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Hey scooter3, I've got the same trike and have had her body off. I'm assuming you don't have the tilt lock engaged(the lever on the left handlebar). The switches for the body lock are up front by the pin that egages the lock. Sounds to me like you're gonna have to take the windscreen and the front panel off which will give you access to the switches and wiring to see what's up. Let me know how you make out. By the way, if you don't already know from researching this beast, you may be in for a world of "fun" tryin' to keep her on the road and without vibration. Have fun!!!

[replyingto=swiftaction361]swiftaction361[/replyingto] Hope this link helps.

onlineshowroom.sunnymotor.com

Been busy modifying this beast and here's the final working, I'm happy with, product...





As you can see, I had to remove about 5 inches from the bottom to clear the original shield on full lock turns. And yes, if you look closely I did accidentally crack the #@$*ing thing during the trial and error phase(or more accurately, the error phase ). Anyway, if I had to do it over again I MIGHT order the Scoot 66 .amazon.com/Slipstreamer-S-SCOOT66-Universal-Scooter-Windshield/dp/B001EB9WPI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.amazon.com/Slipstreamer-S-SCOOT66-Universal-Scooter-Windshield/dp/B001EB9WPI which is nearly as wide but not as tall(not sure if it would be tall enough though). The kit comes with adapters for 8mm mirrors and naturally this trike has 10mm mirrors so you have to order the adapter kit. The rods that secure the screen to the trike have to be completely custom bent. I started by heating and straightening them then for the original mount(shown in the previous pics) bent them to 90 degrees at center. After cutting down the shield(and removing the section containing the lower mounting holes) I bent them back toward straight and drilled new mounting holes. Did the cuttin' with a RotoZip spiral saw then smoothed the edge with a belt sander. Repainted the mounting hardware and replaced the crappy aluminum shield fastening screws with stainless buttonhead allen cap screws(side benefit: any yo-yo with a phillips screwdriver can't steal the thing now!). Overall happy with end result(except for crack) but lost about 10 mph of top speed due to increased wind resistance. She didn't want to go above 70 mph last night!

Well I finally got around to installing my new windscreen(Slip Streamer Scoot 50-got it at Christmas!) on the RT and tried it out on a 20 mile jaunt in 40 degree weather wearin' a baseball cap. All I can say is...NICE ;D. Wind is directed up, over, and around me and ride is much quieter. Only my hands got cold. I'm sure the added wind resistance will affect my top end but she didn't have any trouble gettin' to 60+MPG. And yes, serious modification of the mounting hardware was necessary. Here's a couple of pics.

Don't know much about air shocks but I assume they came with those springs. Could it be that the new springs are too long and/or have too stiff a dampening rate?

I went through the same process as you with the front shocks but with mine at the maximum setting I get a comfortable, stable ride.
Oh, and thanks for the info on the steering stabilizers, I may look into them but once the weather gets a little nicer I think I'll mess with the alignment first.