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Today, Eileen and I took our first two up ride on the trike. We started to not go because it was raining pretty good but we put on the rain suits and took off. Only about a 4 hour round trip down into Amish country. A lot of twisties and it rained all the way down and about half way home. I learned a few things. I learned that it is going to take some getting used to in the twisties. I was cautious today because I couldn't see very well in the rain and I don't know the limits of the trike. We did ok though. Also, I'm getting some head shake at low speeds, I mean 10 to 20 MPH or so if I hit some rough payment. I'll check my head bearings to be sure that they are tight but I've been talking to Jeff, @1BigDog , and he tells me that some head shake is somewhat inherent to these trikes. He gave me some air pressure settings to try so I'll do that along with checking the head bearings. Not a big deal now that I'm aware of it. Just have to make sure you have a firm grip on the bars if you get onto rough rides and are going slow. Easy to prevent if you know about it. Otherwise, it was a nice ride. Especially after the rain finally cleared up a bit.

Why are you spending so much to fix it.... Penny's work too!

You can put a dime between it and the cover as a temp fix.

Yes, that's your freeze/drain plug. When changing your coolant, you need to pull all four out to drain the coolant that still surrounds the cylinder. Not sure what will happen if you pull it prior to draining the whole system though, you might get more than you bargained for.

Replace the freeze plugs. Screw the small end of a spark plug into it and pull it out. Don’t run it without the fake fins on it, they are all that hold the pugs in.

These have the independent torsion axle stubs, not rebuildable in my understanding. Cut em off and replace them. No torsion bar or bushings.