What did you do to Your Tri-Glide Today?

[ultrafxr]

After a beautiful day yesterday today is dreary with light to moderate rain so no chance to ride.

Anyway I had to go to the gym for PT on my knee. I'm officially finished with PT but of course I'll continue to exercise the knee.

After I got home I decided to install the USB power point in the tour pak. Really handy when on the road to charge mobile phones, etc.





Then I installed my Custom Dynamics Pro Beal taillights. I had the Pro Beam turn signals up front and really like them. I have the full setup front and back on my 2017 CVO Limited but never did the rear lights on either trike due to the expense of having two taillights. But thanks to a great forum member, Peter, (PTR), who offered a set for sale I was able to get this great addition. Thanks Peter. They are great. Can you see me now?

This is stock taillights:



This is Pro Beams:



Pro Beams with brake lights on:

 

[ultrafxr]

Yup. That's what they are.

 

[MDF48]

Questions.

Jerry, i suppose the dragon is a decal, and the other service symbol, is it USAF and what does it say? Looks good! BTW, both of my rear tail lights are Bad Ass lights. Expensive, but boy to they get attention. Like the USB port also.

 

[PTR]

Yup. That's what they are.

Jerry, I am glad you are happy with them. IMO They are the best tail lights out there. I love how clean your garage is. If your ever in Florida your more than welcome to clean mine.

 

[PTR]

I put a Rekluse clutch and Spectra Glow lights on my wifes Tri Glide. She wanted pink lights. I installed the Coolflow fan and had the dealer enable it. I also had the dealer program my wifes driving lights to stay on during high beam operation. My father in law is down from Buffalo and at 79 he drove his first Trike.

Started the install of the high mount brake light on my luggage rack but ran out of time to finish.

 

[ultrafxr]

Jerry, i suppose the dragon is a decal, and the other service symbol, is it USAF and what does it say? Looks good! BTW, both of my rear tail lights are Bad Ass lights. Expensive, but boy to they get attention. Like the USB port also.

Yes the Dragon is a decal and the Air Force medallion is SAC - Strategic Air Command which I was proud to have served in during the late 60s and early 70s.

 

[ultrafxr]

Jerry, I am glad you are happy with them. IMO They are the best tail lights out there. I love how clean your garage is. If your ever in Florida your more than welcome to clean mine.

 

[MDF48]

Interesting

Yes the Dragon is a decal and the Air Force medallion is SAC - Strategic Air Command which I was proud to have served in during the late 60s and early 70s.

Yeah I thought it might have been a SAC medallion. I was in the USAF from May of 1968 to May of 1972. I was in the Air Force Security Service, which back then had nothing to do with police or MP security. It was all overseas except for a couple of places state side. Electronic spying basically during the cold war days.

It was very interesting, but I was copying morse code everyday for 8 hours and it really got on your nerves at times. I was really thinking of reenlisting if they would let me cross train but my AFSC at that time was critical and they wanted me to stay with USAFSS. I told the Captain that was trying to get me to stay (nice guy) that I would grow a beak and peck sh** with birds before I would copy code 4 more years.

I was at Homestead my last 10 months and made friends with some local families that were well known in the area. I came real close to staying in Homestead as a civilian but ended up coming back to Jackson MS and going into Law Enforcement for the next 35 years. My best friend went in at the same time I did but he ended up in electronics and worked on ECM equipment on B-52's. He was stationed in Quam and later at Barksdale AFB.

 

[ultrafxr]

Yeah I thought it might have been a SAC medallion. I was in the USAF from May of 1968 to May of 1972. I was in the Air Force Security Service, which back then had nothing to do with police or MP security. It was all overseas except for a couple of places state side. Electronic spying basically during the cold war days.

It was very interesting, but I was copying morse code everyday for 8 hours and it really got on your nerves at times. I was really thinking of reenlisting if they would let me cross train but my AFSC at that time was critical and they wanted me to stay with USAFSS. I told the Captain that was trying to get me to stay (nice guy) that I would grow a beak and peck sh** with birds before I would copy code 4 more years.

