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« on: August 03, 2022, 12:18:34 PM » |
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Mark just finished them for my Valkyrie Roadsmith Trike  |
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Serk
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« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2022, 12:20:58 PM » |
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Beautiful! Mine are just Mark T modified OEM pipes on my Standard, but..... over 20 years and 130,000 miles later still love 'em!
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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2022, 01:15:26 PM » |
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 Pretty-sweet.
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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2022, 04:35:22 PM » |
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Beautiful. |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2022, 06:04:54 PM » |
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I also have been thinking about a set like that for my Valk Roadsmith. The stock I/S pipes on there now are unmolested so don't what they're worth either to Mark or someone else. That's sure a beautiful set, I'm thinking when I swap to the Wing reverse motor later this year would be a good time to change out the pipes. Are yours anything special, what model, etc.?
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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2022, 07:13:25 PM » |
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purdy, shiney, and BIG. Send us a video clip when on and running to see how nice and rumbly they are...
My stock I/S pipes are darn quiet which is sorta nice most of the time. My cobra exhaust on other Valk were too LOUD for me at first, but have gotten use to them and if kept under 70 mph all the time does not annoy me anymore. Actually, the cobras IMO if driven slowly speeding up and shifting early and under say 60 mph are to me just about right in terms of LOUDNESS. Get on them HARD and not shift gears early on, and then is when they get 'almost' too LOUD.
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Frankj
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2022, 04:10:13 AM » |
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purdy, shiney, and BIG. Send us a video clip when on and running to see how nice and rumbly they are...
My stock I/S pipes are darn quiet which is sorta nice most of the time. My cobra exhaust on other Valk were too LOUD for me at first, but have gotten use to them and if kept under 70 mph all the time does not annoy me anymore. Actually, the cobras IMO if driven slowly speeding up and shifting early and under say 60 mph are to me just about right in terms of LOUDNESS. Get on them HARD and not shift gears early on, and then is when they get 'almost' too LOUD.
 They are Mild2Wild glasspack pipes with Trike length 4" Blades. Mark was great to deal with, I contacted him because of all the positive forum comments over many years, he looked around and found these headers for my pipes, he obviously takes pride in his work and his customers. The pipe length is 49" because I want them to just come out behind the trunk. Mark suggested adding a hanger near the end of the pipes due to the weight and length  My trike, new pipes are not on it in this pic, they are on the way |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2022, 06:50:16 AM » |
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I like what you've done with the rear fenders. These Roadsmith trikes are 5' wide across the butt and I'm trying to come up with something to break up that wide expanse. Adding the whitewalls sure makes a difference as well. Great looking ride, I've only had mine about 18 months so have a long way to go to "make it mine."  |
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Frankj
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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2022, 08:49:40 AM » |
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I like what you've done with the rear fenders. These Roadsmith trikes are 5' wide across the butt and I'm trying to come up with something to break up that wide expanse. Adding the whitewalls sure makes a difference as well. Great looking ride, I've only had mine about 18 months so have a long way to go to "make it mine." Thanks John, yours is looking really nice, love the seat and the rims!!, your right about the 5' across, I didn't have the pinstriping done until a year and a half ago, the trike was done 4 years ago. The next thing I'm getting done is having paint film installed on the front of those fenders, they have a large area that's exposed. |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2022, 05:39:55 PM » |
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Frank, tell me about that paint film. I was looking at leather fender bibs to cover that exposed area but most require drilling holes to mount snaps...not going for that. It is a huge area subject to road rash so wanting to cover it somehow.
Never mind....Google is my friend. I should be able to do it myself.
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Jess from VA
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Frankj
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2022, 07:03:04 AM » |
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Frank, tell me about that paint film. I was looking at leather fender bibs to cover that exposed area but most require drilling holes to mount snaps...not going for that. It is a huge area subject to road rash so wanting to cover it somehow.
Never mind....Google is my friend. I should be able to do it myself.
I have been looking at this, it fits my body type, I called them, nice people and can answer any questions for installing https://www.autotrimdesign.net/Roadsmith-HSCR1500-Trike-Paint-Protection-Kit.aspI like this because it has pre-cut pieces to fit the front of the fenders only, which is my main concern. Now, a few years ago I had the whole trike body done by a local paint film installer and it came out beautiful, couldn't even tell the film is even there, installer said it was a little tough to do because the number of curves etc. in the fenders, BUT then a couple years later I decide I need pinstriping on the body so the trike looks finished, now all the paint film has to come off!, but I'm glad I did the additional paint work |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2022, 07:11:12 AM » |
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Frank, tell me about that paint film. I was looking at leather fender bibs to cover that exposed area but most require drilling holes to mount snaps...not going for that. It is a huge area subject to road rash so wanting to cover it somehow.
Never mind....Google is my friend. I should be able to do it myself.
I have been looking at this, it fits my body type, I called them, nice people and can answer any questions for installing https://www.autotrimdesign.net/Roadsmith-HSCR1500-Trike-Paint-Protection-Kit.aspI like this because it has pre-cut pieces to fit the front of the fenders only, which is my main concern. Now, a few years ago I had the whole trike body done by a local paint film installer and it came out beautiful, couldn't even tell the film is even there, installer said it was a little tough to do because the number of curves etc. in the fenders, BUT then a couple years later I decide I need pinstriping on the body so the trike looks finished, now all the paint film has to come off!, but I'm glad I did the additional paint work Hmm...the vendor in your link is 30 miles south of my place. Looks like a pleasant ride one day. |
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Frankj
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2022, 06:47:15 PM » |
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Wow, that's nice, if you do go please let me know what you think
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Frank
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DarkSideR
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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2022, 08:48:53 AM » |
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My review of MarkT's Mild-2-Wild pipes. https://youtu.be/ncC_wjDu98s |
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