What did you do to your Trike this week?

[cjmitch]

cjmitch, post pictures on before and after, would like to see them.

Will do!!!

You can change colors as many times as you want, is this correct? That would be great. Just like having new wheels every year!

Yes you can change colors anytime, just peel the rubberized coloring right off. no sanding, priming or anything, just clean them.

Question, is there a place who does this process, in case you don't want to tackle it?
Can you ship the wheels to them, let's say during the winter and they will do the work?

here is where I got the videos from, and they might just do thee things

https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php

[tomg]

What I did to my trike today -- It's May in Florida so I cleaned the love bugs off !! Hopefully only another week or so and they will be gone..

Tomg

[Rosy]

tomg, down in a Florida that's a never ending story for a few weeks, correct? We have our bugs here, but not as bad from what I've heard like Florida.
What do you use to clean the bugs off? Mild soap and water, or just a good car water type cleaner?
We will speak more when I see you at the NETT Rally this August.
See you soon!

Rosy

[prowler]

Taking of my side panel, gas tank off to change air filter, fuel filter and drain out old anti freeze. I hope I will get it done in one day.

[Rosy]

prowler,
Never seen a BMW apart, please take pictures of your work so we can see. Wow, I believe it is going to take you most of the day, but could be wrong. It took the shop over 3 hours just to change the fluids on my wing.
Good luck, and remember, no extra parts when you get finished! LOL

Rosy

[Bruce]

Put my summer tires on --

[tomg]

tomg, down in a Florida that's a never ending story for a few weeks, correct? We have our bugs here, but not as bad from what I've heard like Florida.
What do you use to clean the bugs off? Mild soap and water, or just a good car water type cleaner?
We will speak more when I see you at the NETT Rally this August.
See you soon!

Rosy

It is terrible twice a year with some years without a lot of rain in May and Sept being better (less bugs). I keep a good amount of wax and use soap & water. Some people use drier sheets, but then you still need to clean up after that !

Tomg

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Put my summer tires on --

Like you drive it in the winter in up state NY, I know better as you were down here with us in sometimes sunny, sometimes rainy Florida !! haha

Tomg

[MDGeorge]

tomg, down in a Florida that's a never ending story for a few weeks, correct? We have our bugs here, but not as bad from what I've heard like Florida.
What do you use to clean the bugs off? Mild soap and water, or just a good car water type cleaner?
We will speak more when I see you at the NETT Rally this August.
See you soon!

Rosy

I use warm water and Dawn. Been doing it for 40 years, never failed me.

[Rosy]

Hey Bruce, in NH, you have to take the studded tires off by April, not in NY! LOL
OK, I give up, what tires did you run when you went to Daytona?
Tell Deb I owe her from last year. I have to take her for a ride as you did Janice! Elephants never forget!
Bugs...bugs...and more bugs! Just washed the Soul and spent a lot of time scrubbing bugs off from our trip to Illinois. They stick like tar!

Rosy

[Bruce]

Hey Bruce, in NH, you have to take the studded tires off by April, not in NY! LOL
OK, I give up, what tires did you run when you went to Daytona?
Tell Deb I owe her from last year. I have to take her for a ride as you did Janice! Elephants never forget!
Bugs...bugs...and more bugs! Just washed the Soul and spent a lot of time scrubbing bugs off from our trip to Illinois. They stick like tar!

Rosy

I had the smaller tires and wheels on it last summer Rosy -- I had the smaller tires on it when I was in florida this winter. I can't get it in my trailer with the big boys on it.

[tom w]

taught myself how to set the valves on my Harley . Good video on you tube from s&s about how to. new cam , adjustable push rods, and lifters had 1000 miles on it. Runs a lot better and gained 30 miles per tank. Shouldn"t have to do it again for a while now.

[Rosy]

I tell you what, there are a lot of good things on youtube for doing just about anything. That's where I learned to use the music program to set up my SD card for my MP3 on my Wing.
OK, so these Big Boys are bigger than the ones last year, WOW! How is the ride comparison from one set of tires to the others? Has summer come to upper NY, yet? Still cool here in NH, and Janice is having a fit because she likes to ride in hot weather and so far we have had maybe two days of her riding weather.
I am going to look at last year's NETT Rally pictures to see what the difference is between the sets of tires.

Rosy

[Bruce]

I tell you what, there are a lot of good things on youtube for doing just about anything. That's where I learned to use the music program to set up my SD card for my MP3 on my Wing.
OK, so these Big Boys are bigger than the ones last year, WOW! How is the ride comparison from one set of tires to the others? Has summer come to upper NY, yet? Still cool here in NH, and Janice is having a fit because she likes to ride in hot weather and so far we have had maybe two days of her riding weather.
I am going to look at last year's NETT Rally pictures to see what the difference is between the sets of tires.

Rosy

Rosy, the winter tires are 10" these are 15.5 ", I run 20lbs of air in them and I like the ride better than the smaller tires.
Got to do an oil change before we head to Lake George, hope I don't have to put the studded tires on to go down there.
Were over 2 weeks behind this spring also, water levels are real high and the ground is soaked. I should have had the boat in 3 weeks ago but the water is just to high and fast.

[Rosy]

You know it is kind of funny here. Go by the fire stations are they are saying, fire level moderate, but the weather is cool, but the rains come and go. We really missed the huge rain storm everybody else got a few weeks ago, because it blew out to sea, so the ground is fairly dry.
How many quarts do you take for your oil change? Is that a Chevy block? What year is the motor? Can you do an oil change without jacking the trike up? Good luck! I know, many questions!
See you guys soon. Remember we have to talk about a trip to Canada in the near future.

Rosy

[tom w]

Put my summer tires on --

great looking ride !

[skuuter]

Put my summer tires on --

SUPER NICE.....!!!!!...

[Bruce]

You know it is kind of funny here. Go by the fire stations are they are saying, fire level moderate, but the weather is cool, but the rains come and go. We really missed the huge rain storm everybody else got a few weeks ago, because it blew out to sea, so the ground is fairly dry.
How many quarts do you take for your oil change? Is that a Chevy block? What year is the motor? Can you do an oil change without jacking the trike up? Good luck! I know, many questions!
See you guys soon. Remember we have to talk about a trip to Canada in the near future.

Rosy

Its a standard Chevy 350 and I can change the oil and filter without jacking the trike up --
Canada sounds good, see you soon.

[Rosy]

Hey, Bruce, your avatar shows your narrow tires, correct? Are you using the same rims, or did you buy new ones?
Is the 350 stock, or are there modifications to the motor, like lifters, cam, pistons, heads, or primary chain? Whatever, it does sound good when running!
See you soon.

Rosy

[rmrc51]

Just dusted mine off this week,,,. She's been sitting way too long.

Hopefully this weekend, I'll take her out for a ride around the neighborhood to stretch her legs/wheels, lol.

[Rosy]

Just dusted mine off this week,,,. She's been sitting way too long.

Hopefully this weekend, I'll take her out for a ride around the neighborhood to stretch her legs/wheels, lol.

Don't tell my wife but I use her swiffer with the short wand to dust the trike. It works like a charm, specially on a black trike!
Then I take the Honda cleaner and finish her off with a nice polish, while she is still in the cellar.

Rosy