Hope it goes well with the stones, AND that you get a bit more riding in.Originally Posted by hardwickbv
Kevin
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Hope it goes well with the stones, AND that you get a bit more riding in.
Kevin
Today was another 4940 miles since the last oil change. So I was out in the shop this afternoon doing a few things-
Changed the oil and cleaned the oil filter.
Grabbed a bit of oil to send off to Blackstone...just to satisfy my curiosity.
It's been about 4k miles since I swapped out my EBS. This bike has been a spitter since it was new...but even so, at 4k miles the filter is still clean and dry.
On a different note...my bumper has close to 100k miles on it, including a lot of rough roads up in the Yukon and Alaska.
It has held up fine until someone was standing on it, and actually bouncing...one of the brackets cracked, so I removed it for some repair.
TG looks naked without the bumper....plus the crookedly mounted slip-on really shows now!
Kevin
The rear bumper makes the tri glide in looks and protection. I had a bumper installed before I rode the trike off the HD lot. Has not been off in 3 years. Jim
US Army Retired, Command Sergeant Major
No longer riding, memories, memories
Extended rear sfift lever
Bill
2010 Tri-glide, Red Hot Sunglo
R I P MANDY
Got my zerk fittings in...
...going to be installing on my primary case for the shifter shaft. Used to have these on all my bikes, but in the last 10 years or so have not, nor have I felt the need.
However, on my '14 TG it is getting a bit loose. Not sure why, but going to fix it.
Kevin
New seat
Just replaced my 2016 stock seat with a HD Hammock. So far so good, noticeable difference.
Parts
Ordered Parts from Kevin @ DK Products...
Pulled the love Jugs Cool-Master fans off today!!
Pulled the Cool-Masters off today in preparation to install some Mighty Mites.
Will be selling them soon if anyone is interested.
I installed them June 11 and they have just over 9000 miles on them.
Bob
Had a problem with the radio on our '12 Triglide cutting out but would start playing again if I toggled the speaker switch. I removed the radio and was going to send it to Iron Cross radio for repair when I call my locall HD dealer to seehow much a new radio is si I'd know how much to insure this radio for when the guy tole me about a refurbishing program HD has that takes less time if I'll let them install the radio. Well this sounded good because this way I don't have the expense of shipping the radio and the chance of it getting damaged so I went for it. Every thing seems to work OK, except the front speakers don't work when the speaker switch is in the full forward position but work in the center position. Gonna have to take it back I guess.
PC
Beware of liberals posing as Americans.
Had a problem with the radio on our '12 Triglide cutting out but would start playing again if I toggled the speaker switch. I removed the radio and was going to send it to Iron Cross radio for repair when I call my locall HD dealer to seehow much a new radio is si I'd know how much to insure this radio for when the guy tole me about a refurbishing program HD has that takes less time if I'll let them install the radio. Well this sounded good because this way I don't have the expense of shipping the radio and the chance of it getting damaged so I went for it. Every thing seems to work OK, except the front speakers don't work when the speaker switch is in the full forward position but work in the center position. Gonna have to take it back I guess. At least it has a full one year warranty.
Well, well. I should have looked at the screen closer. When the switch is in the forward position a head-phone pic comes on indicating the speakers aren't going to worK, only the head-phones. Didn't notice that in traffic. But the odd thing was, when the radio was cutting out and I had to toggle the switch to get it to come back on, the radio DID play with the switch in the forward position THEN.
Now that all is said and done I wish I'd have taken the time to go thru Iron cross because they make some up-dates that HD may not have made. Oh well, ain't hind site always 20/20!
PC
Beware of liberals posing as Americans.
You will love the mighty mites they work great and look good also.
Vintage 09' Vivid Black, Boyesen X force intake, DK Customs DIY external breather, PV tuner, Mighty Mite love Jugs,Titanium Wrapped Header pipe, Khrome Werks 2+2 Wide Sweepers, DK 2" tank lift deluxe, Air Deflectors, Rear Bumper, Fender Chrome trim, Kuri. Rear lights, 9" LRS recurve flat top wind screen, LED headlight and spots, Hubcaps rear wheels
HayJim, if the CB is activated and the squelch is not set high enough, that will cause the radio to cut in and out if it’s recieving CB transmissions. Some one else had the same problem and that was the issue. Just a thought.
2012 Triglide Piaggio MP3 500 to get groceries 1991 FLHS as back up
"Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it !"
Tiffany, Olive, Daisy, “The Three Musketeers” together again.
Stock header pipes
I had Cobra true duals header pipes installed. Anyone need the stock 2016 Triglide headers? Free, just reimburse shipping from Illinois. Merry Christmas.
