Crossbow

CROSSBOW

Third-wheeling Vision

What are we, Cycle World or Trike World? Well, trikes are big and getting bigger as Baby Boomers keep booming into, uhhh, the fullness of their years. Lehman says its trikes’

“No Lean” suspension is designed to resist body roll and that its machines handle more like a small sports car than a trike—also that an experienced rider on a Lehman can outcorner most touring and cruiser motorcycles. I kept it to two wheels on this launch, but I might have liked to put that claim to the test...

Anyway, the CrossBow is an impressively put-together vehicle, with lines and a level of fit and finish that look factory. Why not? Lehman’s HQ in Spearfish, South Dakota, employs nearly 100 people, and the company has been at it for more than 20 years.

The CrossBow uses the same 106-cube engine and carbon-fiber-reinforced belt drive as the Vision, rolls on the same 65.7-inch wheelbase and weighs in at a claimed 1187 pounds. Scheduled to arrive in Lehman dealerships about nowish, the CrossBow lists at $33,995. This thing was actually developed in conjunction with Victory, and as such is backed by a three-year, unlimited-mileage warranty by Lehman, as well as the standard Victory one-year unlimited-mileage warranty. John Burns