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Old 03-06-2013, 08:03 PM   #14 (permalink)
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One could argue that reverse trikes are in fact more stable when corning since the rear wheel stays planted while on a 4 wheel car, the trailing wheel has a tendency to come off the ground. On a trike, the car is trying to flip itself over the front tire in a turn. This means, that the turn would have to generate enough force to lift the vehicle up and over the axis of the front wheel. On a 4 wheeled vehicle, the force generated by the turn only has to be enough to roll the car over onto it's side. As long as the trike is properly designed, a trike is just as stable as a 4 wheeled vehicle in a turn. The only negative of trikes is for the back end to break loose, but with less weight in the back, this effect in somewhat nullified. If you're taking turns in normal driving fast enough to cause the back end to break loose, you need to reevaluate your driving and not your vehicle.

Again, with proper design and weight proportions, a trike can out handle a 4 wheel drive vehicle any day.
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