Recent content by SickNick

  1. riser bolt stuck in riser!

    Hindsight is great, but if the bolt was moving, you should have maybe worked it up and down a bit with plenty of anti-seize lubricant. Your phrase "i drilled the socket cap and twisted the the head off deliberately so i could get the bars off." is so reminiscent of the classic biker's crash...

  2. Cat Box Gutted

    Well, I can think of a couple of things involving the Wife...

  3. Removing left side exhaust

    The more exhausts you remove (so long as you blank-off the ports), the worse it breathes, the richer it gets, and the cooler it runs. I ran my trike on 2 standard pipes. No engine problems, except the god**** output shaft bearing, but I REALLY don't think that was a fuel-air mixture problem...

  4. hand deflectors?

    Hand Deflectors? Sounds like something that women need on the Tokyo Subway!

  5. Staritg Problems

    OK John, let's go through this in logical steps. 1) You have a trike conversion - This is almost certainly NOT the direct cause of your starting or output bearing problems. (Unless they guy who did the conversion screwed the wiring up or did something stupid with the transmission) 2)...

  6. Help - main beam and dipped lights do not work

    I thought the bike wasn't supposed to even run if both bulbs were blown?

  7. Tor's length ?

    It isn't a 3-into-3 system. It's 3-into-1-into-3, so all the cylinders share equally in the exhaust characteristics. 1/3 TOR is close to normal tune. 2/3 TOR is close to TOR, or you could dial-up a custom tune with Tuneboy.

  8. New place for the water bottle

    Uh, excuse me, but in a standard Rocket, the header tank is in exactly that spot. (but I admit that yours is more pretty) Have you heard of "re-inventing the wheel"? If you change something from stock, be prepared for someone to tell you WHY the stock idea was a pretty good one. Usually...

  9. Eliminate LH side muffler? Run just RH two??

    We cut the second RHS muffler off my Rocket trike, and blanked off the Cat box outlet. it runs fine. It may not be ABSOLUTELY perfect, but it's OK. I'm just about to take the next step of replacing the standard 'zorts with TOR's and putting a hand-built cat bypass in to do the 3-into-1-into-2...

  10. rocket V--trike

    jacko, Hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine. http://nhoffman.gallery.netspace.net.au/ The seat decorations are extra...

  11. Longer throttle cables?

    You gotta re-route! The Classic cables are a whole 1 cm longer! You need over 5 cm for the bar change, especially if you have risers. But re-routing will get you all this and more. You don't *really* need the longer cables (but in my case, since I paid for them, I'll use them and keep the...

  12. heavy to push !

    Re: not to heavy now ! No, it shouldn't stall. EVER, unless you screw the clutch operation. These mothers pull from idle. Get your dealer to fix the idle/stall problem NOW, imho...

  13. where to find handelbars

    Rivco risers + Valkyrie bars Risers bring 'em up, bars take 'em down again. Clears the tank, fuel cap still opens, wrist angle is great...

  14. Rocket Tyre Pressures? What do you run?

    I'm running 12 psi on the rears. I might drop them to 10...

  15. Strange clicking noise with front brake

    If it varies with road speed (wheel speed) it's something on the disk. Check for a crack, a chip, a burr, a stone caught in one of the vent holes, or a loose disk attachment bolt. Also check the disks are running true and not out of flat. You should be able to jack the bike up, spin the...
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