What Accessories Have You Added?

[Papa Zook]

Every time I go to a rally I love looking at all the gorgeous trikes and bikes. The accessories really make the bike stand out and individualize it. Have you seen items you like and wondered who makes that particular piece? I'm in the business and still see cool new accessories at every rally and wonder who the source is. Lets post our favorite accessories by type (and brand if possible) that you have installed, or plan on adding to your trike or bike.

 

[Nana]

I keep mine so "simple" with few extras apart from shiny chrome where once was not chrome and that one little rack on the rear. I guess I can't add much here....

No, I just went out and walked around it, and I see I have about 50,000 bug bodies plastered strategically to the windshield and fenders after my ride yesterday. Does that count for anything?

 

[Papa Zook]

I dont think bug bodies count nanner... Id get them off before the acid pits the paint though. Good old lemon Pledge is a great thing to keep your paint wiped down with after cleaning.

 

[Nana]

Yup, I'm on my way out there to give that baby her bath! Pledge???? That's a good tip I hadn't heard yet. And easy too! Thanks!

 

[The Wolf]

I know you asked about the accessories but the question I want to ask is... Who at the moment does the best chrome as Kuryakyns chrome is more than useless. I have a pair of lighted highway pegs and they have started to bubble underneath already. I have brand new transformer boards and I hope they do not go the same way.
I also have the lighted exhaust lights. They look fantastic at night but there is an underlying problem...when the exhaust fumes and vapour pass through the hole at the bottom there is an accumulation of water and the screws that hold the back pieces together are already rusting and that has been 5months. I think they will last a season and a half. At the prices they charge I am going to be skint.
What I really do like is my lights underneath the trike which change up to 101 times and are called 3 million colours.
I don't want to hijack your thread but if I am parting with my very hard earned cash I would like a few pointers to the best on the market. Thanks for reading this and lets hear from you triker guys & gals

 

[katfish16]

We added the transformer boards to help Cathy with her leg hurting. Other than that we are pretty simple. would like to have a GPS but too much other stuff going on to afford one now. Besides everyone is always telling me where to go.

 

[The Wolf]

Hey Katfish
"Besides everyone is always telling me where to go"
I hope they are not rude in doing this ha ha!

 

[katfish16]

Well Wolf, most are smiling.... I am just glad when they wave and have all five fingers in the air.

 

[The Wolf]

Nice one!!

 

[ThirdWheel]

Wanting to add Sharon Stone accessory to passenger seat, but she won't return calls! Guess I have to stick to what I have.

 

[FBTRIKE]

Accessories? I don't need no stinkin accessories!
I don't even have fenders!!!!!!

OK....truth be known, I'ld love some accessories, but I'm still workin on the fenders........

 

[jim peacock]

Have a pearl white 96 se with a 06 lehman kit,tulsa wind shield with vent,mark land foot boards on front crash bars,transformer foot rest for wife,arm rest with pouches for wife,russell day long seat,ring of fire,baker air wings and mirror wings,luggage rack.Also went a little wild a couple of years ago and had yellow leds and multi colored leds put in front air vents as well as radiator grills and multi colored leds put under each side of the trunk.
Yellow ones can be turned on with a separate switch,colored ones can be set to change colors or change colors in waves or change to music,also to be on solid.That was just one of these spur of the moment things I did,seven hundred dollars worth.Did not even tell wife I was having it done till it was all done and showed her back at the motel that night,was expecting the worse but when she saw them she liked them,so I avoided the dog house that time.

 

[Ozarkryder]

