adding a trike to the mix

Take a motorcycle safety course!! Do it BEFORE you even think of buying a motorcycle.

I will tell you our experience with a trike, our 5th wheel and traveling around the US. Both my wife and I have our motorcycle licenses,I'm the only one with a license to drive the truck and our 5th wheel. Last year we did about 15,000 miles going around the US. I drove the truck and she followed riding the trike. We used the trike to site see at all of our stops ending up with 27,000 on the trike for the year. We used a Gold Wing trike as our vehicle - the most reliable motorcycle there is. We did oil changes, replace a bad head lamp once and that was it. In fact in 110,000 miles we haven't had a major problem with the trike in 4 years. We sold it this year due to MY health issues or we'd still have it. We've switched to a Subaru as our tag along vehicle.
With heated seats, suits, rain gear, full coverage helmets we traveled in all weather and were comfortable and dry.

Since you are not motorcyle people now, don't forget the extras. Helmet, jackets, rain gear, etc. How to tow the trike? And most important, the drivers license.

Since we travel in a B, we usually don't need a 2nd vehicle... that said, there have been several times we just felt better leaving it in the RV park but still wanted to go into the city or tour, etc. We've found Enterprise to be a good rental company (the "we'll pick you up" slogan...). Sent a car/driver right to the RV park (in Vegas they came right to our SITE!), then back to the office, did the paperwork, and off we went. Unlike many tourist-y things, rentals are often cheaper on a weekend, since a lot of their business is, in fact, business travelers who need a car during weekdays. Considering setting up a vehicle as a toad will run about $2k, plus the extra cost of fuel hauling it around, that is a LOT of rental days! ST

Merrykalia wrote:
You will be limited to sight seeing only in good weather. Rain, mist, cold, etc. will not allow you to get out and those are some of the best days for seeing those "indoor" places like museums, art galleries, etc.

Many of them are as heavy as a small car, so that will also have to be a consideration and for the price, you could purchase two or three small used cars that are in great shape or rent a lot of cars.

Double ditto. Which is why we're seriously considering a Vespa that can easily be mounted on a platform on the back. It will let us do a grocery run or sunny day runabouts as needed without the hefty price tag or weight of the 3-wheeler.

You will be limited to sight seeing only in good weather. Rain, mist, cold, etc. will not allow you to get out and those are some of the best days for seeing those "indoor" places like museums, art galleries, etc.

Many of them are as heavy as a small car, so that will also have to be a consideration and for the price, you could purchase two or three small used cars that are in great shape or rent a lot of cars.

charming wrote:
We have a 29ft B+ we have enjoyed for short trips. In a yearr or so we are planning to go coast to coast. Problem as I see it is our Rvision is powered by a Chevy 8. We are concerned about towing anything substantial up &down mountains. Plus, DH has no desire to tow a car. For now we are thinking about renting cars when we stop for a few days in one area. I recently got the idea of buying a 3 wheeler.

Living here on the coast we see every vehicle type known to man or woman. One thing I've seen quite a few of recently are trikes and the can/am with 2 wheels in front.

I think a trike would be the perfect answer for us. What are your experiences with the 3 wheelers?

PS: We are not motorcycle people.

I have a Ford 29 ft. b+ HR . Look like yours, I did not want to pull a car also, so I had a rack put on back to hold a scooter. I am a motorcycle person years back that is, but I don't think you should do a scooter type without some training on how to ride them first. You RV will carry a rack and scooter total lbs of 500 lbs no problem. Done it a lot. Get some training be safe. Your RV will do all the moutains in this country no problem, it slows down but will do them fine.