What did you do to your Trike this week?

[Rosy]

FYI..
Sitting with my body shop guy, he rebuilt my trike after it was rear ended, and did a great job, cut a section out and put it in..WOW...
Anyway, one of his people came in and said, we are almost out of Dawn, OK, I'll get another bottle, he said..What, Dawn, what do you use Dawn for, I asked?
Washing the vehicles before the customer picks it up..OK..Don't you use car washing liquids, nope, why spend the money, Dawn works better than they do..Why? Well, Dawn has a slight amount of grease cutting and gives a special shines and doesn't leaves spots..People asked me, did you polish my car, nope, just washed it..
Well, I tried it on my black trike. He is correct, gives it a shine, no other washing liquid did. Didn't see many spots either..
So, I figure I would share this information with my fellow TT members, use Dawn! I am sure the makers of the high cost car washing liquids don't like this message, but hey, we are here to save people money and help make your trikes look good, true!
Rosy

[RTwing]

Dawn is what I use at the shop for washing my hands and lubing tires for mounting but I would never use it on the vehicle for washing. Laundry and dish detergents have not only grease cutting additives but also will strip wax off the finish. They are somewhat caustic and in time will dull the paint. Car wash soap is the best solution for painted finishes but dawn is fine for tires and wheels.

[alienwulf]

replaced the brake light lens and the 1157 bulbs with led ones never cared for the old lens much..

[Rosy]

Boy, those should be a lot brighter! Did you get the replacement at Harley or aftermarket?
Was it an easy out and in, with no wiring change?
Rosy

[alienwulf]

Thanks for pointing it out went back and found a bad connector..little brighter now..

[Rosy]

That's great! Really bright now...
Should see you now!
Rosy

[desertclassic]

I was riding behind a new street glide with LEDs. Night riding in the rain. It was raining cats, dogs and water and he was super lit up. I was impressed. Jim

[alienwulf]

I was riding behind a new street glide with LEDs. Night riding in the rain. It was raining cats, dogs and water and he was super lit up. I was impressed. Jim

As they say can never have to many lights..

[RTwing]

Added some flare to my Midnight venture. Looks good in parades and such

[Rosy]

LOL, about too many lights..Ask John L., he says he will never follow me, he says he gets blinded by all the lights! LOL
At least people can see me when driving down the road! True!
Rosy

[rwhgme]

Installed a RAM mount for my Samsung Galaxy S6 on my left handlebar...

[Rosy]

Please, do you have photos. Love to see what you did.
I have a Kury cup holder and a coffee holder for Janice on my handlebars.
Rosy

[Gone2Three]

LOL, about too many lights..Ask John L., he says he will never follow me, he says he gets blinded by all the lights! LOL
At least people can see me when driving down the road! True!
Rosy

Yeah it would be like....

[Rosy]

OMG..LMAO..1,000 lights on that bike...
You need sun glasses to even drive this bike! I bet he has a high out put alternator with two batteries!
I just can not imagine installing all those lights!
Thanks for the photo!
Rosy

[55il]

Installed DK tank lift kit, Premium and Deluxe option.

The weather is cooler so I'm not sure if I will notice the engine heat difference. DJ

[paws]

Saw a Gold Wing done like this at the Ruidoso, NM rallies a couple of times back in the early to mid 1980's. It was hard to tell it was even a GW it was so covered in lights and stuff. We were totally astounded that someone would do this, how the system would carry the load, as well as how could the frame support the weight. Wild!

[Rosy]

A few years ago there was a picture of a Goldwing with a huge amount of lights doing a Christmas parade at night. It was assume!
In today's world, putting that many lights on would not tax the system because of the low current each LED would take. Not to say they would need a high output alternator, but it could be done. Again, comes the weight, not the LEDs, but the brackets holding the lights. Tax the frame, maybe! LOL
Rosy

[Larry Sobczak]

Saw a Gold Wing done like this at the Ruidoso, NM rallies a couple of times back in the early to mid 1980's. It was hard to tell it was even a GW it was so covered in lights and stuff. We were totally astounded that someone would do this, how the system would carry the load, as well as how could the frame support the weight. Wild!

They have one on display at the "Harley" Museum that looks a lot like that picture but not quite that many lights, but close.

[Rosy]

Have a few lights!
Rosy

[Gone2Three]

Have a few lights!
Rosy

Looks like something that could have been owned by Elvis