Riding in the Rain
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From: DE
I used a hand shifter for an old pan head with 5 gal tank. You have to make your own bracket to mount though. They are available from J&P Cycle. Originally I used the original clutch cable and made a bracket to hold it. After a while I pulled the end off the cable- due too many bends. Then I got a hydralic clutch release door for a Screaming Eagle and used a master rear brake cylinder for my foor clutch. It takes a little engineering, but now works flawlessly. I will try to take close up.
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From: Juneau, Alaska
I tried to attach two pics. The chrome cylinder under the fan is a Pingle electric shift for when I want to shift quick. I use the tank shifter most of the time.
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Butch
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From: san antonio, tx
I don't have a TG, but the next thing to it...a Lehman kitted Ultra Classic and have had some scary experiences. My advice is to keep the narrowest tire you can mounted on the rears. I believe the TG comes stock with a 205, which is fine. Maybe even a 215 would be okay, but I know some folks running a 195. ALL of these leave plenty of footprint on the road. I think the TG is limited on what profile you can mount in the fender-well anyway.
The early Lehman kits came with a 245/60R15. This was much to large of a tire to have on a light (relatively speaking) trike and it would try and swap ends with you on a wet highway, particularly if the tread had some wear on it. You could really feel the hydroplaning effect in a downpour. I switched to a 205 and have never had a problem since. The trike is lighter than an automobile and cannot keep wide tires in touch with wet pavement. I would also suggest to watch the tread-wear. When they are half-way gone....I'd replace them.
I think you will be fine with what you have like the other folks have reported above. Just don't switch to a wider profile tire and change them a bit sooner than you normally would on your passenger car.
The early Lehman kits came with a 245/60R15. This was much to large of a tire to have on a light (relatively speaking) trike and it would try and swap ends with you on a wet highway, particularly if the tread had some wear on it. You could really feel the hydroplaning effect in a downpour. I switched to a 205 and have never had a problem since. The trike is lighter than an automobile and cannot keep wide tires in touch with wet pavement. I would also suggest to watch the tread-wear. When they are half-way gone....I'd replace them.
I think you will be fine with what you have like the other folks have reported above. Just don't switch to a wider profile tire and change them a bit sooner than you normally would on your passenger car.
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i understand the logic behind your argument, but can't say that i agree with with it. i have rolled my trike through numerous rainstorms and it has handled it like a champ. never waivered and always gotten me to my destination safely. recently rained while on a ride through louisiana and mississippi almost the entire time. cruising at speeds around 75 it was solid. maybe the tread design has something to do with it or maybe my trike is just a freak of nature, but the wide tires have had no problem negotiating bad weather. 25,000 miles on these tires and you can hardly see any wear.
i too have the foot clutch/hand shift setup with the Pingel shifter. love the setup but have grown to hate the Pingel. my next shifter will be the Kliktronic. i have a Labriola setup and am running both my brakes off the right foot.
grimm
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Grimm...my buddy...your tires are so wide that they reach out to the edges of the lane on both the high spots. If you put them in the right puddle of water...any of them will slide.
I'm not a tire expert but have read a lot, experienced a lot, stayed in a Holiday Inn recently and have a brother-n-law that was in the tire business. I will discount any opinion from my brother-n-law so...drop him as a resource.
Seriously though, as a tire ages it's characteristics change. They could make a tire so hard that it never would wear out, but grip is sacrificed in the process. Mine were maybe 1/2 gone, almost 10-years old and I am sure tread design has something to do with it. I say....if they work for you....run 'em.
I am coming through Texas in late June back off a trip, but no lower than Lubbock and then on over to Lindale. We have been through your home town more than once and if I ever come back through...I'll look you up.
I'm not a tire expert but have read a lot, experienced a lot, stayed in a Holiday Inn recently and have a brother-n-law that was in the tire business. I will discount any opinion from my brother-n-law so...drop him as a resource.
Seriously though, as a tire ages it's characteristics change. They could make a tire so hard that it never would wear out, but grip is sacrificed in the process. Mine were maybe 1/2 gone, almost 10-years old and I am sure tread design has something to do with it. I say....if they work for you....run 'em.
