Your wife might like this type

 

That's a loaded question...

you'll get different answers depending on your definition of motorcycle...

It certainly is a cycle, & it certainly has a motor.

BUT...

Riding skills differ between bikes & trikes

& the laws regarding trikes MAY (not sure here) vary state to state...

In my opinion it is a Motorcycle.

Others may disagree of course...

 

In NY, if you take the test on a trike, that is all you can ride... As far as weather or not its real motorcycle, ask someone who can only ride a trike, weather it be due to a disability or just an inability. I bet to them, its real.

 

why would it not be real>i know some very cool handicap people who would have to give up riding if it werent for trikes

 

I like trikes, see them as three wheeled bikes. I joke that I will get one when I get old.

 

 

Ok count again trike as in tri-bike as in tri=three

You were just waiting to use this picture, weren't yea, weren't yea


as for the original question if your state has a helmet law for motorcycles, it also applies to trikes, so most states would say yes its a bike.

If I couldn't ride two wheels, I'd take a side car(looking at then anyway) or ride my jeep more, but personal preference(may change as time goes on), I'll never knock anybody for riding a trike, I may snicker a little at those yellow things with two wheels in the front(Can-Am Spyder), I know they're more stable in corners then a regular trike, but they sure do look funky .

 

 

I like that:

 

Is a trike a bike?

Is a 883 a girlie bike?

yes to both