Had dropped the TG off on Saturday, up in Memphis, for some work.
Picked it up this afternoon and rode it home thru rush hour traffic. :)
Kevin
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Had dropped the TG off on Saturday, up in Memphis, for some work.
Picked it up this afternoon and rode it home thru rush hour traffic. :)
Kevin
I made Enging Cooling Fins to help deflect air down toward the engine. Now they are painted and back on my freewheeler. I used two 5/16 rubber washers on each side of the fin.
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[QUOTE=Mr.T;673143]I made Enging Cooling Fins to help deflect air down toward the engine. Now they are painted and back on my freewheeler. I used two 5/16 rubber washers on each side of the fin.
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Nice job and straight forward design. Do you have any before and after heat measurements? Thanks for sharing! Ron
[QUOTE=Ronbo;673161]Nice job and straight forward design. Do you have any before and after heat measurements? Thanks for sharing! Ron[/QUOTE]
No I don't but the heat that felt on my legs is not there and I feel more air passing between my legs and engine.
Pushed it out of the way, so I could take the Heritage Softail for a ride. but about 180 miles of back roads on it looking at all the high water.... She didnt want to go. so it was fun on the ST day:clapping:
I picked up an external breather system with catch can while at DK Custom Products. I read somewhere that without photos it didn't happen, so here they are.
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I had a couple of brass fittings from an oil pressure installation kit that fit the ports on the air filter adapter and used the hose that was eliminated to plug off the ports temporarily until I can get to the hardware store for some brass caps or plugs.
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I still need to polish the catch can.
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The hose and fittings are a really tight fit. I found it helpful to use some oil and I don't have a heat gun, so I found that a blow dryer provided plenty of heat to make the hose more flexible.
Next was to enlarge the drink holder to fit my large thermos. The small one is 16oz and the large is 24oz. I took the 16 on my Eureka trip and found it to be too small.
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The 24oz was just a little too large to slip in the holder.
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I have a drill press and some die grinder bits so after about 30 minutes of grinding the rim I got it to slip all the way in. It is a little snug so I will need to get out and ride to see if it is too tight. If so there is still some material that can be ground out.
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A couple of nice improvements. One which will improve the stage one process. Fuelmoto E series slip-ons will finish it.
Kurt
You may find stainless steel braided hose would look nicer running to the catch can and take the heat better.
[QUOTE=Mr.T;673932]You may find stainless steel braided hose would look nicer running to the catch can and take the heat better.[/QUOTE]
I agree. Sometime in the future I would like to change all lines to steel braid. I think I will have that done by a shop so there will be some $$$ involved. I am pretty sure this will last till then but I very much agree that it will look much better.
Kurt
I put my RideOn in my tires and put about 160 miles on to make sure it was well spread around. Checked my accrual mileage after installing my auto Tune Two up running around 60 most of the time. But meeting speed of traffic fast. We got 33.9. Not bad I was only getting about 34.5 to 35 out of my Ultra classic Both stage 1 with tuners, Riding the same way... The ultra was a 96" this is 103". I'm hoping bout the same pulling the bushtec with the trike as we got with the Ultra... Should have less wind drag since were wider now... Didn't notice any difference with the RideOn. But the trike only had 3400 miles on it when I got it.... Put it in for the stop leak...
Been riding it everyday the last 7 days. Won't be riding it for the next 3 weeks while I'm gone, so was getting some time in on it before leaving.
Really enjoying it more now that it's broken in. :)
Kevin