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I’ve been doing my own maintenance and repairs for many years. I never trusted a shop unless it was something that I couldn’t handle. At my age it’s getting a bit rougher to get on the ground and even harder to get back up. Picked up my current trike and went through it front to back. Oil, radiator flush, led headlight and driving lights, brake and clutch flush. New pads. Rebuilt the carbs as they were leaking fuel into the oil. You’d be surprised at how much ethanol eats away at your needle and seats. I guess holding up for 17 years ain’t too bad. Synced the carbs too. Still have to replace the rear end fluid (Ford rear in my trike). Some fine tuning on some items out of whack. Also adding led strip lights soon. Recovered the seats as well.
 

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From Bandera, Texas - 2019 HD Freewheeler - 2006 Vulcan 900
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I'm the same way. I did stop changing tires, I still take the wheels off and take to shop. Did you buy a trike jack? Not sure about your trike but my regular motorcycle jack wouldn't work on the Freewheeler. I came across a deal on a used one that was like new.


It lifts it up really high and is very stable.

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I have an adapter that fits under a venture for a regular motorcycle jack for a two wheeler. I use it on the trike with a regular floor jack and position my floor jackstands under the adapter. Same floor jack is used on the rear to lift it and I place floor jackstands under the frame rails. The Hannigan Venture is 9’ long and just under 6’ wide. Much larger footprint than a Freewheeler. I like your jack though.
 
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