Hi folks. I haven't been on for a while, but I received a lot of help when asking for advice on how to help my wife Nancy learn to ride a Tri Glide. FWIW, that has been a sucess & she absolutely LOVES the trike!
She rides a 17 TG. She is 5'2" ~ 5'3" tall, and we have made some changes to the trike to better fit her: a lowered windshield, HD reach handlebars, I installed DK's lift kit & florrboard spacers, also an extended rear shifter (so the heel shifter is back off the floorboard more). All have worked well.
We have another hurdle though: her right knee/thigh area is either in contact with the air cleaner cover or barely off it. The DK kit to move the floorboards out helped this, but we need more. Nancy has a medical condition where heat really bothers her & the AC cover gets warm enough to cause discomfort her when she's in contact with it.
I'm looking for suggestions on alternative intakes that would provide more room for her knee. In particular, I'm looking at the HD Heavy Breather kits - the units that sort of "snorkel" towards the front of the bike. Has anyone with a similar issue - or trying to help fit someone with a similar issue - tried one of these kits with sucess? At $400 plus a tune it's a bigger gamble than we would like to make without some advice. From the pictures on HD's site it looks like their might be more room but I can't completely tell.
Any advice on this unit or something else is apprciated. Thank you!!