year I think Windber will have plenty to ride and buy. Riding is pretty much going to be restricted to 4 strokes but you can run the 2 strokes in the parade.... It is nice to see different ones in person. Ride them and then decide which style like. I have had a lot. Even though the T555 is not the most attractive,it is the most fun in my opinion for racing around Windber. The Alsports are probably the most comfortable.
With all the little kids riding around,you really can't drive fast. Not that you can't have fun but the 2 stokes putting out that power are a bit too fast. And I remember seeing Jeff chase down a person going too fast on a bike last year.. The noise and smell of the 2 strokes is a bit much. It would be like riding around a flea market. Everyone you drive by would want to kill you.lol.. Even when the Rupp GoJoe would ride around I think he would do one lap and put it away. I would check with Jeff before intending to use them as your main transportation. Nothing would be worse than making the journey and being told to leave it on the trailer. The parade is a bit more of a free for all. Especially the ride back... I think Jeff will have some more rules this year and it will be a bit more policed. Trying to keep it more of a get together than a race event. Its a great time to meet other members and many people not on the site. The buying and selling is great too... I usually come packed and leave with only what I cant live without. I try not to sell riders until after The parade so incase I break something I have a back up to ride. Its amazing the stuff you can find. And if you like trikes then there are usually some for sale. Nobody who brings a non running trike wants to take it home...lol
All my T555s have had the driven on the jackshaft. 9t to 54t... No problem with hills. 350pounds plus the weight of the trike and a stock 6.5hp... Up and down the hills at Windber on the tails and the parade... Hent has both of those trikes now. They are the ones we rode all around last year in the mud.
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