New trike

[TW]

Well, I brought my new trike home yesterday. I took my 97 Valk to Mr. Bazooka a while back and he installed a new Roadsmith trike for me. It really turned out nice and I couldn't be happier. It is going to take me a while to get used to it but I am patient for an old guy.

Way to go Randy.

Question: what is the proper tire pressure for front and rear.

 

[Lucky]

In Pearl II Wing/Roadsmith I run 41 in font and 22 in rear. RIDE SAFE

 

[DblTrbl]

" there is a more important question ... where's the pics of the new trike"?


My question exactly!!

 

[mhgoldwing]

Front tire depends on which tire you have. Most run 41 for trike, including the Michelin Pilot Activ (MPA) or the Battleax BT-45. I'm currently running the Avon Cobra Trike front and they recommend 38-42#.

Roadsmith told me 28-30# in rears and I've found that to work well for me. 28# day-to-day local riding and 30# loaded and pulling trailer on long trips. I'm running the factory size tire 205 X 65 R16.

Enjoy the new ride - POST PICS!

 

[Gorilla]

CONGRATS another happy Bazooka customer

 

[Papa Zook]

Glad you are happy with it Elliot, it turned out really nice. The build thread with pics is here:

http://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/31712-Valkyrie-Roadsmith-Build-With-Pics

 

[Ed Hobgood]

Nice to see a happy owner and from what I've seen everything Randy does he does a great job. Congrats on the new trike and enjoy many miles of riding.

 

[Marc H]

Beautiful trike ThumbUp You will enjoy that for sure.

 

[Dude]

Congrats on the new ride, sure is nice looking. Ride safe. I run 32 PSI on the rear tires on mine.

 

[Zammy]

Congrats Elliot, that's a great looking ride, enjoy!

 

[keepinon]

Beautiful ride. In my Valk trike I ran 40 psi front & 24 psi rear.

On the front tire, I never found a rear tire that was the correct size. You either had to go skinnier or much lower profile, which messed up the speedometer reading. I finally settled on the bias ply Metzler tire as giving me the best service, around 10k miles, mostly highway.

I sure miss my hot-rod...

 

[scribe5]

I love the classic look---great job!

 

[dano309]

beautiful trike..............enjoy the ride

 

[lgjhn]

Congrats on that beautiful ride.
On my Roadsmith, I run A Bridgestone BattleAx BT-45 mounted backwards on the front with 41 psig. It's wearing really well so far.
On the back, I run about 26 psig. I found that's where my trike does best. IF I run more than that in the back, it feels a tad harsher on bumpy roads. But I'm old and senile....LOL

 

[CrystalPistol]

NICE TRIKE!

I have 215/70-15 rear tires I find 22-25 psi to be the happy range. Really loaded or lots of long distance high speed, I'll bump it up to 27 at most.

 

[ol' school]

WOW!!! Nice looking ride Elliott! That two-tone paint job really sets it off! Enjoy!!! ThumbUp

Nice job Bazooka!!! ThumbUp