Her Purpleness (a 1995 GL1500SE) had some pinstriping when we got it, we added some more striping, and accross the trunk "Riding On A Wing And A Prayer" with a little angel next to it. (check pics in the garage)
It had Baker air wings, we added the hand wings under the mirror, a chrome radiator grill, and a Diamond seat.
I put in power ports in the left fairing pocket and under right rear speaker. To power stuff I added an Electrical Connection power distribution block off the battery, can run up to 6 circuits, turns on with a relay when the key is on. So far it runs the two power outlets and the GPS. A hard-wired battery tender cord can also be used as a power source with the adapters I made.
Installed a single ball RAM mount under the right rear armrest for a cupholder, another single ball on the right handlebar clamp for a driver cupholder and a double ball on the left handlebar clamp for the GPS and a Mp3player.
Hmmm, what else...Kury trasformer passenger boards, (Yep, bubbling chrome after 3 years) and Kury Iso Wings ($25 take-offs at the local Handa dealer) in place of the stock rider pegs which replaced a set of Markland floorboards. (Love the floorboards on my Harley, didn't work at all for me on the 'Wing.) Toe rests, and highway boards on the engine guards.
Got a Choko Design trunk lid organizer that is the Nazz, and a cordura luggage rack bag, also Kuryakyn. Another storage pouch lives under the left passenger armrest. have no idea what is in there - that is Gloria's domain, sort of like her purse.
Got an Air Rider intercom system 2 years ago,which ment we had to get 3/4 coverage (or "jet" style) helmets - the sound was pretty bad with the speaker adapters for the half helmets we had.
We have pretty much concentrated on riding comfort and convenience, the lettering and chrome radiator grill are cosmetic and the only things we've added that don't directly enhance the riding experience itself. There is more, but it goes on us, not the trike. Sure do accumulate a lot of gear in 35 years of riding! Not sure if there is much else we need to add, but this thread may give me some ideas.:yes:

 

[John Luciano]

Chrome Mirrors
Iso grips
Chrome: Radio knobs, vents all 4 sets, Revers lever, kill buton , headlight adjuster, instrument visor ,key opening and shroud,Carb covers,CB and air panel,clutch and brake levers , Clutch and brake reservoir covers. cam covers, Speaker grills front and rear. , Gas cover door
Fog lights, ring of fire (green, blue, orange) wheel spoke reflectors, 36 LED lights, and Diamond Star headlight bulbs and modulator, Turn sig. indicators on mirrors.
Highway boards,toe rests. front and rear camera brackets.
G.P.S., MP3 player, external power /charge plug
Rear tire on front , F4 windshield , progressive front fork springs.
Trailer hitch and plug with bracket.
And my Indian graphics
I am sure I forgot a few things but that is most of it.

 

[oleman69]

Re: Chrome

Hi Wolf, Over in Florence, Al. there's Grave's Plating been around forever haven't heard anything bad about them.

 

[Juju]

So far:
Tank bib with a pocket (thanks to Zook)
Crampbuster
Windshield bag
Sheepskin seat pad--ahhhhh
Backpack on the sissy bar
Since TTR-2 last week, two little dragon stickers on the windshield
My best accessory: a big, bug-eatin' grin

Stand by for more.....

 

[John Luciano]

I forgot some
Chrome intake Vent exits , Chrome intake vent lovers. chrome fairing accents.chrome intercom cable holders,
Air horns, rear push to talk and vol. control, Rear radio station changer.
Baker Wings. upper and lower

 

[saybel]

Backseat driver!!!!! :busted:

 

[Ozarkryder]

Ok, reading some of the other posts reminded me of a few more accessories I put on.
Forgot chrome radio knobs, taped off the outer ring, sanded and painted the center purple to match the bike and be different from anyone else.
The 20th anniversary badge from the trunk was taken off when the pinstriping was done in '95, and by some miracle it was still in the trunk! I glued it to a reciever plug, and it lives in the reciever when the hitch isn't in.
Speaking of a hitch, the biggest accessory would be the Bunkhouse camper, along with the camping stuff in it.
Oh - I do like me the Crampbuster - got the shorter wide one, and liked it so much I got one on the left grip. Helps on those day-long rides to take pressure off the left hand, too.

This list is for our old dearly departed GL1500SE Motor Trike. I am taking inventory on our new to us '04 GL1800. It came to us very farkled - so far as I can figure so far for the insurance company accessory list there is at least $3000 worth of add on's over stock. Seems every time I look at it I find something else. That isn't counting the stuff I kept from Her Purpleness that will fit the 1800.

 

[adventurer]

Interior pouches. Stallion has no interior storage.
Taller trailer hitch so Bushtec trailer rides level.
Loud two tone horn (on order)
J&M 2003 CB/Intercom/Weather radio/interface to factory radio
all run through helmets (on order)
Brighter headlights, the ones TMS now uses
Skid plate under oil pan - punctured hole in old one with
a rock, had to have engine replaced. All done beautifully by a Ford dealer.