Sidecar + Scooter + Trike Motorcycles
Sidecar + Scooter + Trike Motorcycles is a catch–all category that, according to guides, includes machines that have styling, controls and seating positions like those found on motorcycles, but are different in important ways. Reviews of the Sidecars category include motorcycles with an affixed sidecar rig, also known as a “sidehack,” that adds a third wheel and a car that can be used to carry a passenger or cargo. Scooters have a step–through design that offers a chair–like seating position with the rider’s knees close together, as well as a twist–and–go transmission (usually a CVT) that doesn’t require a rider to change gears manually. Trikes are typically conversions–motorcycles with the rear wheel replaced by an axle and two car–like wheels/tires.
The 34th Annual GP Sidecar Rally in Southern California
Paul Garson
April 28, 2011
story and photography by Paul Garson Don’t start dusting off your roadracing leathers, the GP in the title above refers to Los Angeles’ Griffith Park, perennial home to the L.A. Zoo and Griffith Park Observatory. Both the Zoo and the Observatory have been “under renovation” it seems since Noah... Read more »
2010 Kymco Lineup
Rider Contributor
November 17, 2010
photography by Scott Hirko [This 2010 Kymco Lineup review was originally published in the January 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Kymco Grandvista 250 Kymco’s 2010 two-wheeled lineup, which includes 16 scooters and a small-displacement motorcycle, offers a wide variety of fun, stylish and... Read more »
2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri vs. 2010 Yamaha Tmax
Rider Contributor
October 20, 2010
photography by Scott Hirko [This 2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri vs. 2010 Yamaha Tmax road test was originally published in the December 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri and 2010 Yamaha Tmax in action The first time I took one of these scooters out with my riding buddies they were holding... Read more »
2010 Lehman Crossbow Powered by Victory Road Test
Rider Contributor
May 26, 2010
photography by the author and Mike Callahan [This 2010 Lehman Crossbow Powered by Victory Road Test was originally published in the July 2010 issue of Rider] Trikes, with one wheel in front, two behind, have been around the motorcycle world for more than a hundred years; the earliest picture I can find... Read more »
Seven 250-1200cc Scooter motorcycle road tests
Rider Contributor
May 11, 2010
2009 Yamaha Tmax Scooter Seven 250-1200cc Scooter motorcycle road tests and spotlights for new motorcycle riders o 2009 Yamaha Tmax o 2007 Kymco Xciting 500 o 2006 Kawasaki Ninja 650R o 2010 Honda Elite Scooter o Aprilia Sportcity Cube 250 Scooter o 2011 Honda PCX and Ruckus Scooters o 2009 Honda... Read more »
2010 Can-Am Spyder RT-S Road Test
Rider Magazine
January 15, 2010
photography by Riles & Nelson [This 2010 Can-Am Spyder RT-S Road Test was originally published in the March 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Can-Am Spyder RT-S Crossing the moonscape Mojave under a gray wool sky, large rain drops splatter on my face shield as I glance down at the cockpit display.... Read more »
2009 Campagna T-Rex 14R Road Test
Rider Magazine
December 22, 2009
photography by Mark Tuttle [This 2009 Campagna T-Rex 14R Road Test is a Rider magazine web-exclusive] 2009 Campagna T-Rex 14R in action. The first time I saw a T-Rex was on the MTV show Ryan Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory. Dyrdek, a pro skateboarder with too much money and his own do-whatever-I-want TV... Read more »
2009 Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic Road Test [American Rider]
Clement Salvadori
December 12, 2009
[This 2009 Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic Road Test was originally published in American Rider magazine] Back in 1967 I bought a three-wheeled ’56 Harley Servi-Car from a car dealer who was selling cheap. I was living in Monterey, California, at the time, and it was an entertaining round-town... Read more »
2009 Honda DN-01 Road Test
Mark Tuttle
June 22, 2009
[this road test review of the 2009 Honda DN-01 was originally published in the August 2009 issue of Rider] If you find it difficult to imagine a motorcycle that combines some character of a sportbike with the lowness of a cruiser and the user-friendliness of a scooter, just look at the photos on these... Read more »
2009 Yamaha Tmax Scooter Road Test
John L. Stein
December 12, 2008
When Yamaha introduced the boisterous new Vmax streetfighter last summer, another “Max” had already slipped into the market under the radar. Billed as a cross between a sportbike and a scooter, admittedly the 2009 Yamaha Tmax looks like neither fish nor fowl at first glance-but then again... Read more »
