What Did You Do To Your Freewheeler Today?

[rhino 2]

Thanks, that is where I ordered from, I am not a big fan of nylocks, I still may use lock washers and double nuts, this goes back to the old days of riding my Panhead when everything fell off

If you notice in any group of Harley riders, the Triglides are always in the back and it’s a perfectly logical reason for that. They the Triglides have enough room to fit all the pieces that fall off of the Harleys that are in front of them...

 

[Noodles107]

Jeff, are the instructions good? I am a big fan of lock washers and double nutting

I hate surprises on the road

The directions are good. Easy to follow and understand. I followed every step with OCD to insure that I didn't get ahead of myself. By far, the hardest part was getting on to the floor ... or maybe it was getting back up from the floor I did use all of the supplied hardware and everything fit correctly. Cobra recommends checking all fasteners after the 1st "new" ride and again at 500 miles.

 

[rhino 2]

Jeff, are the instructions good? I am a big fan of lock washers and double nutting

I hate surprises on the road

Loctite is your friend …Just don’t drip it on paint/plastic… find my license plate screws. I put a drop off crazy glue to twort thieves.

 

[Jack Klarich]

Loctite is your friend …Just don’t drip it on paint/plastic… find my license plate screws. I put a drop off crazy glue to twort thieves.

Yes Bob, Loc tite is a good thing for many items on the vibrating Harley bikes/ trikes

 

[Noodles107]

Loctite is your friend …Just don’t drip it on paint/plastic… find my license plate screws. I put a drop off crazy glue to twort thieves.

I am a loctite enthusiast myself although I only put it where I was instructed to ...

 

[Noodles107]

Just double (maybe triple) checking the Bumper install ... A couple of pics from underneath show the mounting bolts that are replaced inside the Trunk, threaded through the Frame, through the Mounting Brackets and locked in with the supplied Nylon Nuts. Pics ain't the greatest but you can see the install

 

[Jack Klarich]

Bumper is on, I cheated and used my air ratchet, it took about 20

 

[Jack Klarich]

There is not a big difference in the HD bumper and the Cobra

If you pull up the instruction sheet for the install of the HD bumper, it is in fact pretty close to word for word of the Cobra bumper including the tightening sequence and torque

I dunno how Cobra got away with it but for my money I think the Cobra was the right choice for me plus it was $120.00 cheaper

Today I rechecked my work and found only 1 bolt was not quite tight enuff, so I re torqued them all

 

[Noodles107]

There is not a big difference in the HD bumper and the Cobra

If you pull up the instruction sheet for the install of the HD bumper, it is in fact pretty close to word for word of the Cobra bumper including the tightening sequence and torque

I dunno how Cobra got away with it but for my money I think the Cobra was the right choice for me plus it was $120.00 cheaper

Today I rechecked my work and found only 1 bolt was not quite tight enuff, so I re torqued them all

I actually think that the Cobra Bumper is even nicer than the HD (price aside) I chose the Cobra primarily for the Black Powder Coated Mounting Brackets ... They make the Bumper look like it is "floating" if you will, like it is mounted to the rear of the Trike and not to the under carriage. The HD Chrome Mounting Brackets draw your eye to the underside of the Trike. The Black disappears. When I saw Southport's mounted to his Trike, I knew that was the way I wanted to go ...

 

[Jack Klarich]

Bored today so I added some chrome to my side covers and around the rear fender to cover some paint chips

 

[JTJersey]

Bored today so I added some chrome to my side covers and around the rear fender to cover some paint chips

Where did they come from?

 

[Jack Klarich]

Where did they come from?

Cut to fit from Advance Auto Parts

 

[Noodles107]

Bored today so I added some chrome to my side covers and around the rear fender to cover some paint chips

OK great ... that looks super. Where did you end the fender trim? Is it flush with the end of the fender? Does it go around the end and finish under the fender? More info please is always appreciated. Love the fender tips. What made you think to use that trim? :clapping:

 

[Jack Klarich]

OK great ... that looks super. Where did you end the fender trim? Is it flush with the end of the fender? Does it go around the end and finish under the fender? More info please is always appreciated. Love the fender tips. What made you think to use that trim? :clapping:

I used this, not quite flush to the ends, easy to work with and is bendable, use clamps over night @ the bends

I wanted some chrome, no one makes a kit so I winged it, be creative and take your time

I test rode it today on the way to St Augustine @ 75 MPH, it stayed on

 

[Jack Klarich]

I added some chrome to the bottom of the rear fenders a couple of days ago

I clamped it over night, then gave it a run down I 95 @ 75 MPH to make sure it passed the test for staying on, so far so good, this product is very easy to use, follow the supplied instructions, make cuts with good sharp scissors and you are good to go

 

[Engraveron]

Seat Question

Added a Grasshopper backrest.

What seat and backrest mount do you have on this beauty ?

 

[Jack Klarich]

What seat and backrest mount do you have on this beauty ?

Hi Ronald, :welcome: to Trike Talk and your first post

For more info check this link

https://www.grasshopperlimited.com/harley-davidson/

 

[rhino 2]

What seat and backrest mount do you have on this beauty ?

Ronald.. Welcome to Trike Talk..

 

[priell3]

What seat and backrest mount do you have on this beauty ?

Stock seat. Grasshopper backrest.

https://www.grasshopperlimited.com/...glide-road-glide-or-road-king-or-freewheeler/

 

[Noodles107]

Chrome Starter Motor Cover ... Install requires a minor amount of cursing and just a touch of loosing my mind, but in the end, WalLah. Nice right? imho