I am coming through Texas in late June back off a trip, but no lower than Lubbock and then on over to Lindale. We have been through your home town more than once and if I ever come back through...I'll look you up.
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From: san antonio, tx
Grimm...my buddy...your tires are so wide that they reach out to the edges of the lane on both the high spots. If you put them in the right puddle of water...any of them will slide.
I'm not a tire expert but have read a lot, experienced a lot, stayed in a Holiday Inn recently and have a brother-n-law that was in the tire business. I will discount any opinion from my brother-n-law so...drop him as a resource.
Seriously though, as a tire ages it's characteristics change. They could make a tire so hard that it never would wear out, but grip is sacrificed in the process. Mine were maybe 1/2 gone, almost 10-years old and I am sure tread design has something to do with it. I say....if they work for you....run 'em.
I am coming through Texas in late June back off a trip, but no lower than Lubbock and then on over to Lindale. We have been through your home town more than once and if I ever come back through...I'll look you up.
I'm not a tire expert but have read a lot, experienced a lot, stayed in a Holiday Inn recently and have a brother-n-law that was in the tire business. I will discount any opinion from my brother-n-law so...drop him as a resource.
Seriously though, as a tire ages it's characteristics change. They could make a tire so hard that it never would wear out, but grip is sacrificed in the process. Mine were maybe 1/2 gone, almost 10-years old and I am sure tread design has something to do with it. I say....if they work for you....run 'em.
I am coming through Texas in late June back off a trip, but no lower than Lubbock and then on over to Lindale. We have been through your home town more than once and if I ever come back through...I'll look you up.
definitely! lubbock is a little north of me, but if any of my trike family comes through san antonio/austin area, my door is always open! would be great to hook up with some of you guys!
grimm
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i understand the logic behind your argument, but can't say that i agree with with it. i have rolled my trike through numerous rainstorms and it has handled it like a champ. never waivered and always gotten me to my destination safely. recently rained while on a ride through louisiana and mississippi almost the entire time. cruising at speeds around 75 it was solid. maybe the tread design has something to do with it or maybe my trike is just a freak of nature, but the wide tires have had no problem negotiating bad weather. 25,000 miles on these tires and you can hardly see any wear.
i too have the foot clutch/hand shift setup with the Pingel shifter. love the setup but have grown to hate the Pingel. my next shifter will be the Kliktronic. i have a Labriola setup and am running both my brakes off the right foot.
grimm
i understand the logic behind your argument, but can't say that i agree with with it. i have rolled my trike through numerous rainstorms and it has handled it like a champ. never waivered and always gotten me to my destination safely. recently rained while on a ride through louisiana and mississippi almost the entire time. cruising at speeds around 75 it was solid. maybe the tread design has something to do with it or maybe my trike is just a freak of nature, but the wide tires have had no problem negotiating bad weather. 25,000 miles on these tires and you can hardly see any wear.
i too have the foot clutch/hand shift setup with the Pingel shifter. love the setup but have grown to hate the Pingel. my next shifter will be the Kliktronic. i have a Labriola setup and am running both my brakes off the right foot.
grimm
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From: san antonio, tx
yes, they're set up is a left foot clutch. see my sig pic where the chick has her foot on my clutch lever rather than the peg...(nitwit). not a hydraulic clutch tho. it's a standard cable operated clutch. this setup is excellent. i've had no issues with it at all and would recemmend LaBriola to anyone. i am not quite sure i understand why a hydraulic foot clutch would be needed, as the cable foot clutch is extremely easy to use but i commend your ingenuity for making something that works for you.
grimm
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From: DE
yes, they're set up is a left foot clutch. see my sig pic where the chick has her foot on my clutch lever rather than the peg...(nitwit). not a hydraulic clutch tho. it's a standard cable operated clutch. this setup is excellent. i've had no issues with it at all and would recemmend LaBriola to anyone. i am not quite sure i understand why a hydraulic foot clutch would be needed, as the cable foot clutch is extremely easy to use but i commend your ingenuity for making something that works for you.
grimm
grimm
I would have gone this rout- much easier.
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