Made the adjustment to the filter hose this morning. You have to be careful of that front pipe if you go the route I did. I finally after several tries got the hose to distance itself from the front pipe by about 1/2 ". I think that should be enough to protect it.
I didn't cut any off the filter hose but ran it further along the frame to the back. If you look at the side the filter is about where the front pipe meets the rear. I just zip tied it to the frame in several places from the front to the back.
While I was doing stuff and already drenched in perspiration I moved the battery tender connection. The previous owner/ dealer had positioned it to be on the transmission. Every time you went to connect to it you almost burned your fingers getting to it. I moved it up and to the other side at the top of the removable cover.
I am done until next month when I get the tuner.
I did go for a ride yesterday and I feel that the trike had more pickup and a tad more power. I don't think I was reading into that, the gears just came a bit easier. The tach at 70mph was reading 29k instead of the usual 30-31K.