New Tow Pac owner

[DanB]

Another view of my new Tow Pac.

 

[LouLou2]

Kewl Dan! Be looking forward to pics and mostly of your trike!!!!!

LouLou2

 

[LouLou2]

duh...just saw your trike tow pac, looks great!! I like your set up too, passenger seat looks comfy!

 

[LouLou2]

HEY DAN>>>>>East Texas is a BIG area, can ya narrow it down some? Where do ya'll live? You know I am in North
Houston. Also looking for a trailer that will fit my trike. The one we have, is not wide enough. So looking in my area for a little bit wider trailer and drive up gate, that raises up to lock trike in.

 

[LouLou2]

Are you referring to my Cargo box, with lighta and rack? If so, I just dont remember. It cost me $300 tho, the wrap-a-round for passenger back comes with it too. I had bought one that looked just like it for 4100, and it was a joke...it was SO small and cheap. so I sent it back, but I will look at my paperwork and let ya know. I had googled Yamaha Jumbo Cargo Box with Wrap-a-round and found a site I liked and just dont remember the name right off. thank you for the compliment on my Trike. I am really surprised at how many I have gotten since I added the box and saddlebags.

 

[LouLou2]

awesome looking! I like it! How was the ride? Did you have any problems with bolts on kit, or kit tire use? Give me any info that may help when I head out on a long run, that I may ned to know. Thanks!

 

[cblack6540]

No DanB i never have had any problems with any of the bolts breaking or loosening. the kit has been on the bike since shortly after New in 2006. Now to change the tire the easiest way is just remove the fender (easy job) . And No vibrations at any speed , i keep 50 psi in the tires and no problems. You will get some fender rattle on rough roads, Tow Pac recommends puting a piece of felt where the mounting bolts go , but i haven't. heres a pic of the back of mine , just don't look at the dirt.

 

[DanB]

Now to change the tire the easiest way is just remove the fender (easy job) .

Once the fender is pulled how do you jack up the wheel to remove or do you just lift it up? Also, do you put on center stand ( if you have one)? Your bike looks so cool.

 

[LouLou2]

CBLACK>>>>>>wow, thats great looking Tow Pac you got there! May I ask what you have where the fenders are bolted? is that a metal pad you have there? or something else? I like how it hides that area. great job!

 

[cblack6540]

DanB i just used a small floor jack under the torsion part of the axle and just lifted the one wheel off the ground.
LouLou2 that little cover is a piece of plastic that is hard and the exhaust doesn't melt it. i am not sure what its made of because the previous owner put it on, i like it because it covers a lot of ugly and when its cleaned with armour all it looks great.

 

[LouLou2]

CBLACK>> How is the mat attached to the kit? My husband has stuff like that at work. Think I'm gonna try that myself. Hope ya don't mind me copying you! Thanks for quick response! LOU

 

[cblack6540]

well believe it or not they used liquid nails to glue a 1/4 piece of wood to the tow pac frame (just to raise the height and make it flat) and then glued the plastic down to the wood strips with liquid nails, works great even a 70 mph it stays there.

 

[Owenrn]

For anyone that has tail lights on their towpac, if you use LEDs do you need any kind of relay in order for them to blink at a normal speed? Also where did you get the lights?
thanks
Owen

 

[LouLou2]

I dont have tail lights on my towpac, just reflectors, due to my 11 inch hard saddle bags and my cargo box has lights, plus the original blinkers are on my bike still.

 

[DanB]

For anyone that has tail lights on their towpac, if you use LEDs do you need any kind of relay in order for them to blink at a normal speed? Also where did you get the lights?
thanks
Owen

My led lights are from Tow Pac (I think). I bought it used. They connect to my trailer wiring harness that has the extra trailer plug as well. The trailer wiring harness is hard wired to battery and connects to wiring under the trunk pan (Goldwing).

 

[dadztoy]

I added LED lights to my Tow Pac Insta Trike and spliced them into the original bike lighting... They work fine and draw so little current, I wouldn't worry about the minute increase in current draw...



Your rig looks great Dan and I also find that I really enjoy mine on my 1800... I just rode mine 650 miles from my home in Illinois to my new home in Tennessee... I had the bolt on the left lean stop break loose and I had to readjust it when I got to my destination in Tennessee but that was no big thing... I am learning the dynamic of all the adjustments on the trike kit, but have not had a lot of time to play with it since we are in the middle of selling the Illinois house and getting moved in at the Tennessee house... I will report back when and if I have any bits of learned knowledge to report on...

In the mean time, I am enjoying the ride with the trike kit on... I still do rode my bike on 2 wheels as well but the Tow Pac Insta Trike is doing everything I want it to at a considerably less cost than a full trike conversion...

Les

 

[Alayne]

cblack6540

Quesiton: what kind of hard saddlebags are those? I really like the look of your Two Pac with the cover panel and the choice of hardbags...blends well