What did you do to Your Tri-Glide Today?

[hardwickbv]

Finally feeling better

Had 3 surgeries since 11/8 for kidney stones and got the stents that they put in taken out yesterday.

It has been a miserable couple months but the stones are gone and I feel a lot better today.

The temperature outside got up to 51 and with me feeling like I can actually do somethin I installed the Love Jugs Mighty Mite fans that have been in the closet on my 2017 TG. This didn't take long as I had Coolmasters on it that are on EBAY now, so it was a simple swap.

Once done I still felt pretty good so I took it for a 35 mile ride.

It is amazing how much better mood I am in now.:clapping::clapping: My wife has said I have been a little grumpy lately.

Not being able to ride or do much of anything else does that to me.

Bob

 

[1dn5up]

Good to hear your feeling better, misery has no friends

 

[desertclassic]

Haven't been on the trike in a while, hopefully tomorrow the weather will hold and I will get in a few miles. My wife says I am an old grumpy man, so I should ride every day. Jim

 

[BillR]

Had 3 surgeries since 11/8 for kidney stones and got the stents that they put in taken out yesterday.

It has been a miserable couple months but the stones are gone and I feel a lot better today.

The temperature outside got up to 51 and with me feeling like I can actually do somethin I installed the Love Jugs Mighty Mite fans that have been in the closet on my 2017 TG. This didn't take long as I had Coolmasters on it that are on EBAY now, so it was a simple swap.

Once done I still felt pretty good so I took it for a 35 mile ride.

It is amazing how much better mood I am in now.:clapping::clapping: My wife has said I have been a little grumpy lately.

Not being able to ride or do much of anything else does that to me.

Bob

You have my utmost sympathy, Bob. I went through the same thing. Lost the whole month of March this year.

 

[Zammy]

Picked up the trike from the dealer with the new front fender installed, looks good as expected. It was nice getting back in the wind, the Misses has about 4 more weeks before she can ride, her knee Doc said possibly after her next appointment.

 

[Capt.Bob]

Completed 5k Service on 2017 M8 Tri Glide Ultra

Cloudy/rainy day today in North Florida so a good time to perform my 5k service on my 2017 TGU. The original M8 engine had grenaded on this trike at about 15 miles (oil pump) and the engine was replaced in November 2016. I bought the trike with the new engine and 90 miles on the odometer. The M8 engine has been using a bit of oil since the 1k service but I would say well less than 1 quart for the intervening 4k miles of service but need to add a dab to keep it at the half-full line on the dipstick about every 200-300 miles.

Have not noticed any problems with the reported scavaging between the engine oil and/or transmission oil level which has stayed exactly right on the money during the 4k interval.

Pulled the air cleaner as part of the service and did not notice much in the way of oily mist residue inside the air cleaner or the throat of the throttle body itself (I did take a paper towel and wipe the inside of the air cleaner, throttle body and the oil recirculating tube end). I think keeping the oil at half way up the dipstick and not attempting to keep at the "full" mark keeps the engine from excessive blow-by. I also inspected the magnet on the oil drain plug and am happy to report that there was almost no noticeable metal shavings on the magnet. There was a bit of small metal filings on the 1k service but nothing alarming whatsoever.

It will be interesting to see if the oil consumption rate slows as the trike continues to get ridden more and the engine hopefully does a bit more seating of all moving components inside? The only thing I dread is the 30k service where I will likely have the dealership do the spark plug replacement. Other than that, the maintenance on this 2017 M8-engined machine seems just as easy as my 2016 TC 103 ci was in terms of doing the routine maintenance.

I have been thinking about going down to the lower West Coast of Florida (family has a home in Port Charlotte) for 7-10 days after New Year's day and riding the piss out of the trike all over South Florida. I will be able to get a better handle on the oil consumption which is currently slightly more (10-15%) than my former 2016 that had almost 15k miles on the odometer when I traded it in for just a few thousand dollars of depreciation between the 103 TC and the new M8-engined trike (I think they wanted to get rid of the "tainted" trike that had blown up with 15 miles <grin>). Another of the reasons that I did the trade was wanting the low-end grunt of the M8 in the somewhat porky TGU.

 

[Triglide1950]

Nothing, had to settle for looking at pictures from July's road trip. (Sadface)

 

[ultrafxr]

Installed Christmas presents I got for us to enjoy on our Tri-Glide:

DK Custom Products Cooling Deflector Wings - hope they also deflect some of the cold air that comes up and over the tank

Viking backrest organizer kit 21997 for the Harley Queen to store her phone and glasses. This one looks identical to the H-D branded one sans the logo and it is only $65 vs $110 for the H-D version.

 

[DK Custom Products]

I left my Tri-Glide at home today.

Looked at the temp (22*) and borrowed Marys truck.

22* and sunny is not too bad, but when I head home tonight, 20* and dark is a lot colder!

Kevin

 

[ultrafxr]

I left my Tri-Glide at home today.

Looked at the temp (22*) and borrowed Marys truck.

22* and sunny is not too bad, but when I head home tonight, 20* and dark is a lot colder!

Kevin

A very smart decision.

 

[Ultra fred]

Put some new highway pegs on the Tri-Glide today

 

[DK Custom Products]

A very smart decision.

Yeah, heading home last night (after dark) I saw several deer...including one right on the side of the road that I passed not 3 feet away from it.

Just leaving out now...checked the weather..."feels like 14*". Truck is heating up right now.

Kevin

 

[Peter A.]

