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I ride a Helix with a TowPac MiniTrike kit. Been riding it for over 5 years and love it. Was always afraid I'd drop a bike (have twisted my knee several times in the past so I'm never sure when it will fail me), or loose control in the loose gravel we frequently have on the roads here. So I never rode any distance on a scoot before getting the kit. Rode for 27 years as passenger with my husband on motorcycles and scooters before getting my own. We still ride together, just on separate scooters.

At STO 2008, my husband rode an 1100 V-Star with a TowPac InstaTrike kit. Before STO 2009, he traded the V-Star for a Burgman 650 and kept the kit. TowPac's official stand is that you cannnot put an InstaTrike kit on a scooter. InstaTrike is for motorcycles, MiniTrike is for scooters.

So what to do when you have already paid over $3000 for a kit? Spend another $300 for a bracket kit to install a MiniTrike kit on a Burgman 650, and use it to attach the InstaTrike kit to the Burg. The InstaTrike kit frame lacked 4 holes for attaching brackets, otherwise everything worked fine. Rather than drilling 4 holes in the solid 1" square metal kit frame, and weakening it, he welded the brackets on instead. He has everything else bolted tight, everything is lined up, and he's put over 100 miles on it. Works fine, is solid and safe.

Now who says you can't put an InstaTrike kit on a Burgman 650?

p.s. For those not familiar with these products, they bolt onto a motorcycle or scooter, giving you the stability of a trike. The rear wheel of the bike continues to be the drive wheel, so you actually have 4 wheels. The InstaTrike has a receiver hitch and is easily removed and reinstalled. The MiniTrike lacks the receiver hitch, making it lighter weight, but harder to remove.