What did you do to Your Tri-Glide Today?

[DK Custom Products]

I have a wish list of things that I'd like to do to my trike on HD's store site. My mom gave me an early Birthday present (not until August), by ordering the dash bling I had on my wish list. She didn't mention this and when it arrived I was surprised to see an HD package .

When I brought it into the house to open, she explained she wanted me to be able to install it and be ready to ride when we can. Pretty nice of her.

Anyway, she gave me the gauge trim and the radio bezel trim. Put them on and took the pic.

Before

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Those look really nice. Back quite a few years ago I got a trim kit. I cheaped out (yeah, I know) and got it off ebay. When the kit arrived, no matter what I tried, they just did not fit right. I tried to return them, they did not want the kit back, but they did refund my payment. Guess they knew the kits were junk and hand no use for getting it back.

One day I will get a real kit, like what you have. Looks really good!

Kevin

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Those look really nice. Back quite a few years ago I got a trim kit. I cheaped out (yeah, I know) and got it off ebay. When the kit arrived, no matter what I tried, they just did not fit right. I tried to return them, they did not want the kit back, but they did refund my payment. Guess they knew the kits were junk and hand no use for getting it back.

One day I will get a real kit, like what you have. Looks really good!

Kevin

With the dash bling ... I got a $20 debit card ... well a picture of one to be used at a dealer. I went to the dealer and ordered some more bling ... doing my part to stimilate the economy ...

Ordered these tour pak side marker lights chrome trim:





And these Tour Pak Rear Light Trim:





I'll post more Pics when they get here and are installed.

[Mykneesbehurtin]

Shocks might not happen today. I broke a glass and cut the snot out of my left thumb and pointer finger. Took about 45 minutes to get the bleeding stopped, I have butterflies on both cuts and don't think I should wrench for a couple days. Good news, with the butterflies, I was able to get it cleaned up a tad and some big bandaids on them. Really good news, it was my left hand, I'm so right handed, I doubt I could of got the bleeding stopped with only my left ... ... because I tend to get hurt ... a lot ... I keep a first aide kit in my Jeep, trike and my bed room. You never know when I will need it .. I tell people, I have them incase someone needs them, but we all know the real reason.

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Two things i always have close at hand... 1st a first aid kit.....2nd TP because i will either cut myself or s&%$# myself when i cut myself.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Two things i always close at hand... 1st a first aid kit.....2nd TP because i will either cut myself or s&%$# myself when i cut myself.

Tru Dat .... I used about a half a roll of the white gold getting it to stop bleeding ... the other half to clean me up afterwards .

[Finsman56]

How did you raise your gas tank Lifted 2 inch in front and half in back. Thanks

Lifted the gas tank 2"on front 1/2" on back

Now I can clean both heads also it may reduce temp on engine

[TonkaDriver]

How did you raise your gas tank Lifted 2 inch in front and half in back. Thanks

Check out DK Custom Products. They carry tank lift kits. That would have been a 2 inch lift with the deluxe option. Good people to work with as well as being a forum sponsor and frequent contributor here.

Kurt

[FuzzyWuzHe]

How did you raise your gas tank Lifted 2 inch in front and half in back. Thanks

As an addition to Kurt's post ... they (DK Customs) have those kits in various heights and a way to determine what the max height you can raise yours is. They have all kinds of goodies for your ride.

http://www.dkcustomproducts.com

[RagenTri]

I had been reading here and elsewhere about decatting the stock headpipe on my '14 to accomplish various ends. A good friend offered a take off pipe from decatting his 103 and actually removed the Cat for me. Yesterday, another good friend swapped the pipes, stock to decatted stock, for me.

These pipes go into a set of RCxhaust slip on slash-cuts. There is definitely a loader exhaust note. I haven't taken it on the road yet, that happens today when it warms up a little here in West Michigan. I'll post my impression.

[Fearless]

How did you raise your gas tank Lifted 2 inch in front and half in back. Thanks

As others have said DK Customs has different height lift kits I chose 2". I wanted to make sure my 2+2 Wide sweeper Khrome werks bars would clear or was it make sure the bars cleared the tank well anyway. What the tank lift will do is push more air on the motor which is a good thing, less air in your face and chest area another good thing. Along with the cooler motor and less buffeting you can also clean the rocker boxes much easier. To me this is second to having a cooler motor these heat monsters need all the help they can get. While we are discussing tank lifts also look at the air deflectors Kevin markets these little wings sure compliment the tank lift to really do a complete job of air control and direction. I included an old picture before the air deflectors so you can see how the fit. Ride safe Fred

[DK Custom Products]

How did you raise your gas tank Lifted 2 inch in front and half in back. Thanks

Here's a LINK to where you can see all the details.

Below is a little video on Tank Lift Kits-



Feel free to write or call with any questions.

Kevin

[Wmitz]

That looks really good! I hope you don't mind we put your photo on the website.

Next time you do a Tank Lift, raise the front of the tank up, so you don't have to get your fingers between the backbone and the tank ears. Yeah, I know it's a bit late now, but may help others.

Enjoy your new mods!

Kevin

No issues with the pic 🍺

[FuzzyWuzHe]

So the fingers are healing, slowly. I can now hold my phone in the left hand using the thumb, so progress.

The Tour Pak bling came in yesterday and I wanted to mount it. The instructions are a bit off, or maybe it's me, but, after reading them a couple times, I finally understood them.

First, if you're gonna do this, make sure you wipe the tour pak light several times with the alcohol. I think I did it three or four times. After the first couple, there was this white residue on the black, guessing some kind of wax . But, if you mount the 3M tape and anything is loose, you will loose the pieces in the wind.

