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The chrome wheels came from Summit Racing: http://s14.postimage.org/u4wvev28t/Trike_Converstion_Part_1_009.jpg The Tires are Goodyear Viva II's 215/60/R15 http://s18.postimage.org/ty4xn55h1/Trike_Converstion_Part_1_026.jpg The kit came with the studs (12mm x 1.5) but no lug nuts, so I bought these a...

Well, I finally got started with my conversion of my 2012 Vulcan 900 to a trike this weekend. I'm still hobbling around a bit so I'm kinda slow and it will probably take me a couple of months to finish but as they say, "every journey starts with one step". I'll try hard to continually upda...

I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the trike kit for my new Vulcan 900. I just couldn't wait any more and took the bike out for a short 15 mile ride last Saturday morning, for which I was called, "Stupid, stupid, stupid . . ." by more than one of my relatives after I returned. I had a ...

Almost three months ago today I went down hard and broke 5 ribs, my right shoulder, punctured a lung, and broke my right Tibia and tore out the ACL and MCL in the right knee. I'm getting up there in years and I heal a lot more slowly than I once did. They tell me a teenager would have healed a long ...

Thanks, they are supposed to deliver it later this week. I'll get some daylight shots of it then and post them.

Thanks Georgia Rider, I am tired of being in the chair, it's been over 2 1/2 months, but at least I can look forward to getting back on my feet. A lot of folks out there do not have that option to look forward too. I've had three friends born with birth defects that spent their entire lives without ...

Well, I've been working on the 500 for the last couple of weeks now. Working on a bike from a wheelchair is challenging and slow but I've finally gotten it back to a point where I'm ready to sell it. She's still got some scratches and all but mechanically she's fine and I replaced or removed most of...

I went by the dealership this morning and snapped a few pics so I could show everyone what the bike looks like. In general I've always said that motorcycles should be black, and I do like black bikes a lot, but in this case, I'm trying to build a Trike that looks like something a little more "m...

Yeah, that's a fair fee by anyone's standards. I don't really have to sell it in a hurry. I might post it on Craigslist, that's how I sold the 750 a few weeks ago. Anyway, it's nice to know the dealer is an option, and I am gonna need some room in my shop when I start building the Trike, so that mig...

When I was running mostly highway miles I usually got about 59 - 60 mpg's at around 70 mph in the Warm months, but like you, I also noticed that my mileage dropped off into the mid to low 50's in the Winter. I also noticed the same drop if I had to buy gas with ethanol in it. When I fill up around h...

Welcome to the forum. This is a great group of riders and they will jump in with advice if you ever need it.

Well, here I am, 2 1/2 months out from my crash, still in a wheelchair and what did I do, what else, I bought a new bike this morning. I've been watching this nice VN 900 for a few weeks since I saw it in the showroom while the dealer was getting me a repair estimate on my Vulcan 500. It's a deep ma...

Man Triangles, glad you were not hurt any worse than that. Sorry about the damage to the bike and yourself though.

Kevin, I hope your shoulder surgery goes well. I did not have surgery on my shoulder, they said everything would just heal up on its own without it, but the physical therapy on my shoulder is way more painful than that on my knee. I've been going three times a week for a couple of hrs each trip, hal...

I finally got squared up with the insurance company today on the bike. They decided my 2009 bike with 45,000 miles on it was worth about $3,642. I inquired what my options were if I didn't want the bike totaled and got to keep it. They said they'd let me keep it if they reduced the check they were g...