Likes: 1
Thanks: 2
Love Jugs frame mount
I just got off the phone with Love Jugs and they told me that on the 2020 TG that you can't use the frame mount kit. He said that there was too much stuff under the tank and that the kit will not fit. The kit that I have is the right one for the wet head. Has anyone else heard of this.
Don't know about that on to 20. I got the Mity Mites from Zook, couldn't make the frame mt fit on my 16 so went with the horn mt and it works fine so far (7000 miles).
It is what it is.
16 Tri Glide vivid black
When I got the Frame Mount Kit it also included what's needed to do a Horn Mount Installion. Which I ended up doing, because I didn't feel comfortable or confident to attempt working that close to those coolant lines.
So check your parts to see if you already have what's necessary, should you choose to do a Horn Mount Installation.
2016 Tri Glide Billet Silver w/Pinstripes ["Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!"]
• "There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us." ..... James Truslow Adams
• 2nd BN 33rd Armor "The Tiger Battalion" "1972 - 1974"
Horn mount works fine. Go for it
I used the horn mount that came with the Mighty Mites. Love Jugs said to send the frame mount kit back and they will refund me. I wanted the frame mount because they said that over time the engine vibration, especially when the engine goes into parade mode at traffic lights would eventually damage the fans. I don't know if anyone has had this happen but I didn't want to take the chance.
I use to have the horn mount with my mighty mites (16 Tri). After replacing two fans for failure and having to repair wiring because of vibration, also wearing thru the wiring, I went to frame mount. No problems since! It's a little trick doing the frame mount but if read the instructions carefully and slide the one strap under the tunnel wiring on the right, every fits like a glove. The frame mount will save lots of headaches down the rode. At least for me it has.Originally Posted by molokaimike
HOW CAN YOU HELP THE TRIKE TALK FORUM? Become a GOLD CLUB MEMBER!
A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to the 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'
The frame mount is a very tight fit on the Twin Cooled bikes. The M8's do not vibrate nearly as much as the Twin Cam's, so it is really not necessary to use the frame mount on them.
On my 2014 Twin Cooled Twin Cam it would have been better using the frame mount, even though it is a PITA to install, simply because of the vibration.
I've not had a fan motor fail due to vibration, but I have had the rubber isolater fail at about 40K miles. It was a 30 minute job to replace it. That was on a Twin Cam.
With the lesser vibration on an M8 I do not anticipate any failures from the horn mount position.
Kevin
Anybody have any problems removing horn mount from the heads to use the frame mount ? Doesn't mount help to stiffen motor ( if that's the right way to say it ) ?
No problem to remove, just two bolts. The are torque to 40 ft-lbs. It just there to mount the horn only, from what I can see in the service manual.Anybody have any problems removing horn mount from the heads to use the frame mount ? Doesn't mount help to stiffen motor ( if that's the right way to say it ) ?
HOW CAN YOU HELP THE TRIKE TALK FORUM? Become a GOLD CLUB MEMBER!
A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to the 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'
Posting Permissions
