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    UK Ryker owners - Is a Ryker Rally Suitable for UK's Potholed Roads?

    I’d be less worried about the 3 bhp less power if the engine is more refined, especially up the rev range, than at what revs it reaches max power and where in the rev range it reaches peak torque and what that torque curve looks like. I don’t think the drop in BHP has likely much to do with...
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    Another Ryker Sway Bar thread - Gravel Handling! Any upgraded sway bar owners? Do they make any difference, for better or worse, on Gravel?

    Rally cars have anti roll bars, or sway bars, that vary in stiffness depending upon what the stage is like, what the surface is like, and are often a compromise over the stage as a whole. Softer anti roll bars are often used to get better articulation and traction on rough surfaces. Sometimes...
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    2012 RT - