LegUp Landin Gear

[BJB]

At 71 I'm curious if anyone around here has any personal experiance with this product. That old Ultra Geezer Glide isn't getting any lighter or my legs any longer. I've looked at lighter bikes but after going Caddy style it is tough to move down to a Poncho.
I'm still active. Do some weight work after my cardio but it's not like I'm back on the OL in college.
Just thinking that for $3700 & my labor I'd get another 10 + years on a bagger.
I did see a lady with them when they 1st came out. I wish now I had asked more questions. She loved them cuz she had a bad leg.

[Hossamania]

Truck had them for a while, but removed them, I forget the reason, but something about them not working quite as well as he'd hoped.
I'll try and find the link.

[Hossamania]

https://harleytechtalk.com/htt/index.php/topic,98863.0.html

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[Hossamania]

https://harleytechtalk.com/htt/index.php/topic,63187.0.html

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He said they work well, but have issues to be dealt with.

[BJB]

Thanks Hoss
I forgot that I was trying to figure out how to keep Marty on his Street Glide.
I miss that man. 

[smoserx1]

I'm right there with you at 71 too.  I watch some of Jerry Plalidino's videos (I'm not very good at the low speed tight turns he teaches) but he also has a youtube video on stopping.  He waits till the bike is barely moving and brings the bike to a final halt with just the front brake and both his feet planted firmly down, and I have always done it that way by instinct.  Some others teach stopping with just your left foot down and the right one remaining on the rear brake, and that works great in an ideal world where roads are very smooth and freshly paved.  Where I live the roads are full of ruts, potholes and places where concrete trucks have dribbled mix on the surface and let it harden, and about half the time you MUST stop with both feet going down (or you and the bike go down), and often one of my legs will be extended further than the other on an uneven surface.  I can see that landing gear idea working nicely on a perfect flat surface and maybe not so good on crappy uneven ones like most of us encounter every day.

[IronButt70]

Here is another alternative that might work for OP
https://www.tiltingmotorworks.com/
I have seen several and talk to the drivers. They all said there is a learning curve for the handling but after that they loved them.

[Ohio HD]

I don't know how your finances are in regards to a new or a good used bike. But a Tri-Glide might be a solution for you. I used to think I'd never have one. But as I've gotten older there could always be a day that it might be a better solution than not riding at all. I'm only 64 so I have some time before I worry about the bikes weight. Although they do feel heavier every year anymore.

[bump]

I have thought a side car would be cheaper than a trike

[kd]

I have thought a side car would be cheaper than a trike

For that reason the 2 sidecar rigs we own have permanent residence in my shop. At present, one of them gets very little use. We are both in our 70's and under no illusions about having to change our priorities in riding style.  Heck, with the sidecar you can do all kinds of shopping and stuff.

[rigidthumper]

Can't carry a big screen TV on a trike

[Hossamania]

Can't carry a big screen TV on a trike

I don't think you're trying hard enough!

[kd]

Piece of cake on a sidecar,