Recent content by trikebldr

Without pics it's very hard to evaluate. But, just playing devil's-advocate, and knowing the histories of a few Terras, I would not want a front opening version because it makes you climb over the fender or the mounting bars. One reason for a right-side hinge was to make it easy to simply walk...

I can't find my copies of the brochures right now to see HOW they referenced ABS, but IIRC the brochure does refer to fiberglass and ABS in the making of the Terraplane. That doesn't mean they were made in both materials ENTIRELY, bu that the main shell and top is fiberglass and some of the...

All of my brochures (3) show the same black gel-coat base color with the same gold/red accent overlays. No mention of any options to this scheme. About 90% sure yours has been custom painted.

LOL, I went through a search for such u-bolts a couple of years ago myself, but they seem to be made for specific applications and not many to be found for general use. I did find a few at Fastenal, but none were long enough for my use. I ended up making my own, but it's a tedious job to...

Suweet looking ride! That's a nice looking TP!

It all depends on the washers used. It's more a matter of custom fitting the caliper gap to the rotor by adding/deleting washers until it's just right. I do recommend using precision ground washers though as they will be much flatter than stamped out washers.

This is the only generic Terraplane manual you will find (PDF). I have individual manuals for mounting to GL110's, KZ1100's, and YZ1100's. Technically, the Terraplane was too light to be mounted to a Road Glide, but of course weight can be added. Hence, I seriously doubt you will find any manual...

I did find some stuff called "H" channel moulding by doing a search. Not much on eBay, but there are some companies out there who do sell small orders. A stock windscreen and side screens are roughly 1/8" so that is what you look for. I never did find anything even close to original, but that...

Turbodog, could I talk you into some detail shots of your leading leg adapters? I've done the same thing on my Kawasaki Voyager 1300 and they work quite well to reduce steering effort. Did yours work out as you had hoped? Did the steering sensitivity increase? I see you wrapped your pipes with...

About the leading legs, I made a set for my Voyager, too. They absolutely do the trick. Just simply reduce the trail to help steering effort without altering angles.

Like the built in lights! Interesting that you painted out the windshield. Did you use the stock sidecar caliper and master? They are a bit overkill as is. Using a shorter brake lever helps to alleviate the sensitivity on these. Swapping to the 150 caliper from the stock 175 does, too, but...

Yours looks pretty much like what mine did when I bought it for $2000, except yours has a shinier gel coat. The brakes on mine were also non-functional, but all there. My lean adjust link was also all worn out and pretty much junk. I sure wouldn't take less than about $2000 for yours! Unless...

These are close-ups of that wheel showing how far out the spinner protrudes. It's really only about 1/4" farther than the stock black plastic cap.

VERY well deserved recognition! Your car is probably my all-time favorite! Such fine workmanship and well appointed features. Your rear rack especially inspires me to make one very similar.

I bought a set of four universal three point spinners with five bolt adapters (outomotive bolt pattern). These spinners do thread on and off the adapters. They also have three little allen set screws to lock them in place on the adapters. However, those adapters would puch the spinner too far...