Three Wheel Fun or Not

[Rednaxs60]

Had to happen eventually, Honda appears to be drawing a line in the sand regarding warranty of its Goldwings. This is not about insurance, but about warranty. The latest Wing World has an article from a fellow who bought a 2018 Goldwing that had been converted to a trike with the California Sidecar kit. Honda doesn't make a Goldwing trike.

The Goldwing suffered a catastrophic engine failure and the cost to bring the Goldwing back to life was significant. The company that did the trike conversion helped, but Honda was not in the picture.

In our environment of risk adversity, this is not to be unexpected. The only factory made trikes are from HD and Bombardier. Don't know if the HD is certified by DOT/MOT with a trailer towing package like the Spyder.

A riding friend had an issue with his 2010 Triumph Rocket III a couple of years back. A known fault was that one of the transmission bolts for the shifter would back out and leave you stranded. This did not do any engine damage, but the engine had to be taken apart to fix. It was known to Triumph and my friend discussed this issue with Triumph Canada. He was asked if he had a car tire installed, and if he towed a trailer. He mentioned that the bike had a car tire, but he did not tow a trailer. The rep from Triumph mentioned that if my friend was towing a trailer, Triumph would not assist in the cost in any way. The car tire was not an issue, this time.

Have heard of this regarding cars/tucks as well. Modifications, not abiding by the OEM recommendations while the vehicle is under warranty can be a tricky road to navigate.

Three wheeling has been around for a long time. There were companies in the late '60s and early '70s that produced a three wheel kit for the snowmobile enthusiast so that people could ride there snowmobiles year round. from a web search, noticed that there are late model snowmobiles sporting wheels. Here's a couple of web sites for your reading/viewing enjoyment:

https://line.17qq.com/articles/ojiojefdz.html
https://www.teshio.com/wheelkits.htm

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Had to happen eventually, Honda appears to be drawing a line in the sand regarding warranty of its Goldwings. This is not about insurance, but about warranty. The latest Wing World has an article from a fellow who bought a 2018 Goldwing that had been converted to a trike with the California Sidecar kit. Honda doesn't make a Goldwing trike.

The Goldwing suffered a catastrophic engine failure and the cost to bring the Goldwing back to life was significant. The company that did the trike conversion helped, but Honda was not in the picture.

In our environment of risk adversity, this is not to be unexpected. The only factory made trikes are from HD and Bombardier. Don't know if the HD is certified by DOT/MOT with a trailer towing package like the Spyder.

A riding friend had an issue with his 2010 Triumph Rocket III a couple of years back. A known fault was that one of the transmission bolts for the shifter would back out and leave you stranded. This did not do any engine damage, but the engine had to be taken apart to fix. It was known to Triumph and my friend discussed this issue with Triumph Canada. He was asked if he had a car tire installed, and if he towed a trailer. He mentioned that the bike had a car tire, but he did not tow a trailer. The rep from Triumph mentioned that if my friend was towing a trailer, Triumph would not assist in the cost in any way. The car tire was not an issue, this time.

Have heard of this regarding cars/tucks as well. Modifications, not abiding by the OEM recommendations while the vehicle is under warranty can be a tricky road to navigate.

Three wheeling has been around for a long time. There were companies in the late '60s and early '70s that produced a three wheel kit for the snowmobile enthusiast so that people could ride there snowmobiles year round. from a web search, noticed that there are late model snowmobiles sporting wheels. Here's a couple of web sites for your reading/viewing enjoyment:

https://line.17qq.com/articles/ojiojefdz.html
https://www.teshio.com/wheelkits.htm

# 1.- Honda has ALWAYS VOIDED the GW warranty if a Trike conversion had been done...... #2.- I am a firm supporter of Auto tires on Spyders, IMHO , BRP would lose in a court fight about owners using them ..... WHY - because Spyder wheels are designated as " J " type wheels.... the Kenda tires are stamped " only for use with " J " type wheels. ..... HD actually sells their Trikes with AUTO tires on them .... from the factory ..... Mike

[BajaRon]

Had to happen eventually, Honda appears to be drawing a line in the sand regarding warranty of its Goldwings. This is not about insurance, but about warranty. The latest Wing World has an article from a fellow who bought a 2018 Goldwing that had been converted to a trike with the California Sidecar kit. Honda doesn't make a Goldwing trike.

The Goldwing suffered a catastrophic engine failure and the cost to bring the Goldwing back to life was significant. The company that did the trike conversion helped, but Honda was not in the picture.

In our environment of risk adversity, this is not to be unexpected. The only factory made trikes are from HD and Bombardier. Don't know if the HD is certified by DOT/MOT with a trailer towing package like the Spyder.

A riding friend had an issue with his 2010 Triumph Rocket III a couple of years back. A known fault was that one of the transmission bolts for the shifter would back out and leave you stranded. This did not do any engine damage, but the engine had to be taken apart to fix. It was known to Triumph and my friend discussed this issue with Triumph Canada. He was asked if he had a car tire installed, and if he towed a trailer. He mentioned that the bike had a car tire, but he did not tow a trailer. The rep from Triumph mentioned that if my friend was towing a trailer, Triumph would not assist in the cost in any way. The car tire was not an issue, this time.

Have heard of this regarding cars/tucks as well. Modifications, not abiding by the OEM recommendations while the vehicle is under warranty can be a tricky road to navigate.

Three wheeling has been around for a long time. There were companies in the late '60s and early '70s that produced a three wheel kit for the snowmobile enthusiast so that people could ride there snowmobiles year round. from a web search, noticed that there are late model snowmobiles sporting wheels. Here's a couple of web sites for your reading/viewing enjoyment:

https://line.17qq.com/articles/ojiojefdz.html
https://www.teshio.com/wheelkits.htm

You can't really blame the manufacturer's for getting hinky with a warranty when you use the vehicle outside of design specs. Some take it to extremes that they can't defend in court. But court has it's own downsides, like expense. Everything is a trade-off.

[Snoking1127]

You can't really blame the manufacturer's for getting hinky with a warranty when you use the vehicle outside of design specs. Some take it to extremes that they can't defend in court. But court has it's own downsides, like expense. Everything is a trade-off.

People point at the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, however big companies have bigger, better and more lawyers than the little guy consumer.