Re: If you can, what work are you doing on your trike this winter.
Just finished a major (to me) overhaul. I bought my 2005 GW Champion this past spring and thought I better give it some TLC, even though it only had 11,000 miles when bought and now close to 16,000.
I rebuilt the front forks: new seals, bushings, oil and installed Race Tech 1.1 kg springs. Killed the anti-dive, although I might activate it again to see if I can tell a difference. It was working properly.
Replaced Dunlop front tire with the Bridgestone BTs and added Centramatic wheel balancers.
Put LED lights on the headlight brights along with a headlight modulator. Put HID's on the headlights. Upgraded the fog lamp wiring via Electrical Connection harness and put in 55 watt super white halogens.
Bled the front brake and clutch systems.
Didn't like the rear brakes and after much searching and an excellent recommendation from Solidbob, I bled the brakes and replaced the stock pads with EBC Yellowstuff pads. Still braking them in, but can tell an improvement already. Also added a larger rear brake pedal for more leverage.
Was also going to change the air filter, replace the coolant, upgrade the radio and remove the gas tank to do the ground fix, but the above took so much time and the weather is getting very nice in Tennessee. I want to ride so I will wait for a stretch of stormy weather to tackle that.
Everything went smoothly, except for problems getting the caps off the forks. Someone had worked on the front end and apparently never heard of a torque wrench. I'm glad I did the rebuild, since I had to correct this guys mistakes.
It was fun, nerve wracking and very satisfying. I'd do it again....but hopefully not for many, many miles. Up
Just finished a major (to me) overhaul. I bought my 2005 GW Champion this past spring and thought I better give it some TLC, even though it only had 11,000 miles when bought and now close to 16,000.
I rebuilt the front forks: new seals, bushings, oil and installed Race Tech 1.1 kg springs. Killed the anti-dive, although I might activate it again to see if I can tell a difference. It was working properly.
Replaced Dunlop front tire with the Bridgestone BTs and added Centramatic wheel balancers.
Put LED lights on the headlight brights along with a headlight modulator. Put HID's on the headlights. Upgraded the fog lamp wiring via Electrical Connection harness and put in 55 watt super white halogens.
Bled the front brake and clutch systems.
Didn't like the rear brakes and after much searching and an excellent recommendation from Solidbob, I bled the brakes and replaced the stock pads with EBC Yellowstuff pads. Still braking them in, but can tell an improvement already. Also added a larger rear brake pedal for more leverage.
Was also going to change the air filter, replace the coolant, upgrade the radio and remove the gas tank to do the ground fix, but the above took so much time and the weather is getting very nice in Tennessee. I want to ride so I will wait for a stretch of stormy weather to tackle that.
Everything went smoothly, except for problems getting the caps off the forks. Someone had worked on the front end and apparently never heard of a torque wrench. I'm glad I did the rebuild, since I had to correct this guys mistakes.
It was fun, nerve wracking and very satisfying. I'd do it again....but hopefully not for many, many miles. Up