lgjhn
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Well, we had several goals we wanted to achieve at the Rally.
1. Meet new friends and have a good time - and that we did!!!
2. Ride some twisties with the trike - and that we did.
3. See the Great Passion Play - and that we did.
4. Long distance run using the flare windshield - worked good.
5. Long distance shake-down run on the new Roadsmith trike - Ummm, well, we did it, but had issues.
Eureka Springs is about 550 miles one-way from our house. We got to within 40 miles of home yesterday afternoon and the right side exhaust pipe and resonator fell off!!! And the left side was also loose and fixing to come off. Fortunately, the assembly got hung up in in the trike's framework and was dragging. IF it had totally come out, it would have probably gone under the trailer causing even more damage or a serious safety hazard. A Harley rider and his wife stopped to help us. With some tie wire and vice grips, we managed to temporarily hang it back on there enough to get us home. I spent most of the evening putting it back on properly and tightening up the other side. The Roadsmith kit is a nice conversion and this is obviously not their fault, but I'm beginning to think they should ask their installers to toss in plenty of bubble gum and a couple rolls of tie-wire just as a good-will gesture....lol. I've gone back over this thing again and cannot find anything else loose. Everything else worked good on the trip. Hopefully, that is the end of the issues....I hope.
1. Meet new friends and have a good time - and that we did!!!
2. Ride some twisties with the trike - and that we did.
3. See the Great Passion Play - and that we did.
4. Long distance run using the flare windshield - worked good.
5. Long distance shake-down run on the new Roadsmith trike - Ummm, well, we did it, but had issues.
Eureka Springs is about 550 miles one-way from our house. We got to within 40 miles of home yesterday afternoon and the right side exhaust pipe and resonator fell off!!! And the left side was also loose and fixing to come off. Fortunately, the assembly got hung up in in the trike's framework and was dragging. IF it had totally come out, it would have probably gone under the trailer causing even more damage or a serious safety hazard. A Harley rider and his wife stopped to help us. With some tie wire and vice grips, we managed to temporarily hang it back on there enough to get us home. I spent most of the evening putting it back on properly and tightening up the other side. The Roadsmith kit is a nice conversion and this is obviously not their fault, but I'm beginning to think they should ask their installers to toss in plenty of bubble gum and a couple rolls of tie-wire just as a good-will gesture....lol. I've gone back over this thing again and cannot find anything else loose. Everything else worked good on the trip. Hopefully, that is the end of the issues....I hope.
