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You have a good looking ride my friend. The stripping around the fenders and tank are chrome body molding available at most automotive stores. The rock guards are homemade simply by going to a good upholstery shop and having them cut from leather and then taking them to a shop that does commercial sewing and get them stiched . Be sure you have felt glued to the backside so as to protect your paint. that is the only problem is with champion is you have to hand make everything.
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[QUOTE=mtn rider;227669]You have a good looking ride my friend. The stripping around the fenders and tank are chrome body molding available at most automotive stores. The rock guards are homemade simply by going to a good upholstery shop and having them cut from leather and then taking them to a shop that does commercial sewing and get them stiched . Be sure you have felt glued to the backside so as to protect your paint. that is the only problem is with champion is you have to hand make everything.[/QUOTE]
I enlarged the picture so now I see the chrome molding.
I guess you probably heated it as you went during application?
I was looking and cane only see four attachment points on your fender bras and assume they are snap on?
The top fender rails on my trike are actually the rails that were on my tour glides saddle bags. I had to do do a little careful bending to get them to fit the fender tops.
Top rails, leather fender bras, fender well trim and as you say a rear bumper would be a nice thing for champion to make.
If they could do the same quality add-on's as the trike kits and price them reasonable they would be a good attraction for kit sales.
The chrome trim I have on the top front fender wells are from kuriyakin and the lower front fender trim is a triglide fit that I had to adapt to fit mine.
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I am glad to see a few of you added some more options that you would like from Champion. Now we will see if they offer any of them at a reasonable price in the near future. Remember Champion, there are leaders and then there are followers, which one will you be?
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I recently completed a Champion kit on my wife's 2009 HD Sportster XL1200 Custom. She had a hip replacement and was not able to hold the bike up during stopped or low speeds, but didn't want to give up riding. We looked at numerous kits, and decided on Champion after reading lots of articles and talking to several trike owners. The quality of the Champion kit is top notch... the kit came well packed, with everything clearly organized and ready to go. The instructions were very good and well thought out, the hardware was all sorted with nothing missing! I took my time putting it together, but if you dedicated the time, it could be done in a day or two at the most. Once the bike was assembled, it was time for a test ride... we were not disappointed. The bike handles great (it has a 5 degree rake kit), rides smooth, and is just plain and simple "fun" to ride. Every time I look over at her riding it, she has a big grin on her face!
The bike is set up with a detachable tour pak/driver backrest and a detachable touring windshield, so you can change the look in minutes with no tools needed.
I'm currently looking for some saddlebags that will fit in the gap between the original center fender of the bike and the trike wheels.
My suggestion to Champion would be to design saddlebags that would fill the gap on the solid axle trike kits.
Here are a couple of pics of the bike...
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Nice job Darth, your wife should be proud of you and her ride. we converted my wifes 1200 sportster to a trike also but after looking at the Champion kit and a full bodied trike she decided to go full. we installed a CSC kit and like your wife she loves it.
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I just got back from a short ride on mine. The more I ride it, the better I like it. Tonight I traveled over some pretty sketchy roads. The patch crews have been out in force and the pavement was irregular to say the least! The IRS handled it well. Besides the ride quality, I've got to say that I've never had a bike that got so much attention and I've been riding for a l-o-n-g time and I've had many bikes. I know trikes in general grab a lot of attention, but I never expected to get the comments and the quantity of them that I get with my "new" Champion.
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captdanwh Problem with water!
I have an 08 GW with Champion kit with solid axle that we purchased with 5000 mi. Only trike we have owned but would have no problem purchasing another one if I was looking. We had a problem with water getting in the kit. We finally determined it was leaking where the bottom meets the sides. A couple of suggestion to try, someone with a light on the inside and another under and look for any light coming thru. Then we took a water hose and from the outside sprayed the areas we had found and sure enough water was coming in. We filled the seams with silicon caulk at it fixed our problem.
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Everything!!!!! I can't say I had fun building it as that chore was given to Zook. I believe this was the first Honda VTX 1800 C that he had the privaledge of building and I must say that I have had zero problems with it.
Thanks again to Zook and Champion for 3 years of great riding.