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    The oil plug - Murphy showed up today.

    Murphy was an optimist!
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    Getting close to decision time. I need some input from those who have ridden an F3-L and RTL?

    If you don't try both Spyders and log some decent miles you may select the wrong vehicle for you and the pillion once you get to riding two up. Given your size and weight, you best confirm the maximum weight allowed for each type of Spyder.
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    What's with the Herky Jerky on first cold start-up of each day? Any thoughts?

    I mentioned the point about the battery tender because comparing my actions on my first with the second battery, both Yuasa, the second is doing better than the first by better than a year, touch wood. The dealership comp'ed the Junior, and had the pigtail installed and peeking out of the frunk...
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    2024 RTL - The ride is a bit rough

    I find that since I prefer backroads whenever possible, on some of them intersections can be worse than the Burma Road because they are not maintained as frequently as more high traffic volume roads and there are more ruts and bumps the L and R front tires are encountering.
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    2024 RTL - The ride is a bit rough

    You also must remember you are riding a three wheeled vehicle, therefore you have three contact points with the road vice the two you have on two wheelers. That is something your brain and body will adapt to as you build some Y riding miles.
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    Just found these RPM levels for the 1330

    The SE5 Spyders have a centrifugal clutch that has to have the engine rev to keep the clutch locked up and prevent unnecessary wear to the clutch plates. Here's the basic information about the 1330 engine torque curve.
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    Just found these RPM levels for the 1330

    BS at the speed of light is still BS! Clutch lock up on the 1330 Ace Engine is controlled by the hydraulic control module and occurs completely at the opening of the fly by wire throttle.
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    My 2017 RT is Difficult to start after riding and then sitting for a hour - anyone else? Is it a dud fuel pump, bad injectors, or what?

    If you're routinely riding at 70-80 on interstate highways your Spyder has the aerodynamics of a large barn door and you're going to get poor mileage. I have 92.4K miles on my Spyder and have averaged 37.3 mpg with a low of 28.3 riding several hours at 85+ on I-40 into a vicious headwind in OK...
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    What's with the Herky Jerky on first cold start-up of each day? Any thoughts?

    First off, one question: when you are not riding your Spyder and it is simply sitting in its normal parking spot is it connected to a battery maintainer, e.g., a Battery Tender Junior? If not, why not? Now as part of your normal routine on a day on which you are about to ride try this: (1)...
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    I just bought a 'new to me' 2024 RTL.

    Welcome! Congrats on your new ride. Do yourself the biggest favor you can and thoroughly read your Operator's Guide at least twice.
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    My New 2025 Sea-to-Sky - any suggestions on what gear or upgrades to get first?

    Congrats to both @kwkanter and @gwbunny on your new rides. FWIW, I read many years ago on the old version of SL about BajaRon's anti-sway bar and had the dealership install mine as part of the OTD deal. When I got several hundred miles on it, I intentionally went hunting for a couple of semis on...
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    Spyderless, but not gone!

    We're in the same boat, Jack. When I showed the Secretary of Defense some pics of a Vanderhall in 2017 I got the old "No Way Jose" reply.
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    What windshield bug cleaner do you use?

    I asked a parts guy at the dealership when I purchased my Spyder almost 11 years ago and he suggested nothing more than a towel and warm water laid on the windshield. Let it soak for a short bit of time and then wipe the windshield vertically from top to bottom and then give it a final vertical...
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    Where to find the RT-L Air filter - it's not where my Owner's Manual suggests!

    "Not always," don't you really mean "Never"?
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    Having trouble wiring a Garmin XT, so should I just run it on its battery? If I do, will it still show traffic?

    There was a Garmin OEM support phone number, 855-607-2536, that may be of use, I don't know. When I bought my Spyder I purchased a Zumo 590 because I knew the 660 was old technology and the dealership mounted it to my Tri-Axis handlebars.
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