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    Your Weather News @ December Edition 2025

    We had 72° (a near record) on Christmas Day, 50° today, and supposed to be 71° tomorrow. I will be cleaning up the office today and getting out for a ride tomorrow. We had another ride, to pick up a 2020 RTL, over the past 2 weeks. This will be his first time out on the 3's, so we will take it...
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    Your Weather News @ December Edition 2025

    It's supposed to be 72, 68, 51, & 69 starting on Christmas Eve with the 72 degree temp. For some reason, my weather app and 2 different TV stations have crazy forecasts for Friday, but all days are meant to be sunny or partly sunny. Family here on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. But Saturday...
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    How Many Ride an RT Limited After The 5 years Of BRP Warranty Has Expired?

    They replaced one of mine with the upgraded cable (I think it is stainless steel). Guess I will have them do the other one soon. Right now, my tools, tire repair kit, and jump starter is locked in that saddle bag.
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    How Many Ride an RT Limited After The 5 years Of BRP Warranty Has Expired?

    Everyone that I know that has a 2020 or newer RTL has had to replace at least one cable, handle, or both. This is definitely a problem that BRP should cover.
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    How Many Ride an RT Limited After The 5 years Of BRP Warranty Has Expired?

    I have a 2016 F3L that is out of warranty and a 2021 RTL that is still good for another 6 months. I plan on keeping them both. The frustrating thing was when the saddle bag cable broke, the OEM Warranty would have fixed it, but the extended BRP Warranty did not (so I was told by the dealership).
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    What did you do to your Spyder today?

    Had 5 of us participate in the Holly Springs Christmas Parade. Unfortunately, the 2 RT's didn't make the run with us. Too many lights on the 2021 Sea to Sky and when it was time for us to pull out, his battery was dead. His brother on the 2024 Sea to Sky stayed with him. They actually ended up...
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    FS: Well maintained 2021 Spyder RT Limited

    We were just talking this morning about riding in the cold. It was 14° this morning and I suggested to them that if they would ride out with me I would buy breakfast. They know how stingy I am and still refused. My all time low for a longer ride was 29°, except for the hour that I was riding up...
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    What has been your experience with Tire Plug Kits?

    I was a rural mail carrier in the early 90's and there were lots of dirt roads with all types of debris in the road. I have plugged up to 5 different holes in tires in one day, never had an issue with them leaking down. I have used it on motorcycle tires on 2 occasions. One of them was on a new...
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    What did you do to your Spyder today?

    Found out this morning that the wife thinks it's too cold to ride in the Christmas parade tomorrow. I looked both bikes over this morning and decided that her bike is cleaner than mine, so I will be sporting the F3L in the parade instead of the RTL. Works for me. Gonna go through the decorations...
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    What did you do to your Spyder today?

    Got a Christmas parade to be in on Saturday. Would really like to clean it up today, but the temp is going to be around 50° with 25-30 mph winds. Thursday and Friday are supposed to be colder. Decisions, decisions.
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    Considering a 2012 RT - Any one out there have good words on them?

    Although he said he had a 2014, it was an STS Limited. The RT is a little more comfortable on the back. As for picking up a 2012 RT, the V Twin is a good engine, and the 2012 is one of the better ones, as they seem to have gotten most of the earlier issues out. But on the down side, a lot of...
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    Elon's New Ride!

    I saw that earlier. Unfortunately with A.I. being what it is, who is to say that was an actual video or not?
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    'The Lamonster Chronicles'

    I have always wanted to run my Spyders on the drag strip, but never got a chance to. I had a 2012 RSS for a period of time, and even though it wasn't, it just felt faster than those that I have owned with the 1330. The way I really figured that out was when I went to VIR and ran my 2016 F3T and...
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    'The Lamonster Chronicles'

    Are you referring to Doc Humphries? If that is the one, I have one of his racks that he used to sell. If we are talking about the same guy, his wife passed in a spyder accident with a deer. I asked Lamont about him about 3 years ago when he came to the rally in Maggie Valley.
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    Can Am Spyders Resale value isn't great...

    I have a few toys, and they will probably be sold as part of my estate, since I find it hard to part with them. The only reason that I don't have a half dozen bikes in my stable is because the wife would have a fit. I know they will be sold off one day, but just like my cars, trucks, and guns...
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