Re: Restoring Trike sportster question

Maddog Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:17 pm

Yes you are

correct and understand, your the 1st person I have found in 2 weeks that has actually taken 1 apart

I will take a couple pics and post and Thanks I really appreciate

Maddog Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:42 pm

Patskih2o Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:22 am

ok, that helps. As I recall, you need to clean out all the old tire around the edges of the red band and rim as much as possible (I think I was finally able to get a screwdriver between the red band and the black half and pry it apart), once you do that the rim will split apart and you can install the new tire. Basically, rims compress back together and the red band is what is holding the two pieces together against the tire bead. Let me know how it goes…

Rob3466 Mon Jan 08, 2024 9:58 pm

I just picked up the little gem today. I'm just going to clean it up and get it running.

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west40texas Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:59 pm

Patskih2o, If you do not mind me asking, where did you find your replacement tires for the trike? Mine looks about like yours did in the pictures!
Thank you for your time!

Patskih2o Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:29 am

@west40texas I got mine from evil bay, figment was good: https://www.ebay.com/itm/284902618103?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=fDq7HSedQHK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Y9O2DF-pTza&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY