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Plan is to mount a Hannagan classic twin on a 2017 Road Glide Ultra. This will take some time. Already have a lot of this riding season planned. It is not a low budget project. This will be done right. For personal reasons the path I take may differ from others. I will try to explain as it goes along. There are still some unanswered issue that may come up and we are ready to deal with them.
First , why. Wife and I have been riding 43 years together. Fully loaded Touring bike and the things we must pack as we age, will in the coming years be to much for two wheel two up.
We have ruled out a Trike for us and trailers just a no go. The smaller sidecar we have has shown it is a good option for us.
Why Hannagan? They have been around a long time and are only 530 miles from us. While a little larger than I had wanted the Twin Classic seems to be the right one.
Plan is to have Local HD dealer install the car. I like to keep money near home and they have served me well for a long time. This will happen in Three stages. There are reason for doing this.
1. Front end
2. Order and ship car. This will include a stop in Murry KY. to look the car over in May.
3. Install
I have decided to go with an HD trike front end. The Tree provides the rake, the tubes are 2 inches longer , and the steering damper is a nice clean fit. The longer Tubes will bring the bike back to a normal height in front .
One issue we may need to deal with. The RGU has a frame mounted faring. To clear the tubes stop to stop it may need to be shimmed out some. It will be close. We are ready to deal with it. Parts have been ordered to do the front end and they will be installed around June ,we have riding to do. Once installed we will ride with it and get use to the new front end. As the riding season nears and end 6-8 weeks out the car will be ordered and ship directly to HD dealer painted and ready to install. It will be a winter install.
As this happens I will show the cost of parts, labor and shipping. Things I already know is color matching is not going to be cheap. Going with the HD trike front end route will add about $500 to the cost but IMO will be well worth it. I will be riding with Car off at times.
The Bike has served me well and the M8 107 will have no problem with the car. It is already equipped with the HD WHIM , Communication , headsets radio, GPS all are already fully wireless.