This is after 2 wipes, it was gone before I mounted the bling:



Next, the instructions talk about masking tape and alignment. Bottom line, after wiping the light down, you test fit both corner pieces and the middle piece. When the middle piece is centered between the two corner pieces, mark the tape on the center piece and tour pak to allow you to center it before the corner pieces are installed.



Next you put the corner pieces on. There is not a lot of overlap, so the center piece being centered is kind of important.

After that, comes the tour pak side marker light trim. Little tip, start with the curve near the back, get that set, then work forward. The right one gave me fits until I figured that out (instruction are mute on this). The left one went smooth, starting in the back. These are very finicky about being perfectly aligned, play with the fit before you remove the backing paper. The alcohol cleaning was way easier on these as you are literally wiping down the lenses and the tour pak.

Right:



Left:



Overall Done:



The instructions say to allow the adhesive to cure for twenty four hours, I'm guessing before you fire up the beast because vibration might knock it off. The tour pak rear light is not a concern in my judgement, but, the side marker lights could be. We'll see what happens.

Apology: I tried to get angles that did NOT show my fat a$$ in the picks, but, I failed. Sorry to ruin your breakfast.

[seniorsgt]

Got the battery put in my2019 triglide and had to take a trip into town. Put 60 miles on it and forgot to order by sub for supper. oh I forgot to mention i'm only 8 miles from town. Had tears in my eyes, don't know whether they were from the wind and cold, allergies, or just glad to be out riding. By the way did another ride of 20 miles had to get that sub for supper.

[Fearless]

Got the battery put in my2019 triglide and had to take a trip into town. Put 60 miles on it and forgot to order by sub for supper. oh I forgot to mention i'm only 8 miles from town. Had tears in my eyes, don't know whether they were from the wind and cold, allergies, or just glad to be out riding. By the way did another ride of 20 miles had to get that sub for supper.

Seems you have played this game before LOL good for you. Travel safe Fred

[ChuluotaChuck]

Had fun today putting on some DK Custom Product items to help with cooling.

The 1.5 inch Tank Lift Kit (with rear lift included) worked well with my TSK Mayhem Bagger handle bars. From the look of things the 2" lift would have caused interference with the tank and bars on full turns so I'm glad I guessed right on choosing the 1.5".

Installed the Cooling Deflector Wings. Had to use a flex joint on my socket to tighten the tank bolts. The wings don't allow a straight clear shot to the tank bolts.

Installed the Floor Board Extensions which is a great improvement for the ankle comfort on the right side. The heat on the right side had me riding with my foot out on the very edge of the floorboard. Here in Florida it is not uncommon to jump on the trike with shorts on and flip flops or in low top tennis shoes for those quick runs around town and the heat was excessive. The test run today with low top tennis shoes was totally comfortable. Problem fixed.

[Fearless]

Had fun today putting on some DK Custom Product items to help with cooling.

The 1.5 inch Tank Lift Kit (with rear lift included) worked well with my TSK Mayhem Bagger handle bars. From the look of things the 2" lift would have caused interference with the tank and bars on full turns so I'm glad I guessed right on choosing the 1.5".

Installed the Cooling Deflector Wings. Had to use a flex joint on my socket to tighten the tank bolts. The wings don't allow a straight clear shot to the tank bolts.

Installed the Floor Board Extensions which is a great improvement for the ankle comfort on the right side. The heat on the right side had me riding with my foot out on the very edge of the floorboard. Here in Florida it is not uncommon to jump on the trike with shorts on and flip flops or in low top tennis shoes for those quick runs around town and the heat was excessive. The test run today with low top tennis shoes was totally comfortable. Problem fixed.

Congratulations not only you were comfortable but also a great step in preventing heat damage to your motor. With that said you will find more money for more bling LOL good job Fred

[ChuluotaChuck]

Installed the DKCP Convertible Comfort Lift on my trike today. Had to use the secondary holes because the full lift holes were no where close to aligning with the bolt holes. There was a need to lower the axle to align with the full lift holes which wasn't possible. I tried lifting the axle from the gear shield but it made the alignment worse. I felt during installation that there was very little difference in the DKCP bracket and the stock bracket when you use the secondary holes and maybe I had wasted my money. However after install (which isn't easy) I noticed quite a difference in height when I put my feet down to roll the trike out of the garage. Also during my test ride I am looking way over my stock windshield now. Undecided as to if this is a more comfortable ride or not. That will come when I do a long ride to see how the comfort level has changed. I'm buying in from all the comments that this is a more comfortable riding position but time will tell. I'll report back after a few hundred miles or so on the comfort level due to the lift.

Thanks to Fearless (Fred} for the nice comments to my last post on this thread.

[kingfish108]

I have now had Sherman('17 TG) out twice for short rides since installing the lift kit and replacing the rear tires. I can say that the ride is different for the better. Steering through corners and curves is easier. I like being able to look over the windshield even when I slouch a bit. Definitely took the harshness out of the bumps. I am running Legend shocks and now feel that they are doing what they are supposed to do. For me, removing the mufflers made the install much easier. It also gave me an opportunity to give the mufflers a good cleaning and swap sides. I wish that I had not waited for 45K miles to do the install.

[PosseRider]

Beautiful day here in SW Ohio, Bikes everywhere. Temps hi 70's to low 80's Felt great. Got home & washed the bugs off.

[Fearless]

Put a few miles on today sun and clouds upper sixty's. So nice to see so many social distancing LOL. I'm done playing their game time to live like an American. Ride free ride often Fred/Jeanne.