Finally feeling better
Had 3 surgeries since 11/8 for kidney stones and got the stents that they put in taken out yesterday.
It has been a miserable couple months but the stones are gone and I feel a lot better today.
The temperature outside got up to 51 and with me feeling like I can actually do somethin I installed the Love Jugs Mighty Mite fans that have been in the closet on my 2017 TG. This didn't take long as I had Coolmasters on it that are on EBAY now, so it was a simple swap.
Once done I still felt pretty good so I took it for a 35 mile ride.
It is amazing how much better mood I am in now.My wife has said I have been a little grumpy lately.
Not being able to ride or do much of anything else does that to me.
Bob
Good to hear your feeling better, misery has no friends
2012 Triglide Piaggio MP3 500 to get groceries 1991 FLHS as back up
"Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it !"
Tiffany, Olive, Daisy, “The Three Musketeers” together again.
Haven't been on the trike in a while, hopefully tomorrow the weather will hold and I will get in a few miles. My wife says I am an old grumpy man, so I should ride every day. Jim
US Army Retired, Command Sergeant Major
No longer riding, memories, memories
You have my utmost sympathy, Bob. I went through the same thing. Lost the whole month of March this year.Had 3 surgeries since 11/8 for kidney stones and got the stents that they put in taken out yesterday.
It has been a miserable couple months but the stones are gone and I feel a lot better today.
The temperature outside got up to 51 and with me feeling like I can actually do somethin I installed the Love Jugs Mighty Mite fans that have been in the closet on my 2017 TG. This didn't take long as I had Coolmasters on it that are on EBAY now, so it was a simple swap.
Once done I still felt pretty good so I took it for a 35 mile ride.
It is amazing how much better mood I am in now.
Not being able to ride or do much of anything else does that to me.
Bob
Bill
2010 Tri-glide, Red Hot Sunglo
R I P MANDY
Picked up the trike from the dealer with the new front fender installed, looks good as expected. It was nice getting back in the wind, the Misses has about 4 more weeks before she can ride, her knee Doc said possibly after her next appointment.
2021 CVO TriGlide - Sunset Orange & Black
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave in a well-preserved body, but to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting...Holy Sh!t What a ride!
Completed 5k Service on 2017 M8 Tri Glide Ultra
Cloudy/rainy day today in North Florida so a good time to perform my 5k service on my 2017 TGU. The original M8 engine had grenaded on this trike at about 15 miles (oil pump) and the engine was replaced in November 2016. I bought the trike with the new engine and 90 miles on the odometer. The M8 engine has been using a bit of oil since the 1k service but I would say well less than 1 quart for the intervening 4k miles of service but need to add a dab to keep it at the half-full line on the dipstick about every 200-300 miles.
Have not noticed any problems with the reported scavaging between the engine oil and/or transmission oil level which has stayed exactly right on the money during the 4k interval.
Pulled the air cleaner as part of the service and did not notice much in the way of oily mist residue inside the air cleaner or the throat of the throttle body itself (I did take a paper towel and wipe the inside of the air cleaner, throttle body and the oil recirculating tube end). I think keeping the oil at half way up the dipstick and not attempting to keep at the "full" mark keeps the engine from excessive blow-by. I also inspected the magnet on the oil drain plug and am happy to report that there was almost no noticeable metal shavings on the magnet. There was a bit of small metal filings on the 1k service but nothing alarming whatsoever.
It will be interesting to see if the oil consumption rate slows as the trike continues to get ridden more and the engine hopefully does a bit more seating of all moving components inside? The only thing I dread is the 30k service where I will likely have the dealership do the spark plug replacement. Other than that, the maintenance on this 2017 M8-engined machine seems just as easy as my 2016 TC 103 ci was in terms of doing the routine maintenance.
I have been thinking about going down to the lower West Coast of Florida (family has a home in Port Charlotte) for 7-10 days after New Year's day and riding the piss out of the trike all over South Florida. I will be able to get a better handle on the oil consumption which is currently slightly more (10-15%) than my former 2016 that had almost 15k miles on the odometer when I traded it in for just a few thousand dollars of depreciation between the 103 TC and the new M8-engined trike (I think they wanted to get rid of the "tainted" trike that had blown up with 15 miles <grin>). Another of the reasons that I did the trade was wanting the low-end grunt of the M8 in the somewhat porky TGU.
Nothing, had to settle for looking at pictures from July's road trip.
US Army, SGM Retired
Patriot Guard Riders, Legion Riders, HOG Member
Dignity, Honor, and Respect, Never Forget
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