Trampas
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I ordered both of these last tuesday Oct 1 and they arrived on Thursday, fast UPS and thanks to the DK products for getting them together and out the door to me. I also ordered the fork oil to go with the intiminators.
I installed the rear shocks on friday Oct 4, I already had DK's lift kit but took everything apart and put back together, what a chore to get that top bolt out, not whole lot of room up there, sort wish I would have taken the whole body off but that is even more work that I didn't want to do at my age, by the way I'm 76 with a bad back and spinal stenosis, that's the new shocks, the air shocks wasn't cutting it for me, could never find a good setting, sort of depended on how I felt that day for air shocks and the setting.
I installed the intiminators on saturday 5th and that was a little more than I expected, getting the fork top bolt back in was a chore in itself but got it done with a little cussing here and there, LOL, I had a wooden clamp with cut outs like the one that Sic baggers on youtube uses for his fork work, works really good, had the tube in the clamp, had a cement block below with a board on top and then push down with my 19mm and ratchup. That was hard to do, took several tries but got it done. Put everything back together and boy was I glad all that was over, this old body just can't take it anymore, my mind says yes but body says no, had some friends that was surpirsed that I even bought these things and then did all of this work by self.
I was so beat and tired I thought I would test drive it on sunday, well that didn't work, I came down sick, sore throat, runny nose, aches and low grade fever. I finally got to test drive it today the 11th, I'm happy with them on front and back, I think I was expecting a caddie ride and that didn't happen and I knew this but it was better than the stock system that was on there. I know the front tire hits a pot hole and it just glides over it, I'm impressed with that, riding around town is pretty good now, highway is really good, it takes the bridges and overpasses pretty good also, I have noticed not such bone jarring bumps as before with the stock air shock and front suspension, so I'm a happy triglide owner now, always was happy with the trike but better now.
So if anybody is thinking these for the trike, do it, I waited way to long for this and I think my body got worse because of not doing something for the suspension.
Thats all for now Trampas
P.S. Thanks DK custom for the good products and the fast shipping, one happy triker here
I installed the rear shocks on friday Oct 4, I already had DK's lift kit but took everything apart and put back together, what a chore to get that top bolt out, not whole lot of room up there, sort wish I would have taken the whole body off but that is even more work that I didn't want to do at my age, by the way I'm 76 with a bad back and spinal stenosis, that's the new shocks, the air shocks wasn't cutting it for me, could never find a good setting, sort of depended on how I felt that day for air shocks and the setting.
I installed the intiminators on saturday 5th and that was a little more than I expected, getting the fork top bolt back in was a chore in itself but got it done with a little cussing here and there, LOL, I had a wooden clamp with cut outs like the one that Sic baggers on youtube uses for his fork work, works really good, had the tube in the clamp, had a cement block below with a board on top and then push down with my 19mm and ratchup. That was hard to do, took several tries but got it done. Put everything back together and boy was I glad all that was over, this old body just can't take it anymore, my mind says yes but body says no, had some friends that was surpirsed that I even bought these things and then did all of this work by self.
I was so beat and tired I thought I would test drive it on sunday, well that didn't work, I came down sick, sore throat, runny nose, aches and low grade fever. I finally got to test drive it today the 11th, I'm happy with them on front and back, I think I was expecting a caddie ride and that didn't happen and I knew this but it was better than the stock system that was on there. I know the front tire hits a pot hole and it just glides over it, I'm impressed with that, riding around town is pretty good now, highway is really good, it takes the bridges and overpasses pretty good also, I have noticed not such bone jarring bumps as before with the stock air shock and front suspension, so I'm a happy triglide owner now, always was happy with the trike but better now.
So if anybody is thinking these for the trike, do it, I waited way to long for this and I think my body got worse because of not doing something for the suspension.
Thats all for now Trampas
P.S. Thanks DK custom for the good products and the fast shipping, one happy triker here