Ride

Took a little 120 mi. ride on the trike to p/u a Harley part - a little cool but nice.

Life is GOOD HERE IN CALIFORNIA (even though we have s--- for a governor).

:Coffee:

 

[desertclassic]

Yeah, heading home last night (after dark) I saw several deer...including one right on the side of the road that I passed not 3 feet away from it.

Just leaving out now...checked the weather..."feels like 14*". Truck is heating up right now.

Kevin

Stay out of the nasty stuff and be safe. 60* plus here until the 1st is the forecast. I always ride on the 1st of Jan, I have been known to push the bike or trike out of the garage and ride back in. Weather is to take a dive for a few days around the 1st. Jim

 

[DK Custom Products]

Stay out of the nasty stuff and be safe. 60* plus here until the 1st is the forecast. I always ride on the 1st of Jan, I have been known to push the bike or trike out of the garage and ride back in. Weather is to take a dive for a few days around the 1st. Jim

Yes, same here on a New Years Day ride. Forecast to be cold...super cold for us. Low of 11 and high of 24. We'll go for a ride, even if it is not a long one.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Went out to the shop to do a little maintenance work on the TG today.

Saw this, and turned around and went back into the warm house.

:laugh:

More pics in this thread-

https://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/39377-A-Day-in-the-Life?p=545128&posted=1#post545128

Kevin

 

[Peter A.]

What you do

Installed the fancy LED floorboards yesterday (7 colors) and took it out for a short ride today

 

[1dn5up]

Removed front wheel, repacked bearings, waiting for new tyre to show up.

 

[Ray55]

Installed my new V&H slip-ons for the tri-glide. Installed the DK air filter and crankcase vent system and installed the Fuelmoto power vision. No just have to learn how to use the power vision.The V&H mufflers are just about as quite as the stock mufflers. The body is only about a foot long and the tips are about a foot long so it takes a mounting adapter to hold the mufflers.

 

[DK Custom Products]

Installed the fancy LED floorboards yesterday (7 colors) and took it out for a short ride today

Photos?

 

[DK Custom Products]

Was not today...video from Friday ride-



Kevin

 

[Peter A.]

LEDs

Photos?

I'll try......I've always had a real issue of posting photo's on this site!

:gah:

 

[DK Custom Products]

Been meaning to do this for over a year...finally got around to it yesterday. (it was raining, so it made it an easy choice to not ride, but get some work done)

Between the loose factory tolerances, and the quality metal, I had a pretty good rattle going between the shifter shaft and the case bore.

Not anymore!

Remove linkage, remove shift arm, remove shifter pegs and shaft. Drill hole, thread hole, install Zerk fitting. Clean all metal out. Put back together. Grease gun to Zerk.

All quiet now.

Kevin

 

[RAHRAHJR]

What I did to my Trike today?

First of all let me start by saying I may have just got the new trike 1/10/18 but I had a deposit on it and buying stuff since 9/1/17.

So here goes the list since 1/10:

-DK Customs rear end lift kit (could not get the full lift)

-CVO smoked out front turn signals

-CVO airflow shifter levers and pegs

-CVO airflow foot boards front and back

-CVO airflow brake lever and pad

-Chrome tour pak rack with smoked out light

-tour pak interior lighting

-tour pak power port

-tour pak boom speakers with chrome trim

-tour pak smoked side lights

-tinted wind splitter windshield

-chrome windshield trim

-windshield bag

-CVO airflow cruizer pegs

-trunk light kit

still in the pile:

-CVO airflow mirrors

-smoked out fender tip light

I will eventually do the painted inner fairing chrome hand controls and chrome rims. But that will be awhile yet.

 

[RAHRAHJR]

Picts of above

 

[alienwulf]

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You my friend have the "sickness"

 

[Peter A.]

Sickness

Mighty nice......and a great SICKNESS to have...Enjoy!

 

[LadyonaMission]

The aforementioned "sickness" is so much better than any other because you have a lot of cool things to show off. :drinks:

 

[DK Custom Products]

I have a little fender repair I need to do on the TG.

So last night when I got home I removed the front fender to bring it into the shop.

I could not get to the fendertip light connection without removing the outer fairing. So off it came! Wow! I've killed a LOT of bugs since the last time I cleaned it!!!!

What it looks like inside.

Got the connector disconnected and removed the fender...

...then put it back together so I can ride it until the fender is repaired.

Fender should be ready to go early next week sometime. I'll post some pics of the work we do on it soon.

Rode it in this morning, and going up this afternoon to Memphis. As long as I don't ride in any rain or over any gravel or debris, I should be fine with no fender.

Kevin

 

[jc1300]

I have a little fender repair I need to do on the TG.

So last night when I got home I removed the front fender to bring it into the shop.

I could not get to the fendertip light connection without removing the outer fairing. So off it came! Wow! I've killed a LOT of bugs since the last time I cleaned it!!!!

...then put it back together so I can ride it until the fender is repaired.

Fender should be ready to go early next week sometime. I'll post some pics of the work we do on it soon.

Rode it in this morning, and going up this afternoon to Memphis. As long as I don't ride in any rain or over any gravel or debris, I should be fine with no fender.

Kevin

LOL Kevin....I can remember a similar problem a bike or two back regarding the front fender light. LONG before I even thought of taking the fairing off I cut that cord and spliced it back in later. Don't remember exactly where it was - But I do remember not being able to see the splice! Man.....had that been my fender, most likely would have been damaged a real long time before I'd go the "Correct" route you took.....too funny