Howdy friends,
As some know from my posts, I am new to my 2012 TriGlide although I'm not new to riding motorcycles. I have been riding since I was very young and the bikes I rode were affordable used dirt bikes. Lots of good learning during those years on knobbies. But, as my income grew, so did my ability to have several street bikes and the ride continues. Bottom line, I love the open road, especially long distance road trips.
Now I have a new trike to add to my list of former bikes. I sold my '97 Heritage Springer in January of this year and sold the sidecar that was married to that ride. Again, loads of fun can be had on a sidecar rig. But, they are gone. I still have my '03 Ultra Classic and have been removing lots of the chrome and gadgets that made that bike a pleasure for me to ride. That Ultra has 100K miles while the Heritage Springer has somewhere between 60 - 70K on the clock. Like I said, I am much like so many on triketalk as far as the love to burn gas in the most enjoyable way, on two wheels and now on three wheels but different than the sidecar rig.
Anyway, as I have been changing over so many things from the Ultra to the Triglide I am amazed on how different just 9 years has changed the fitage between the two Harleys. I've slowed on the removeal of partson the Ultra a bit in the last several days, but today I managed to remove the chrome cover on the key knob that I had on my Ultra. It was still stuck on the knob pretty good and after finding the Harley package that held the chrome cover for the key knob from when I bought and installed it, back in '04 or maybe '05. Wow, the price was still on the package and the cost back then was $89.95. Shortly after I bought it I saw that it became obsolete.
So, I thought I'd be pretty luck to be a guy that still had that obsolete part right there for the whole world to see. But, believe or not, the key know has been changed in size. It still had the same shape but, although it fit on my '03 Ultra, it was to small for a proper fit on my '12 TriGlide. How or why that change took place is just simply beyond me. I'm not sure what year the change took place or if maybe more than once the key knob has been changed, that would explain why that chrome key knob cover became obsolete. I sort of liked the cover and will miss it, but I'm going to add it to the ever growing list of parts that I'm going to sell.
I thought the resizing was a bit strange and I'm not sure if the change is only on the TriGlide or all H-D bikes that have the same key knob.
So long for now,
Sam aka chappy
As some know from my posts, I am new to my 2012 TriGlide although I'm not new to riding motorcycles. I have been riding since I was very young and the bikes I rode were affordable used dirt bikes. Lots of good learning during those years on knobbies. But, as my income grew, so did my ability to have several street bikes and the ride continues. Bottom line, I love the open road, especially long distance road trips.
Now I have a new trike to add to my list of former bikes. I sold my '97 Heritage Springer in January of this year and sold the sidecar that was married to that ride. Again, loads of fun can be had on a sidecar rig. But, they are gone. I still have my '03 Ultra Classic and have been removing lots of the chrome and gadgets that made that bike a pleasure for me to ride. That Ultra has 100K miles while the Heritage Springer has somewhere between 60 - 70K on the clock. Like I said, I am much like so many on triketalk as far as the love to burn gas in the most enjoyable way, on two wheels and now on three wheels but different than the sidecar rig.
Anyway, as I have been changing over so many things from the Ultra to the Triglide I am amazed on how different just 9 years has changed the fitage between the two Harleys. I've slowed on the removeal of partson the Ultra a bit in the last several days, but today I managed to remove the chrome cover on the key knob that I had on my Ultra. It was still stuck on the knob pretty good and after finding the Harley package that held the chrome cover for the key knob from when I bought and installed it, back in '04 or maybe '05. Wow, the price was still on the package and the cost back then was $89.95. Shortly after I bought it I saw that it became obsolete.
So, I thought I'd be pretty luck to be a guy that still had that obsolete part right there for the whole world to see. But, believe or not, the key know has been changed in size. It still had the same shape but, although it fit on my '03 Ultra, it was to small for a proper fit on my '12 TriGlide. How or why that change took place is just simply beyond me. I'm not sure what year the change took place or if maybe more than once the key knob has been changed, that would explain why that chrome key knob cover became obsolete. I sort of liked the cover and will miss it, but I'm going to add it to the ever growing list of parts that I'm going to sell.
I thought the resizing was a bit strange and I'm not sure if the change is only on the TriGlide or all H-D bikes that have the same key knob.
So long for now,
Sam aka chappy
