Thanks for the responses. One of the reasons I posed this question on 50+ was because I feel like I get a better quality of responses. Zonatandem, for example had an actual failure to report. He neither overstated not understated the problem, didn't try to hide it, he just said this is wnhat happened and this is how it was resolved. I can work with information like that.
I'm in the process of buying a fairly high end recumbent tandem. Right now there really isn't much that I can do for 2 weeks but I'm excited so I want to think about it all the time.
I hope the weather in Hays, Kansas is good over Valentine's/ President's Day weekend so we can do a test ride.