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Just did a 2009 SG with a kit from Randy at Kool Trikes, the IS rides great!
 
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Just did a 2009 SG with a kit from Randy at Kool Trikes, the IS rides great!
Sharpe looking trike..one of a kind!
 
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Originally Posted by ricktherocket
Just did a 2009 SG with a kit from Randy at Kool Trikes, the IS rides great!
Looks like a Champion. Is it? My Roadking with a Champion IRS rides great too. What do you keep your air pressures at?
 
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just a update,got about 5,000 miles on my road smith. first thing the ride beats the triglide,no questions about it. handling is also superior. was riding behind a triglide on big bumps his passenger was coming way off the seat mine didn't . only thing i would do different would be lower the gearing at the time of install.
 
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Originally Posted by bigdumbnoitall00
just a update,got about 5,000 miles on my road smith. first thing the ride beats the triglide,no questions about it. handling is also superior. was riding behind a triglide on big bumps his passenger was coming way off the seat mine didn't . only thing i would do different would be lower the gearing at the time of install.
Don't say that to a Tri owner. They seem to believe that the Tri is the best there is bar none. Personally, when I was shopping and test riding, the Tri was just about at the bottom of the barrel as far as handling and overall ride comfort was concerned. Anything that had IRS was way more comfortable and I never saw the superior handling they claim that the solid offers. But in the long run, I'm happy, Tri owners are happy, so to each their own I guess.
 
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gotta laugh at the triglides running 20# in their rear tires, I'm guessing to improve the truck like ride, then watching the tire roll over in a easy turn.
 
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gotta laugh at the triglides running 20# in their rear tires, I'm guessing to improve the truck like ride, then watching the tire roll over in a easy turn.
Like I said, you'll never convince them otherwise, so don't even try. Ignorance is bliss. It's just a waste of energy and probably the start of an argument that's not worth the effort. Their happy, I'm happy, your happy so I just let the sleeping dog lie when I'm around a Tri owner.
 
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Looks like a Champion. Is it? My Roadking with a Champion IRS rides great too. What do you keep your air pressures at?
Not a Champion, as I stated it's a "Kool Trikes".
Not mine so I don't know what the owner runs the air pressures, I just did the conversion for him.
 
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Well not sure if this is considered a true trike but it ticks all the boxes for me, when my ride gets to heavy, if this company is still around I am going for this.

http://www.tiltingmotorworks.com/

 
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I have owned two Harley Trikes, one was a 2010 Street Glide Trike which was a pile of junk. Everything that was wrong about it was in the trike. Always in the shop. I got rid of it in 2013 and went back to two wheels for a while. I finally went back and looked at the 2015 Tri Glide and bought it. There was a lot of great changes to that trike that I like except the suspension. The air shocks are the pits and always has been. I am thinking about engineering a way to get rid of the shocks and replace it with a small compressor and air bags on the rear axle. The way the suspension is now I get really beat up on rough roads with this suspension, the body twists and so does my body. Very back for riders that have bad backs.
 


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