I rode dirt bikes for a while in my late
teens, and in my early 20's I had a 750 Yamaha for a while.
Gave up riding in 1980 and did not ride again till I got my
first Harley. It was a 2003 Harley-Davidson Road King
Classic. After that I was hooked. I went and got a 2004
Ultra Classic but I was not done yet. I got rid of
both the Road King and the Ultra Classic for my 2005
CVO Screaming Eagle Electra Glide. After I road the
Screaming Eagle for a couple of years, I missed my
Road King so I went and got a 2007 Road King Classic.
That is how I started to ride Harley-Davidson's.
I started building a trike kit from my wife Debra's
Sportster on 7/30/2011. I'll periodically have a few
pictures posted here through the transition of the build.
We're excited. It ought to track and perform quite
well, be very functional and look cool too!
August 7th, Debra made her maiden voyage today on her trike.
Debra rode the trike and I was on our Harley. We went all
the way out to Ewa and back home to Mililani, to include
some freeway riding. Debra did good riding the TRIKE.
Saturday August 13th, Debra brought out her new customized
Harley-Davidson Sportster on her very first group ride with
the chapter. As the ride progressed into the day, it
was evident Debra was enjoying her new ride. She handled her
new HOG in residential areas, Kaneohe, Waimanalo to Hawaii
Kai, to H-1 and out to H-2, and up to Haleiwa, then down
Kunia Road, back on H-1 and home to Mililani. . . a full day
of HOG adventure on her new HOG. Pretty cool!
She says it's her birthday and Christmas present!She's a
happy Ladies of Harley rider. And we're happy as a
member with Windward Oahu Harley Owners Group, we got to
experience her adventure with us first!
Mark has included an in-depth walk-a-round video file of him
disassembling the rear end of the Sportster and building it
back up into a trike. It's quite the project.
Kudos's Mark! He said he had about 24 hours into the
project. Click on "Mark's Trike Build Video" below.
Depending on your connection, give the Windows Media File a
moment to start streaming. It's about 125 meg file but
plays smoothly with a high speed connection.
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