Be who your dog thinks you are.
2021 Tri Glide Ultra Vivid Black with some Farkles.
19 Tri Glide. Just turned 26000.
2019 TriGlide, Twisted Cherry. Khrome Werks 2+2 bars, Eagle Lights front and rear
DK foot board extensions, rear bearing retainer plates, tourpack relocation kit and oil filter relocation kit
with cooler, powder coate tod wheels, Progressive 444 shocks,. More
Live Everyday Like It's Your Last... Because One Day It Will Be...
2021 Billiard Red Tri-Glide • 1999 Ultra Classic - Stage 2, 6 Speed (Gone) • 1995 Softail Nostalgia (Gone) • 1977 Superglide - Chopped (Gone)
• 1976 Liberty Edition Sportster (Gone) • 1949 Hydraglide Panhead - Fully Restored (Gone)
We normally take one to two interstate trips a season for a total of 10000 miles annually. We now have logged 108,000 on various trikes from 2011 to 2020 and loved them all.
Regarding justification of ownership everyone must make their own decisions. While my wife and I represent "obsessive" needs for travel on trike many folks just want some fresh air in their face and want three wheels for whatever reason that "trips their trigger" . If riding trikes is really not your "passion", (the last cycle trader search revealed over 1047 Triglides for sale both new/used! then maybe more thought regarding ownership may needed? Good luck.
Very good points indeed and it sounds like you really enjoy your trikes!
In my younger days I worked a ton, plus I lived up in the snow belt, so if I was able to put 4,000 miles on in a year I was lucky.
Now this old man uses the bike for local stuff plus longer touring riding 2-up. Since buying the first TG in 2016 we have had some months putting less than 1,000 miles on and some months racking up over 3,000.
My two closest riding buddies are both almost at 50,000 miles (2017 and 2018) trikes. Mine (2019) will have just over 45,000 miles on it when I pick it up in a couple weeks. Having the whole engine done with t-man 130 kit plus the bottom end up at Darkhorse. Now in my mind I can start the ticker back at zero on my engine as far as I'm concerned.
Obviously, I am keeping this as my last Harley and expect to get well over 100,000 miles on it before my dirt nap.
Current: 2019 Trike (custom 130ci T-Man kit with Darkhorse bottom end)
Just curious, did you have the engine redone because of issues or just wanted more performance?
My two buddies I ride with every year (one lives in KY and one in AL) both had Four Rivers Harley in Paducah do T-man kits on their 107 M-8s. Their bikes really came off the dino really great and Four Rivers treated them good on the price.
Even though I was starting with a 114 M8, I still wanted something a little different. Four Rivers suggested this type of rebuild. If it turns out as quick as we expect it will be all the HP and torque I will ever desire. Almost like getting a new bike as far as miles go but only spending a small fraction of the cost.
Current: 2019 Trike (custom 130ci T-Man kit with Darkhorse bottom end)
Wanted a new motor with more HP and torque.
Figured up the miles I was putting on my 19 Trike and in 3-4 years I would be closing in on 100,000 miles. There is no way after putting on chrome wheels, chrome forks, and other stuff, I ever wanted to buy a new bike just turning 70. It really wasn't that expensive for this rebuild and the motor should be about as close to bulletproof as possible. Not to mention a fairly fast trike (lol).
Current: 2019 Trike (custom 130ci T-Man kit with Darkhorse bottom end)
Have my 19 Tri Glide just under 4 years, have 29,000 on it but it sat in the dealer waiting for parts after an accident for 8 months, I usually average between 8-10 thousand a year