"DIY MODS" and TRICKS to SAVE $$$$$$
#1511
Cheap cup holders
All cup holders are $70??! What, are they nuts?
Here's what I did in a few trips to the hardware store, with some angle brackets, pipe clamps, an old leather belt, some webbing, pop rivets, a cheap dollar store cup holder and a PVC pipe coupling. Two cup holders. And the slot in the one on the bars is so my heated coffee cup wire fits in it (gots ta have that java in the AM!)
Yeah, I know, I'm cheap and have too much time on my hands, but I prefer frugal.
Back:
Front:
Well?
Edit: Yeah, I know, wash the trike.
Here's what I did in a few trips to the hardware store, with some angle brackets, pipe clamps, an old leather belt, some webbing, pop rivets, a cheap dollar store cup holder and a PVC pipe coupling. Two cup holders. And the slot in the one on the bars is so my heated coffee cup wire fits in it (gots ta have that java in the AM!)
Yeah, I know, I'm cheap and have too much time on my hands, but I prefer frugal.
Back:
Front:
Well?
Edit: Yeah, I know, wash the trike.
Last edited by Oogie Wa Wa; 04-19-2014 at 09:02 AM.
#1512
Side stand retrievable ground pad
Here's basically a freebie. I got a trike so I don't need it any more, but before I'd use a pad or something on the ground for under my side stand on grass, dirt, stones, etc. To keep it from sinking in and the bike from falling over.
Lost of ideas for pads like this. You toss it down there and move the bike a little so it sits on it.
The problem is when you go to leave. Uh-oh; now how in the heck do you bend over to pick that darned thing up and not drop the bike??!!!
My solution was simple; drill a little hole in it and attach one end of a string. Run the string up to the bars, and make a permanent loop in it to fit, with some slack. Cut off the rest.
Now before getting on the bike, put the loop end up around the handlebar; hop on, sit it upright, and use the string to retrieve the little ground pad! Wind it up and toss it in your glove or windshield box.
Lost of ideas for pads like this. You toss it down there and move the bike a little so it sits on it.
The problem is when you go to leave. Uh-oh; now how in the heck do you bend over to pick that darned thing up and not drop the bike??!!!
My solution was simple; drill a little hole in it and attach one end of a string. Run the string up to the bars, and make a permanent loop in it to fit, with some slack. Cut off the rest.
Now before getting on the bike, put the loop end up around the handlebar; hop on, sit it upright, and use the string to retrieve the little ground pad! Wind it up and toss it in your glove or windshield box.
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#1513
the wires of the 12v plug are wired direct to battery (red wire to positive with an inline fuse, black to negative).
this meaning it has constant power. you don't have to have the ignition switch on to have power at the plug. As for the tender, you plug in the tender with a cigarette style plug in and it charges/maintains the battery directly.
#1514
sorry about that, maybe i didn't clarify in my description.
the wires of the 12v plug are wired direct to battery (red wire to positive with an inline fuse, black to negative).
this meaning it has constant power. you don't have to have the ignition switch on to have power at the plug. As for the tender, you plug in the tender with a cigarette style plug in and it charges/maintains the battery directly.
the wires of the 12v plug are wired direct to battery (red wire to positive with an inline fuse, black to negative).
this meaning it has constant power. you don't have to have the ignition switch on to have power at the plug. As for the tender, you plug in the tender with a cigarette style plug in and it charges/maintains the battery directly.
Here's basically a freebie. I got a trike so I don't need it any more, but before I'd use a pad or something on the ground for under my side stand on grass, dirt, stones, etc. To keep it from sinking in and the bike from falling over.
Lost of ideas for pads like this. You toss it down there and move the bike a little so it sits on it.
The problem is when you go to leave. Uh-oh; now how in the heck do you bend over to pick that darned thing up and not drop the bike??!!!
My solution was simple; drill a little hole in it and attach one end of a string. Run the string up to the bars, and make a permanent loop in it to fit, with some slack. Cut off the rest.
Now before getting on the bike, put the loop end up around the handlebar; hop on, sit it upright, and use the string to retrieve the little ground pad! Wind it up and toss it in your glove or windshield box.
Lost of ideas for pads like this. You toss it down there and move the bike a little so it sits on it.
The problem is when you go to leave. Uh-oh; now how in the heck do you bend over to pick that darned thing up and not drop the bike??!!!
My solution was simple; drill a little hole in it and attach one end of a string. Run the string up to the bars, and make a permanent loop in it to fit, with some slack. Cut off the rest.
Now before getting on the bike, put the loop end up around the handlebar; hop on, sit it upright, and use the string to retrieve the little ground pad! Wind it up and toss it in your glove or windshield box.
#1516
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Nick LaBrie (04-07-2022)