Passenger Assist Handle

[ttanthony]

I'm not sure if this has ever been brought up before. We have just picked up our new 2015 Tri-Glide. Which by the way we love. My wife was commenting on the fact that the passenger assist handle pressing against her legs. Tried moving the passenger floor boards. If I raise them to the top hole it reliefs the pressure but then she is uncomfortable. So I have lowered the boards and REMOVED the handle. My question is: has anyone else run into this concern.

 

[wimoonshiner]

Yip, for sure! I also removed the strap that was for the passenger, which I never really knew what that was for anyhow.?.? No safety issues other than the wife not having anything to grab ahold of. I tell her that's what I'm here for!!

 

[PIGGI]

You can try to bend them down out of the way. If you take turns hard your DW might feel safer with them on.

 

[rap47]

Took them off my 2011 right after I bought it. They were hitting the wifes legs (she is on the short side) and have not missed them at all.

 

[msocko3]

My wife is 4'11" and never had any problems with the one on the 2010 Triglide I had, but then I had to make changes in the passenger foot boards to get her legs where they needed to be so they didn't hit the grab handle. IMO they are a safety item, all it takes is someone to turn in front of you and you put on the brakes hard, you may be wearing your back seat passenger.

A few years back I had an old lady turn left in front of me while the wife and I was riding my 2 wheel 06 Ultra. As I hit the brakes hard and started down shifting I expected to feel the wife slam into my back. Afterwards I found out she had seen the situation unfold and grabbed the grab handles. She said her back side came about an inch off of the seat I was braking so hard. Had she not had those handles to grab she would have gone forward and into me causing a bad situation to become a whole lot worse.

 

[Casper]

As most know, the 2013 Ultra Classic's do not come with a passenger grad rail, so I bought a used one from a forum member. Turns out it was not a stock HD item, I think it may be from Kuryakin. Long story short it's a lot flatter than the stock HD rail. When I bought the 14 TG I switched the rails for the reason stated above, hitting the wife's legs. Works for us.
i can take a picture if needed.

 

[HDB0B]

Wife fits fine .... Added the HD covers 99168-05 which the wife and I both like.
Can pad stock bar with pool noodle or copper pipe insulation.

These work great http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/1596/Adjustable-Passenger-Pegs

Also might try a rear pad for her like an Airhawk R which would raise her slightly.

I have to have them to move my trike around.

Bob orag:

 

[ttanthony]

As most know, the 2013 Ultra Classic's do not come with a passenger grad rail, so I bought a used one from a forum member. Turns out it was not a stock HD item, I think it may be from Kuryakin. Long story short it's a lot flatter than the stock HD rail. When I bought the 14 TG I switched the rails for the reason stated above, hitting the wife's legs. Works for us.
i can take a picture if needed.

Is there any chance you could fine the part number for the "flat rail" that you installed on your MY 2014

 

[HDB0B]

http://www.kuryakyn.com/products/1793/passenger-grab-rails

Bob orag:

 

[Casper]

I will look tomorrow, HDBOB it's not that one.
Not sure if it's a Kury or not...

 

[msocko3]

As most know, the 2013 Ultra Classic's do not come with a passenger grad rail, so I bought a used one from a forum member. Turns out it was not a stock HD item, I think it may be from Kuryakin. Long story short it's a lot flatter than the stock HD rail. When I bought the 14 TG I switched the rails for the reason stated above, hitting the wife's legs. Works for us. i can take a picture if needed.

Good old mother Harley quit installing them on 2 wheels with the 2006 MY touring. The goofy strap between the passengers legs doesn't cut it IMO. One of the 1st things I did when I took delivery of my 06 Ultra was install the grab handle.

 

[tom w]

had a set given to me by a friend who's wife did not like them. I put them on my ultra and my wife complained so I took them off. don't know when things changed but she decided they were a good idea. back on they went ! :Shrug:

had to get $300.00 set of adjustable pegs to go with them but she is happy for now.

 

[JJHog]

I have these installed on my 2013. Much better than HD stock. Also have the adjustable passenger footpegs. Still have the passenger floor board installed too.

http://cycleplicity.com/products/698...FRIS7AodBG8AFQ

 

[Casper]

Sorry I took so long to reply. My I oad is acting strange and won't let me resond or post a reply...

The handle is not like the one post above, no plastic on the handles. I havn't located a part number either. I'll keep checking

 

[fmgsr]

Honey, won't ride without the handles. Gonna see if she want HD covers.

 

[HDB0B]

Honey, won't ride without the handles. Gonna see if she want HD covers.

If you do the HD covers 91668-05 it REALLY helps to run a 4-40 bottoming tap through them before trying to put them on. ThumbUp
I think these took the longest of any accessory for me to put on ..... until I grabbed the bottoming tap and then things went smoothly. My wife really likes them and it is easier on my hands while moving the trike into the garage parking spot.

