Not very good photos. Weather is raining and no sun. Will post better pictures when weather is better.
Sunman
Not very good photos. Weather is raining and no sun. Will post better pictures when weather is better.
Sunman
Looks very nice and functional.
Rod69 Illinois TOI #900
Joan71 Illinois TOI #901
Your trike looks great! Good to see what the windshield looks like! Thanks!
Rick
2006 FLHTI/2012 CSC Daytona
1987 FLST
You almost have a rideable trike there. Add some Desert Dawgs on the Highway bar, Driving lights on the front. Stop tail on the back of the sissy and you'll be good to go. Ride to be seen!!!! P.S. don't forget the tunes. Shark radio will work just fine Mamma might like some arm rests.
Ridin' three and free. Ain't never goin' back
2003 1800 Gold Wing Trike w/Roadsmith kit. Northeast Region Trike Riders on F B.
Looking good Sunman. The rack really completes the trunk. If we didn't have snow & ice on the roads, I'd be test riding my dealer's demo.
What rider backrest mount are you using? (Part # if possible).
BKMNI
100,000+ miles of three wheel fun and counting!
2015 Harley FLRT
2018 Can-Am F3 Limited
These are the crash bars I installed. Lower on top with rubber inserts for use as Highway Pegs.
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Why 3 wheels?
because 2 isn't enough and 4 is too many
We are really Steve & Vesta Brown
Her: 2014 Tri-Glide Me: 2015 Freewheeler
Vietnam Vet 1967-68 U.S. Air Force
Originally the dealer loaned me a Road King tall windshield because all they had in stock for the Freewheeler was a 16" that was way to short for me during the test ride. The Road King shield worked but the Freewheeler specific fits much tighter around the headlight housing and hopefully cuts out some of the wind. Will find out tomorrow if the rain stops.
Harley did not do a good job of getting the accessories lined up before bring out the Freewheeler.
Sunman
Look on page 369 of the 2015 HD catalog. The dealer installed P/N 52589-09A bracket and 52572-09A backrest. There isn't a Freewheeler specific riders backrest according to the catalog but I told the dealer I couldn't ride without one so the deal was off. They tried a standard touring backrest bracket and backrest and it fit.
Sunman
Looks good Sunman!
2015 H-D Freewheeler - Superior Blue2014 Honda CB1100 - Candy Glory Red1976 Honda CB750 K6 - Candy Antares Red
To all: thanks for the positive comments. Now that I have it set up the way I want (almost) I am eager to get on the road. If the rain will just stop!
A few insights: HD really did their customers a disservice by bringing this trike out before they had all of their ducks in a row. The dealers had none of the accessories in stock and didn't know that some of the touring accessories would fit the Freewheeler. Examples are the riders back rest and seats. Another complaints is when I went to install my accessories (the dealer wanted $428.00) some of the bolts were not included for the engine guard and on several bolt holes I had to ream them out because they wouldn't line up. Also, when installing the rear bumper you have to remove the four bolts that hold the trunk body to the frame and replace them with longer bolts that go all of the way through the frame so you can attached the bracket to mount the bumper. One of the original bolts was cross threaded and I had to use a tap to chase the threads before I could install the longer bolt. Not what I would expect from Harley and on a $25,000.00 bike.
Anyway, I still think it is going to be a fun bike and am eager to hit the road.
Sunman
The FLRT is not alone in this. In 2009 MoCo said the same thing about the Tri Glide. Turned out that the backrest for the Touring bikes did work with the TG. MoCo is not alone in this. Indian owners had a heck of a time getting add-ons at first. Vender issues ect. Less than a year later that has been fixed. If MoCo continues to follow their past they will release an update late spring on what fits (think the Legal Beagles have something to do with not fit line).
If you have the time take a few pictures of the backrest mount for us and post. I've already sent an e-mail to the dealer I purchased letting them know your success of mounting a backrest to the FLRT.
BKMNI
100,000+ miles of three wheel fun and counting!
2015 Harley FLRT
2018 Can-Am F3 Limited
Rick
2006 FLHTI/2012 CSC Daytona
1987 FLST
Excellent!
BKMNI
100,000+ miles of three wheel fun and counting!
2015 Harley FLRT
2018 Can-Am F3 Limited
WOW, do you think it was your dealer?? Everything I wanted was in stock when I bought my Freewheeler. I chose to ride it the first 1000 miles and have the 'stuff installed at the first service. The passenger backrest and bumper were specifically for the Free, Drivers backrest is the same one for the Tri-Glide (adjustable) Only problem with it, the flat bar for the backrest was designed for a thicker seat. If you put a stock Tri-Glide seat on it, it looks just fine. With the thinner Free seat it sticks up too high (my opinion) I took it off, cut the adjusting bracket off and moved it 3" lower. Welded it back on and cut off the excess. Had to 'adjust' the crash bars a bit, but they were off my '08 Ultra
http://www.triketalk.com/forum/custo...epic4494_1.gif
Why 3 wheels?
because 2 isn't enough and 4 is too many
We are really Steve & Vesta Brown
Her: 2014 Tri-Glide Me: 2015 Freewheeler
Vietnam Vet 1967-68 U.S. Air Force
Sunman,
First, thanks for the info. I have to ask, is this mounted using a stock Freewheeler seat or one of the other Harley seats?
This is the one area I really find lack, seating for the Freewheeler seems limited currently to say the least.
I held off purchasing a rider back rest because I knew I wanted a different seat, other than the stock one, and was not wanting to possibly buy a rider rest I could not use, if I changed seats.
I am hoping that HD and other will release more seating options for the Freewheeler soon......
Springman
BKMNI
100,000+ miles of three wheel fun and counting!
2015 Harley FLRT
2018 Can-Am F3 Limited
Everything I installed is specifically for the Freewheeler except the rider's backrest. It is a standard touring backrest and it worked on the stock seat. I have replaced the stock seat with the Freewheeler specific Sundowner seat and the back rest fits fine. The Sundowner seat is OK and will work until there are some good aftermarket seats available like Mustang or Ultimate.
From what the dealer told me there is no Freewheeler specific rider's backrest yet and there is none listed in the 2015 parts catalog.
Sunman