New shocks, how many miles do you have on her? What type of trike do you have?
Grips and floor boards, post pictures if you can of your work. Are you putting on heel and toe shifter at the same time?
Good luck on the work!
Rosy
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Re: What did you do to your Trike this week?
Cleaned the love bugs off, Polished her with Pledge and putting it up on the jack tomorrow and changing the shocks.
New floorboards and grips next weekend
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New shocks, how many miles do you have on her? What type of trike do you have?
Grips and floor boards, post pictures if you can of your work. Are you putting on heel and toe shifter at the same time?
Good luck on the work!
Rosy
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2004 HD Electra Glide outrigger trike, 80k miles.Originally Posted by Rosy
Already has a heel-toe shifter
I didnt take pictures of the work.. 20 min and 4 bolts and it was done.
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WOW, fast worker! So, how do you like the new setup? I bet it is better than the old.
80k, that's riding some! How many front tires have you had to put on?
Good luck on your rides and be safe!
Rosy
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Still trying to get the rear brakes to work ('08 Road Star/Champion) - Anybody want a trike cheap? LOL
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Maybe somebody here has had the same problem, what is going on? Are you working with shoes or disk? Any pictures if you got them could help.
Old story from years ago. My Father-in-law put breaks on my wife's 1964 1/2 Mustang convertible. Wife took the car for a ride and almost hit a tree and a bridge railing. He had put the two large pads on one side and the small pads on the other, guess what at a higher speed when she put the break on, it pulled the car off the road, Yikes!
Rosy
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Rosy - Running standard Champion setup for the Road Star, dual disc w/3lb residual valve to help with pressure - so far I've replaced the valve that came with the kit, rebuild the MC (don't think it really needed it) with no luck - I'm thinking the pistons in the calipers aren't working right - will know for sure after I get the brakes "professionally" bled - it isn't much fun running around with only the gear box and front brakes to slow/stop with (only doing that when necessary).
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Your right about let the pros at it. I know, I have been told when you bleed the brakes on a Wing, they can be very tricky, something about bleeding the fronts at the same time, I think.
That's why this spring I spent the extra to get the fluids replaced at the shop, rather than trying it myself. Getting to old to worry about, did I do it correctly, besides, I don't have the proper equipment to bleed brakes.
Hope they can straighten your problem out so you can enjoy your rides, instead of worrying about slowing down way ahead, so you can stop.
Rosy
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Hey Calgary, nice new jack and stands. I see you use Rotella oil in your Wing. What brand of filter do you use?
Wow, you have the whole front end off, what are you doing, more than an oil change?
Do you use a piece of wood or pad between your jack and motor?
Boy, you have lots of room to work, mine is small and cramped compare to you!
Good luck.
Rosy
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Nothing, Just rode a lot and got it dirty, Maybe I'll dust it off'
Or not,,
Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar.....
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Finally got around to doing the front brakes. Couldve gone a little while longer but its always better to be safe than sorry and with our luck need the trike and have it layed up. The part thats always frustrating though is it takes longer to take off and unhook the farkles than it takes to do the brake job.. But the good part is we're good to go for quite awhile.
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Your are correct, why wait till they start screaming, get it done and out of the way.
Had mine done when they were working on plugs and valves, front only. Jim said they wear out a lot faster than the rears. The rears look like they are brand new, but they disc brakes anyway.
So, most of things needed to be done for a while have been done, good to go!
Rosy
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TURNED OVER 20,000 MILES ! Did my service and got the atf out of the primary. syn 3 in it now. My buddy and i took his new street glide for its 5000 mile service . Cost him $240. I Did mine for $70. Kind of like a senior trike discount.
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Had a busy week, changed the front hiems on the ladder bars, Replaced the rear u joint, Changed the oil and filter and had the rear tires balanced and put dyna beads in the front tire. Now I should be ready to ride.
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Does your new u-joint have zerks so it can be greased? I know some have, but they are hard to get to.
Rosy
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Yes the back joint has the zerks, but the front nor the yoke has one. I only changed the back one, been chasing a vibration.
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Did the work help the vibration? I know some u-joints don't come with zerks, but they do have the ports to put one in, strange for a few pennies more they could be included.
Hoped it helped!
Rosy
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After all that work Rosy the vibration is gone, It was one of those things that you cant put a finger on the sole problem. Seems like everything I done improved it. I am just glad its gone.
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Great to hear. Remember the thread about the tires being old on a trike and they were vibrating? People don't realize tires have a born date on them and can go bad with age. In NH, we have state inspection on vehicles and they check born dates on tires and I believe if they are too old, they will not pass the vehicle till the tires are changed.
I also have ceramic beads in my front tires and I wish the garage where I had my rears mounted had ceramic beads, but at the time they didn't, now they do. My next set of rears will have ceramic beads.
So, you are all set for summer! Safe riding!
Rosy
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Rode yesterday. Too hot 87 deg. Today too cold 55. And it may rain any time soon. Honey is 30 miles south and is is pouring .
When I am gona fix something I will fix it. You don't have to bug me every 6 months.
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