I was at Homestead my last 10 months and made friends with some local families that were well known in the area. I came real close to staying in Homestead as a civilian but ended up coming back to Jackson MS and going into Law Enforcement for the next 35 years. My best friend went in at the same time I did but he ended up in electronics and worked on ECM equipment on B-52's. He was stationed in Quam and later at Barksdale AFB.

Small world Mike. My wife is from Jackson, MS. We met when I was stationed at the SAC base in Columbus, MS, and she was in college there. And I too got to spend time in Guam and Okinawa as well. SAC was transitioning back them and moving north with fewer bases so I got to spend my last tour in Izmir, Turkey. Really enjoyed it over there.

 

[MDF48]

HA HA Small World Indeed

Small world Mike. My wife is from Jackson, MS. We met when I was stationed at the SAC base in Columbus, MS, and she was in college there. And I too got to spend time in Guam and Okinawa as well. SAC was transitioning back them and moving north with fewer bases so I got to spend my last tour in Izmir, Turkey. Really enjoyed it over there.

Well you are right, it is a small world at times. You are another guy that met his wife while stationed in Columbus. Were you in training there? Now for the other small word item. I spent 18 months from December of 69- April of 71 at Karamursel Air station, Karamursel Turkey. I then spent my last 9 months at a Navy site called Card Sound while stationed at Homestead AFB. the Card Sound site was located south of Homestead. My best friend was also stationed at CAFB before going to Quam.

I remember getting to watch several B-52 (BUFF's) taking off during an ORI one time at CAFB. It was an impressive and loud display of American air power. :clapping:

BTW, I was born and raised in Jackson, Clinton and lived in Madison for many years. Also, our Son finished school in Mechanical Engineering at MS State while his now wife was attending MUW, or the "W" as it was known.

 

[ultrafxr]

Well you are right, it is a small world at times. You are another guy that met his wife while stationed in Columbus. Were you in training there? Now for the other small word item. I spent 18 months from December of 69- April of 71 at Karamursel Air station, Karamursel Turkey. I then spent my last 9 months at a Navy site called Card Sound while stationed at Homestead AFB. the Card Sound site was located south of Homestead. My best friend was also stationed at CAFB before going to Quam.

I remember getting to watch several B-52 (BUFF's) taking off during an ORI one time at CAFB. It was an impressive and loud display of American air power. :clapping:

BTW, I was born and raised in Jackson, Clinton and lived in Madison for many years. Also, our Son finished school in Mechanical Engineering at MS State while his now wife was attending MUW, or the "W" as it was known.

Hi Mike. I can't PM you here on the board but feel free to email me at: harleyjerry@att.net and we can continue this trip down memory lane, lol.

 

[MDF48]

Yes.

Hi Mike. I can't PM you here on the board but feel free to email me at: harleyjerry@att.net and we can continue this trip down memory lane, lol.

Yes, I meant to tell you in the last post we probably needed to get it out of this thread and in another forum...just forgot to do it. Will email you.

 

[seniorsgt]

Picked up a trunk guard and highway peg mounts. Guys at the dealer looked bored 3 guys wanted to help, nobody was out -4 and wind will do that up here

 

[ultrafxr]

Picked up a trunk guard and highway peg mounts. Guys at the dealer looked bored 3 guys wanted to help, nobody was out -4 and wind will do that up here

When I was up your way last summer I saw that I had lost the plastic cover over the water pump on my 2018 Tri-Glide. Now I doubt that it is really necessary but I thought it was there to protect from flying debris that might damage the pump or coolant lines so I wanted to get it replaced. Bald Eagle H-D there in Marquette is the ONLY dealer in the U P so I made it a point to stop there after leaving Ishpeming. When I inquired about the part they of course did not have it in stock. But they did have a new Tri-Glide on the floor and the parts guy without being asked said he would take the part off his TG and sell it to me. Now that is customer service. Wish all dealers were like that.

 

[PTR]

When I was up your way last summer I saw that I had lost the plastic cover over the water pump on my 2018 Tri-Glide. Now I doubt that it is really necessary but I thought it was there to protect from flying debris that might damage the pump or coolant lines so I wanted to get it replaced. Bald Eagle H-D there in Marquette is the ONLY dealer in the U P so I made it a point to stop there after leaving Ishpeming. When I inquired about the part they of course did not have it in stock. But they did have a new Tri-Glide on the floor and the parts guy without being asked said he would take the part off his TG and sell it to me. Now that is customer service. Wish all dealers were like that.