Bob orag:

 

[Moe55]

Wife fits fine .... Added the HD covers 99168-05 which the wife and I both like.
Can pad stock bar with pool noodle or copper pipe insulation.

These work great http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/1596/Adjustable-Passenger-Pegs

Also might try a rear pad for her like an Airhawk R which would raise her slightly.

I have to have them to move my trike around.

Bob orag:

Did you install the HD covers 99168-5 on your 2014? Parts fitment only list to 2013.

 

[HDB0B]

Did you install the HD covers 99168-5 on your 2014? Parts fitment only list to 2013.

YES They are on my 2014 Tri Glide.

 

[fmgsr]

If you do the HD covers 91668-05 it REALLY helps to run a 4-40 bottoming tap through them before trying to put them on. ThumbUp
I think these took the longest of any accessory for me to put on ..... until I grabbed the bottoming tap and then things went smoothly. My wife really likes them and it is easier on my hands while moving the trike into the garage parking spot.

Bob orag:

thanks for the tip, Bob.
frank

 

[Moe55]

Installed the covers on our 14. Thank you HDBOB for the info about the tap that sure did help. It is one of the harder accessories to install. Anyone else doing it put something under the cover when installing, old hands drop stuff and those screws are hard to find on the floor!

Wife really likes them so the extra work was worth it.

 

[KJB]

My wife has only been on one 120 mile ride on our Trike so far and she hasn't complained so I'm not going to plant that seed.

 

[triglider]

I'm not sure if this has ever been brought up before. We have just picked up our new 2015 Tri-Glide. Which by the way we love. My wife was commenting on the fact that the passenger assist handle pressing against her legs. Tried moving the passenger floor boards. If I raise them to the top hole it reliefs the pressure but then she is uncomfortable. So I have lowered the boards and REMOVED the handle. My question is: has anyone else run into this concern.

ThumbUp First thing I took off, wife much happier .

 

[HDB0B]

I use mine to move the trike around. I don't think I could live without them. Wife uses them all the time here on PA roads.
We even have the HD grip covers on ours that make them a bit bigger.

Since you have them off .... why not heat them and bend them down to a level that does not bother her?

Bob orag:

 

[CaCruizin]

I have the HD covers on the grab handles and they are so fiddly awkward @#$%$#@$ to fit! I kept dropping the screws and a some won't locate and screw in and I persevered for about an hour before I gave up.
They are on and tight but 3 screws wouldn't fit into the threads.

 

[Polock]

I removed the handle as soon as I bought the bike. You don't miss what you never had. lol

 

[CaCruizin]

My wife says she likes it as she can hold on when I go round a corner on two wheels!

 

[HDB0B]

I have the HD covers on the grab handles and they are so fiddly awkward @#$%$#@$ to fit! I kept dropping the screws and a some won't locate and screw in and I persevered for about an hour before I gave up.
They are on and tight but 3 screws wouldn't fit into the threads.

See post #16 in this thread for the solution.

Bob orag:

 

[Rollin Thunder]

I've had 6 Baggers thru the yrs. And to think I used to take them off and or throw them away. Now I see that some need them. If you do need these you should post it in the for sale section or look in Craigslist for them. ThumbUp

 

[msocko3]

I've had 6 Baggers thru the yrs. And to think I used to take them off and or throw them away. Now I see that some need them. If you do need these you should post it in the for sale section or look in Craigslist for them. ThumbUp

ThumbUp If a person doesn't have a rear passenger it makes no difference whether its on or off. I know when I bought my 06 Ultra Classic it was the 1st year Harley quit installing them, it was also the 1st thing the wife missed and made me install. IMO it is a safety device, the ones on my 06 has kept a couple near miss accidents from almost becoming something bad.

All it takes is something to cause the driver to brake hard with a rear seat passenger and the need will become apparent. Under extremely hard braking that rear seat passenger is going to come forward and push the driver forward, now the driver has to contend with the situation and the passenger trying to push them over the bars. Let the driver have to brake hard, and the swerve, they may not have a passenger on the rear at the end of the maneuver. Or the passenger will grab the driver and try and take them with them.

On one of the near miss's the wife and I had, her back side came up from the seat about and inch. I kept waiting to get slammed in the back by her weight, but it didn't happen because the wife saw the situation unfold and grabbed the handles and hung on. If she would have come forward and slammed into me I thing we would have had a bad situation become much worse.

 

[Sloufoot]

I agree on the safety side by all means ! But everyone that travel without anyone in the rear can use them to tie down luggage in the rear seat. That will take some of the weight off the rear end & distribute it forward of the rear wheels a bit.
I vote to leave it on ! But JMHO........