This 2014 Tri-Glide was purchased in May of 2014.
It now has close to 25k miles on it.
After it was purchased, no real thought was put into what would be done to it. Basically we took everything off the 2011 that we could and put in on the 2014.
The 2011 was a hodge-podge of mods, that were added along the way. Not saying that no thought was put into it...
but to digress a bit-
In August of 2010 an F250 hit me on the interstate (going the wrong way). I came to a stop 300 feet down the road from where the truck abruptly separated me from my Ultra.
After 22 broken bones, 2 surgeries, 2 metal plates, many screws, & 4 months in bed, I was barely walking with a cane when I took a ride around the block on my Sportster in mid December. Took my first ride of 40 miles on the Sporty on December 30th.
I was way ahead of schedule in healing up, but the doctors all said, I would never have even 50% strength in my right foot or ankle.
No way I could ever ride a Touring bike, 2 up and fully loaded.
I was angry, I was embarrassed, but I realized for Mary and I to be able to travel together, I would need to get a Trike. That is how we came to buy the 2011 Tri-Glide (at what I felt was 20 years earlier than expected)
All that to say...
It took me well over a year of owning and riding the 2011 Tri-Glide before I finally came to peace about it...before I quit being embarrassed about being on a Trike and started enjoying it without reservation.
Since most of the mods done to the 2011 were during the time when I was NOT HAPPY about being on a trike, they were done with basic performance in mind, and with pure utility of our trips in mind. No real sitting down and looking at it as a canvas and what could be done to it.
This was replicated on the 2014.
You can see what all has been done to the 2014 at this thread-
http://www.triketalk.com/forum/threa...he-differences
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So now we are sitting down, looking at the Tri-Glide, appreciating it, and viewing it as a canvas that we can really make into something fun, something that is more than just a utility touring machine, something cool.
We have done this with many 2 wheel bikes, and are excited about doing it with the Tri-Glide.
Many of the mods already done to it are staying, some will be tweaked, and there will be some that are totally new.
Here is what it looked like when we decided to make it our next Project.
We have already completed a couple of small mods to it, and there are many more coming.*
Some already in various stages of prototype testing, others still just on a sheet of paper, and others that we have not even thought of yet!
Right now our focus is in 6 areas-
Performance/Power
Longevity/Reliability
Rider/Passenger Comfort
Handling
Safety/Security
Looks (nothing radical, not show bike level, but a step up from where it is)
We have 5-10 hours a week budgeted to working on this.
As there are things to report I will be updating this thread.
It won't be a lightening fast transformation, but will hopefully be something significant over the next 4-6 months.
Kevin