New Member from Dracut, Massachusetts

Jan 2, 2025
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Dracut, MA
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Steve
Hello all, and thank you for accepting me in your forum.
My current rides are both Harleys. 2022 RoadGlide ST, and a 2005 Heritage.

I joined to start my education on trikes. Ive taken several test rides on TriGlides and the New RG3.
Ive also been contemplating the pros and cons of buying a trike or Making my RG into a trike.

My goal is to have a trike in my stable in approximately 4 years.

This will most likely be my last bike purchase, so im giving myself a lot of time to educate myself on the options that will make ME happy.

I ride 9000 to 13000 miles a season. Typically March to December.
 
Hello all, and thank you for accepting me in your forum.
My current rides are both Harleys. 2022 RoadGlide ST, and a 2005 Heritage.
I joined to start my education on trikes. Ive taken several test rides on TriGlides and the New RG3.
Ive also been contemplating the pros and cons of buying a trike or Making my RG into a trike.
My goal is to have a trike in my stable in approximately 4 years.
This will most likely be my last bike purchase, so im giving myself a lot of time to educate myself on the options that will make ME happy.
I ride 9000 to 13000 miles a season. Typically March to December.
Welcome - you are going to get tons of responses here.

From my side, I might say, since you already have a 2022 Road Glide ST and I might assume it is in great shape and you love it, one great option is to convert that to a trike.

This is what I did to my 2021 Ultra and I love it. For me, the advantages were the independent suspension, running boards plus, I was able to add a reverse.

I went with CSC however, there are others out there like RoadSmith and MotorTrike.

Just keep writing and we are all here to help.
 
Welcome aboard to TrikeTalk Steve! Your goal is to have something in 4 years and you will find more than plenty of info to learn from here. Buying an already built trike from Harley or having a bike you already own converted are both doable options. It will come down to personal choice. Since you've already test drove a factory trike, you now need to track down some aftermarket conversions to test drive.

And just to muddy the water a bit, there are also aftermarket independent rear suspension kits that can be added to the Harley Factory trikes. That ends up kind of a happy medium between factory trikes and aftermarket conversions.
 
Welcome from east central Illinois!

I was in your exact same place a year ago!!!

There’s tons of good info on here if you want to take the time to read through it. As you go along and have questions, post them up and we’ll do our best to help out!

Like cycle7447 says, you’ll find everyone has an opinion about what they think is best. Ultimately it’s up to you to sort through the opinions and decide for yourself.

In my case, I had a 2020 Ultra Limited in Scorched Orange with 20k miles on it. I had already done a cam, exhaust, air cleaner, and tuner and loved the bike.

After a lot of research and test riding a TriGlide and hating the ride, I decided I wanted an IRS (independent rear suspension) setup instead. I ordered and installed an HDTR Roadsmith conversion kit myself and it turned out fantastic!
 
Welcome - you are going to get tons of responses here.

From my side, I might say, since you already have a 2022 Road Glide ST and I might assume it is in great shape and you love it, one great option is to convert that to a trike.

This is what I did to my 2021 Ultra and I love it. For me, the advantages were the independent suspension, running boards plus, I was able to add a reverse.

I went with CSC however, there are others out there like RoadSmith and MotorTrike.

Just keep writing and we are all here to help.
Converting my 22 RGST is at the top of my list. IRS is a must. I wasnt too pleased with the stock HD Trikes, but I seriously lend that to my love of aggressive riding, leaning, and zoomie zoom zooms on mountain roads... But... I know that stuff has got to come to an end.(sort of). I just know I'll love the Trike as I slowly move past the "Best before date" that God stamped on my butt.
 
Welcome to Trike Talk sounds like you are on the right track, we had a Tri and after my wife had her back surgeries it was either ride alone are get an IRS, So we got a Goldwing and we are still riding together. Good luck
 
Converting my 22 RGST is at the top of my list. IRS is a must. I wasnt too pleased with the stock HD Trikes, but I seriously lend that to my love of aggressive riding, leaning, and zoomie zoom zooms on mountain roads... But... I know that stuff has got to come to an end.(sort of). I just know I'll love the Trike as I slowly move past the "Best before date" that God stamped on my butt.
I fought moving to a Trike for the very same reasons. Now that I’m on an IRS trike that handles well, wished we would have converted years ago.

We live 25 miles from town and I’m always looking for excuses now to hop on it. Plus with the trunk, I can get groceries, dog food, and boxes from the post office.

My only regret is I didn’t get the auxiliary fuel tank. The M8’s are thirsty to begin with and I ride pretty hard. The cam, exhaust, & tuner didn’t help and with the extra weight of the trike, I’m getting 30-31mpg now. I’m in the process of ordering the auxiliary tank and will be installing it soon.
 
I fought moving to a Trike for the very same reasons. Now that I’m on an IRS trike that handles well, wished we would have converted years ago.

We live 25 miles from town and I’m always looking for excuses now to hop on it. Plus with the trunk, I can get groceries, dog food, and boxes from the post office.

My only regret is I didn’t get the auxiliary fuel tank. The M8’s are thirsty to begin with and I ride pretty hard. The cam, exhaust, & tuner didn’t help and with the extra weight of the trike, I’m getting 30-31mpg now. I’m in the process of ordering the auxiliary tank and will be installing it soon.
The CSC does not have an aux tank option. That is one advantage the RoadSmith has.

When riding with other trikes (RoadSmith), I can usually get about 40 mpg still. So, my travel is about 210 miles or so. I noticed that I try to stop every 125 miles or so to stand, etc.

Given that, I have not missed the extra gas tank. Even when riding with 2 wheelers, it does not appear that gas has been an issue.
 

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