Looking at Buying a trike kit

Looking at buying a trike kit for a 1200 Kawasaki Voyager 2003. Any owners out there?
Also looking at a Trigg trike kit. Any benefits the Tow pac has over a Trigg kit?

Also, can I install this kit? I'm not a mechanic, but do a lot of my own oil changes etc

spummerr wrote:Looking at buying a trike kit for a 1200 Kawasaki Voyager 2003. Any owners out there?
Also looking at a Trigg trike kit. Any benefits the Tow pac has over a Trigg kit?

Also, can I install this kit? I'm not a mechanic, but do a lot of my own oil changes etc

My name is Tony Molina, owver of Cycle Stuff in Lavergne, Tennessee. We are the nations largest distributor of Insta Trike kits by Tow Pac. We have seen all of the kits on the market, including Trigg. Their facility is only about an hour from our shop and we visited the factory about 5 months ago. The product is most similar to the Voyager trike kit. We have not completely made the decision NOT to carry Trigg, but there are some disadvantages that we see that we are not sure if we like. The biggest would be the mounting of the kit, where the main point of attachment is UNDER the bike decreasing your ground clearance. We feel that when you only have 7-9 inches of clearance to begin with, cutting it down by 2-4 inches is significant. When we spoke with them last fall, their turnaround time was about 8-10 weeks where the Tow Pac kit is around 2 weeks. They also charge fees for credit card use, plus a hefty packaging fee--this will probably put your overall cost significantly higher.
The Tow Pac has been an excellent product and we have sold hundreds of kits all across the country in addition to installing many many kits.

As far as installation..if you have moderate skills you shouldn't have any problems installing the kit. About 90% of our customers install these kits themselves. Myself, I am not a mechanic and I have done many of these kits myself.

I hope this information helps, if you have any other questions, please do not hesitate in asking!

Take care!!

Tony Molina, Owner
Cycle Stuff
615-535-1186
www.CycleStuffInc.com

What's a average mileage for tire life? I read on a Wing board one guy only got 1200 miles out of his 12" tires.
I'm guessing something wasn't adjusted correctly??

Also what kind of mileage decline to you see on these? Thank You

spummerr wrote:What's a average mileage for tire life? I read on a Wing board one guy only got 1200 miles out of his 12" tires.
I'm guessing something wasn't adjusted correctly??

Also what kind of mileage decline to you see on these? Thank You

I don't have enough feedback to have an accurate average,however, I can tell you that 1200 is abnormal. I have seen several kits in the shop with much more than 1200 miles. This could be do over/under inflation,bad alignment,poorly adjusted status bars.
The tires are also fairly inexpensive (about $30 at Tractor Supply,Northern Tool, etc). I also would recommend Dyna Bead tire balancer beads. These are self adjusting tire balancers which should give you about 30% longer tread life. In addition to this, the tires will always be balanced.

Hope this helps.

Tony Molina,Owner
Cycle Stuff
615-535-1186
www.CycleStuffInc.com

i have about 5,000 miles on my tow pac wheels. 12" if i remember. had it installed at the factory in may 09. it is ok, would not do it again would just buy a wing trike instead. have tried to sell it without luck. but the tire life should not be an issue.

i would pick the tow pac over trigg, cost and servicability. anyone can keep up on the tow pack. ?? on the trigg. I can also take it off with little to no effort. mike

Nobody makes a full trike conversion for my bike. Found out Trigg doesn't make a kit either.
So Tow pac or Voyager is all I have to look at.
I don't like the low ground clearance of the Voyager kit thou

the construction is very good on the tow pac. we visited the shop - very impressive - and the people were accomodating while they worked.

spummer you have pm.