Not just tuff, champion tuff!

[pcombe]

getting on a month and a half

 

[pcombe]

Finally some good news

The insurance company is not going to fight me on fixing my trike and i will have a check next week so i can start resoring my lifeline!


Back to square one!


doing all the work myself again.

 

[Dirtydan]

That is awesome!

 

[Gorilla]

Great to hear.

 

[pcombe]

That is awesome!

Great to hear.

Man I tell ya, It's frustrating working on my lifeline and fighting insurance at the same time never knowing what's going to happen?
( Allot like my heart troubles?) hmmm?

The adjuster said that the bike is so highly customized that his computer cant evaluate the damage to a degree of solid value. So I do have some wiggle room in there. I think this will be a common problem with repairing a trike?

He says its " to highly customized" but we all know my bike is just typical of any trike conversion.
Any of us who have built one will understand that simple fact?
The deal is (we) have to know just what it's worth and what was and wasn't damaged?

Luckily I had that knowledge, and was able to not settle for less money than what it would require to fix it even though I was afraid I was pushing the envelope so to speak.

If I had to have others do the work it would have been totaled having exceeded the percentage they are required to pay.
Labor would have sent it over the top for sure and that's a sad fact of life!
We who build our own find out what our labor is worth when we face paying others to do repair work.

A conversion on an old bike (has) to be a labor of love.
I have discovered that you can pay someone a whole lot less to do a conversion than what you would have to pay another for a rebuild.

If trike converters were paid at repair rates nobody could afford to convert and would be better off buying a machine with a factory value. expensive as they are to purchase.

Im not doing the paint Fuzzy, Todays paints have outgrown my painting ability and equipment.
Enamel was easy to paint and easy to do custom work with and it was inexpensive. I used to think Lacquer was hard to paint and expensive, now I wish I could still get these two simple inexpensive paints.

The paint company's have jumped on the band wagon with manufacturers in trying to do away with garage mechanics.

I spent days running down an electrical problem on my friends 2011 tri-glide and I can safely assure you that the electronics on new bikes are for shit, most are un-necessary, and a simple time proven method would have been much more efficient, less likely to go wrong and easier to find and fix.
The TSSM module is a perfect case in point even if your bike is not equipped with a security system and anti lock brakes etc?

Replacement cost $150.00 and is just an expensive and confusing turn signal canceler of sorts, designed to confuse the issue and for the most part altogether un-necessary and if you plug it in backward your engine don't start. I read and interpreted the codes, read all I could find on the TSSM (turn signal security module) and replaced it only to find that it was only part of the problem. The codes still read to components affected by the TSSM and so your right back to unplugging and isolating systems trying to find a short the old fashioned way. Labor intensive = $$$$$$$$$ in the dealers pockets.

:AGGHH: Don't even get me started on electronic speed sensors, what the hell was wrong with a simple mechanical cable on the front wheel to measure speed?

What's wrong is that it's less likely to go wrong, that's what's wrong!
:kpzxvq:$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[pcombe]

COME TO THINK OF IT?

IM SURE GOD HIMSELF RIDES A HARLEY WITHOUT ALL THE CONFUSING MODERN ELECTRIC BULLSNAP!

1989 HARLEY DAVIDSON FOREVER!epper:

 

[pcombe]

Finally got the insurance money and am in the process of ordering parts

About time I would say?
It makea me a happy boy!

 

[pcombe]

Here's a bit of unsolicited investment advice Fuzzy.

Run out and take some stock in the Band-Aid co.

Skinned knuckles, cuts, abrasions etc.. is the price one pays for building a trike.
The first time I built it my hands looked like hamburger and I was beginning to question the loyalty of my dogs?

 

[pcombe]

Got the front end torn off today and i'm really very tired, I need Parts!

Gimmie Parts and no one gets hurt!

Gimme a triple a tree ASAP?

Gimmie upper tubes and lower Sliders.

Gimmie seals and bushings.

Gimmie new progressive springs.

Gimmie new wheel bearings.

Gimmie freshly painted body parts.





Did i mention i want parts?:Shrug:

 

[pcombe]

Well Balls!:AGGHH:

I just get going on rebuilding my trike before snow flies and I am left waiting for the triple tree, I got the front forks all together and sitting and waiting.

The paint shop was supposed to start on my parts last Monday, when I stopped in they hadn't even got to them yet and this is Thursday.:gah:


SOMEONE PLEASE CALL A WHAAAA-MBULANCE !



I DONT HOW MUCH MORE I CAN TAKE BEFORE GOING POSTAL?

P.s. It snowed in the high lonesome yesterday.

 

[Gorilla]

relax take your time and get it right. you will have those occasional nice days coming up.

 

[pcombe]

Finally back on three legs

Still got so much to do before im done but I finally got the entire new front end on my old wolf.

Next I take on the wiring, instrument shroud etc.

Gotta put on the new crash bar and get handle bars, tank etc. on there then I wait and wait and wait some more for paint!




Still waiting on painted parts.

 

[pcombe]

Im promised my painted parts on Monday!

Should I hold my breath?

 

[pcombe]

Hurray! The painted parts for my trike are finished!epper:

It wont be long now!:clapping:

 

[pcombe]

Indutatably!

I feel fortunate to get them home with no scratches.:laugh:


They did a nice job and did it exactly the way it was before. It shouldn't be long before I have it on the road. Of course its 3 months to late!

 

[pcombe]

Got allot done today.
The fairing is mounted and everything hooked up and wired.
I have the body sitting on the trike.

Still plenty to do but maybe 2 days time till the highway?

 

[hogcowboy]

You might actually get a ride or two in before snow hits Paul.epper:

 

[pcombe]

Im just lacking the travel trunk installation to finish.
I see my blinker lights don't want to work, It's always something!:Shrug:

 

[Papa Zook]

I see my blinker lights don't want to work, It's always something!:Shrug:

I can give you a hug if that will make you feel better. I hold them till its awkward. That wont take long.

You're in the home stretch now Paul, you'll be bustin' bugs shortly. Pics are good.

 

[pcombe]

A 3 month nightmare is over!

:AGGHH:A 3 MONTH NIGHTMARE IS OVER! :AGGHH:


My old wolf is brand new and back on the prowl. I still need to get the clear plastic coating on the front trike fenders and put on the new emblems.




I got him right back to the way it was before except for a myriad of new parts and paint.:clapping:

Check out the fork covers I put on it?

I have a new windshield and seats coming next week.

I am so damn tired right now and my chest hurts so I think I will just quit for today!:Shrug:

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I sincerely hope I never have to build it again!

 

[Gorilla]

good job glad you can now ride after the rest