Wow, hate to hear that. He was a super interesting guy and I’m sure was a big factor in making Roadsmith the company they are. I still can’t get over the precision quality of the differential system he designed. Hoping him the best in retirement!
Damn Ray, wishing you the very best in your recovery, Jo Ann and I send our prayers that you heal up before making any riding decisions. Gonna try to send some good karma your way.
Thanks for the info, but I really don't have a problem steering in general. The problem is that the Voyager kit rocks and bounces the bike and jerks the handle bars when riding on rough roads.
Rocker switch on the left side below the voltage and air bag led readouts. One rocker is for the air bags and the other one is for the screw drives for the pedals. They may be stuck if you ran them too far and jammed them up. Lube the screw drives and hope they loosen up. Rick
Installed the new tire on the bike today, everything fit right and I will take it out for a ride tomorrow. I have to worm the tire up to get the ride on to do it's thing. they say it may rain tomorrow morning. we haven't had rain were we live about 70 mile south east of Phoenix, Az. in Hidden Valley 17miles south west of the town of Maricopa. all the rain seems to go around us.so we hope we get some tomorrow.
That’s a baffling question!
Seriously, the baffles merely buffer, dampen, and absorb the exhaust pulses going through the pipes. There is an art to making mufflers from size, number, and shape of the openings to the diameter and length of the inner and outer pipes. Complicate that even further with whether they are unpacked or packed and what type of material.
If a person doesn’t know what they are doing, you can end up down a deep rabbit hole chasing one thing that creates 3 more problems. Removing the cat is for sure one of them, but it MOST DEFINITELY does improve the sound on an M8 if done correctly.
My suggestion would be to get ahold of a Tuner that actually knows what parts work best together. An example would be to give Bob at Fuelmoto a call and tell him what you got and what your expectations are. He’ll then tell you what you need in order to achieve it while ensuring that your bike runs properly.
A certain political party has taken to feminizing so many of our little boys I'm wondering where we're gonna get enough men to fight the next war also.
This forum is great, I also belong to several Facebook motorcycle groups. The one thing that ruffles my feathers the worst is when someone new to a brand or motorcycling in general asks a question and people blast him or her with asinine remarks. There is not one of us who swings a leg over either a trike or two-wheeler that was born with all the knowledge in the world. Mechanical know how is learned through years of experience and some mistakes made along the way. So never be bashful about asking any question in here. And welcome to Trike Tak.
I have a 2021 Ultra 114 - with a CSC conversion. Think it is a little heavier that the MotorTrike.
Holds 6 gallons and I usually average about 40MPG. When I fill up, thanks reserve says about 252. I don't gun it and, on the highway, I run about 70 and about 55 on the back roads.
Step by step. Decided to go ahead and have reverse installed local before bike goes to Hannigan.
Need to keep some of the work in local shop. Also one less thing Hannigan needs to deal with.
Decide to go with MotorTrike again.
Aaaaaaaaaaa I just love my downstairs bathroom, go downstairs to take a :poop: and read the daily newspaper,,, nothing is better!!! peace ~n~ quiet!!!
Ronnie
10/16/24
I test rode a can Am spyder, and have to say that I honestly loved :love: it... If anything happens to my GW TRIKE, my next ride will be the C/A spyder.......... NO more fart'n around with try'n to find the right GW to purchase and than travel'n 150 miles away to get it triked out {and I don't trust that trike builder what's so ever}....When, I have a C/A dealer 7 1/2 miles from my home.
Thanks for the responses, I live in a fairly rural area so I'll probably be having fun with this on my 10 or so acres. At my age, 66, speed isn't really a concern so if the old thing decides that 60 is top speed that'll be fine. I'm just thinking on this as another retirement toy, after all the leading cause of death in us old retired people is retirement! nothing to do so we get bored.... As for the 6V setup, I think that will be more of the charm considering I'm just making this a toy (I have a '98 Sportster, '83 honda Nighthawk, and a couple old shitty cages for my main transport so I think this will be a fun project.)
Back in the the 70s, We had problems in our race cars when we used leftover high octane fuel in the tank after replacing a blown engine temporally with a detuned spare engine.
Using a fuel that is higher octane than the engine requires, may cause SVS, sticky valve syndrome.
SVS is a documented problem with Road Stars using premium gas.
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