What did you do to Your Tri-Glide Today?

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Meander on Old Man

Weather was gorgeous today ... mid 60's ... sunny and not a lot of breeze.

Since the broncos are looking pretty sad, decided to do a little ride. Thought a nice 50-60 mile ride would be a good thing ... almost 6 hours later and 300+ miles, pulled back into the garage. Mom was ticked ... guess she had "stuff" for me to do ... it'll be there tomorrow ... LOL.

For most of the ride I listened to an Audible original (freebee) called "The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon". Interesting true semi biography about John Hobolt, the guy who fought to get NASA to use Lunar Orbit Recovery to get to the Moon. Very interesting study in bureaucracy ... LOL.

So, a meandering ride ... if only a mini one. Gotta do a longer one before I go bonkers ... :tinfoil::wacko::wacko2:

 

[PosseRider]

Polished all wheels with "Mothers". Then polished the entire trike with Zaino, 2 diff procedures. Got the oil changed. Trying a new oil this time.

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Polished all wheels with "Mothers". Then polished the entire trike with Zaino, 2 diff procedures. Got the oil changed. Trying a new oil this time.

Did you take the front wheel off to polish it? I'm procrastinating on the front wheel ... kind of think the only way to do this right (or at least easily) is to remove the wheel and rotors ... just curious if you didn't remove the wheel and rotors, where you able to get all of it?

Should be noted ... I plan to ceramic coat them too.

 

[MDO]

Polished all wheels with "Mothers". Then polished the entire trike with Zaino, 2 diff procedures. Got the oil changed. Trying a new oil this time.

What oil/filter are you using?

 

[PosseRider]

Did you take the front wheel off to polish it? I'm procrastinating on the front wheel ... kind of think the only way to do this right (or at least easily) is to remove the wheel and rotors ... just curious if you didn't remove the wheel and rotors, where you able to get all of it?

Should be noted ... I plan to ceramic coat them too.

Not that big of area did with wheels on

 

[PosseRider]

What oil/filter are you using?

Liqui Moly 2024 Synthoil Race Tech GT1 10W-60 Motor Oil - 5 Liter Jug

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Not that big of area did with wheels on

Might have to give it a shot ... guessing just a rag ... not the red ball thingie

 

[Fearless]

Did you take the front wheel off to polish it? I'm procrastinating on the front wheel ... kind of think the only way to do this right (or at least easily) is to remove the wheel and rotors ... just curious if you didn't remove the wheel and rotors, where you able to get all of it?

Should be noted ... I plan to ceramic coat them too.

Mother's polishing ball is great for this I have one with a 12" extended shaft works really well. Fred

 

[ShapeShifter]

Cleaning my front wheel is a lot easier and quicker now that I lift it using a Motorcycle Sissor Jack. Much easier to spin the wheel, than roll the entire trike.

 

[PosseRider]

I have that Red Ball also,but did not use it. As small as the wheel area is,just a rag works well. Jack up wheel & rotate. Easy Peezy :clapping::clapping:

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I have that Red Ball also,but did not use it. As small as the wheel area is,just a rag works well. Jack up wheel & rotate. Easy Peezy :clapping::clapping:

Okay ... so now it comes down to getting off my fat a$$ and doing it ... :blush:

 

[DK Custom Products]

After almost a week of the temps bouncing between the teens and low 30's, it has been really nice the last few days riding in the high 40's-mid 60's.

Kevin

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Rainy today ... by some accounts, we could get S _ _ _ ... we'll see. So ... today I went out and gave the Fat Bottom Girl a pat on the b$tt. Just for the PC crowd ... :Shrug: ... I asked the FBG if I could pat her b$tt and she said yes ... at least that's what I "heard".

 

[cowboy472]

Today and the past two weeks 30s & low 40s with rain sucks in Mass East coast. Tomorrow looks like it mite hit a high of 48 I riding in to work.:clapping: Mite be my last hora for this year? Thanks Giving weekend start tear down. Adding new 585 SS cam's cam plate & pump with new adjustable push rods. Mighty Mite fans new Polk Audio MM1 speakers , Rockford Fosgate amp and USB power port for the wife. All planed for this winter up grades. Maybe new rims for Christmas have to wait an see fingers crossed!

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[FuzzyWuzHe]

Today and the past two weeks 30s & low 40s with rain sucks in Mass East coast. Tomorrow looks like it mite hit a high of 48 I riding in to work.:clapping: Mite be my last hora for this year? Thanks Giving weekend start tear down. Adding new 585 SS cam's cam plate & pump with new adjustable push rods. Mighty Mite fans new Polk Audio MM1 speakers , Rockford Fosgate amp and USB power port for the wife. All planed for this winter up grades. Maybe new rims for Christmas have to wait an see fingers crossed!

Gotta love a guy that's into bling ...

 

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Another Rainy Day

So, I went out to the garage and Gave the Fat Bottom Girl another pat on the rump ... got admit it ... I'm starting to like this ... :blush:

 

[kwkride]

Rode it to work this morning (27 degrees). I'm annoyed that the $280 Harley heated grips do almost nothing. The $50 Symtec Heated Grips that I installed on my FJR1300 work just fine.

I talked to my parts guy and said that I need to swap them out for another set. He said that I have to have their service department verify that the grips are defective since I installed them myself.

 

[Wmitz]

Went to the dealer, had 2 software upgrades done. One was for the traction control, the other was for using the cloud app, that I don’t use. They also replaced the chrome bezel for the speedo as it cracked, and they ordered a new speedo as moisture is getting in leaving some staining on the inside of the glass.

 

[Zammy]

Out for a ride and pulled into a local park to see if the dolphins were around today and heard a really odd sound when going slow. After we parked, starting looking around and found the horn hanging from it's wires banging on the cylinder, damn, the bracket broke. Got the bracket off and zip tied the wires out of the way, geez, $35 for a new horn bracket, all installed and the horn still works, lol.

 

[Peter A.]

Horn bracket

Out for a ride and pulled into a local park to see if the dolphins were around today and heard a really odd sound when going slow. After we parked, starting looking around and found the horn hanging from it's wires banging on the cylinder, damn, the bracket broke. Got the bracket off and zip tied the wires out of the way, geez, $35 for a new horn bracket, all installed and the horn still works, lol.

Seen that many times....... pretty common HD issue.