Now that kind of service is REALLY hard to find. I will try that at my local stealer and see what happens.

 

[seniorsgt]

When I was up your way last summer I saw that I had lost the plastic cover over the water pump on my 2018 Tri-Glide. Now I doubt that it is really necessary but I thought it was there to protect from flying debris that might damage the pump or coolant lines so I wanted to get it replaced. Bald Eagle H-D there in Marquette is the ONLY dealer in the U P so I made it a point to stop there after leaving Ishpeming. When I inquired about the part they of course did not have it in stock. But they did have a new Tri-Glide on the floor and the parts guy without being asked said he would take the part off his TG and sell it to me. Now that is customer service. Wish all dealers were like that.

the dealer has been good all I could get when I got the bike was fender bras,back rest and 1000 mile oil change. sounds like coming off the price isn't a thing a lot of them do.

you came thru all our road construction, round-a-bouts everywhere

 

[ultrafxr]

the dealer has been good all I could get when I got the bike was fender bras,back rest and 1000 mile oil change. sounds like coming off the price isn't a thing a lot of them do.

you came thru all our road construction, round-a-bouts everywhere

Yes I did and I remember it all too well. :laugh:

 

[Ray55]

I got my Target Tune Kit from Fuelmoto on Tuesday, so Wednesday morning started pulling the exhaust pipe off. I had purchased a used head pipe and ripped out the cat. converter and welded in 18 mm bungs in preps for installing the wide band O2 sensors. Install sensors and tried to install the pipe, Oh Crap it don't fit. The O2 sensor are much longer than the stock ones. The front one I was able to weld in another bung just a couple inches lower and the rear one I had to change the angle. Got those welded in Thursday morning and got the rest of the wiring done. Sent the map that I had been using off to DynoJet and got it back late yesterday. got it downloaded to my computer and loaded on the Power Vision. So tomorrow going out for a couple of auto tuning runs

 

[PTR]

Today I put new low dust rear brake pads on the Black CVO TG. I plan on finishing the wiring for the third brake light on the Black CVO TG and put low dust brake pads on the White CVO TG by the end of the day if time allows.

 

[TrainingWheels]

Made appointment for next week to get 10" bars put on I added them to my 2015t Ultra Classic and loved them​

 

[PTR]

I finally finished hooking up the 3rd brake light wiring.

 

[ROAD DOG]

Stage 3

Anybody do a stage 3 on there M8 ? I did a stage 2 did not think much improvement ? I ordered a stage 3 Saturday , going to install myself ? I no I will loose my warranty B F D they would find a reason to not warranty it anyway .

 

[DK Custom Products]

The Target Tune made a pretty significant improvement over a good standard auto tune on my Sportster....but I've never felt the need to get that extra on the Tri Glide. Well, it would be nice, but never felt it was worth it, but that's just me. If one was looking to eek out every bit they could, it is the way to go. HERE are more details on it. Gotta have the wide band bungs in the header too.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Anybody do a stage 3 on there M8 ? I did a stage 2 did not think much improvement ? I ordered a stage 3 Saturday , going to install myself ? I no I will loose my warranty B F D they would find a reason to not warranty it anyway .

Most folks that are not happy with their Stage I or Stage II is because the Stage I is a mediocre one...ie. not a Performance Stage I.

The Stage I is the basis for all future upgrades. Got to have a good foundation to build on.

Here's a LINK to some useful info on the subject.

We see it all the time...folks who have done a Stage I AND a Stage II and are not getting as much of a power increase as folks who do a Performance Stage I.

LINK to more important info on the subject.

Kevin

 

[TrainingWheels]

I had 10" bars put on today. I had them on my "15 Ultra Classic and loved them. Rode a little bit with them today an they still feel like they are about an inch too far away:-( Still better than what I had. If I moved them closer it would lower them and put hand grips at a different angle so I will probably leave them be.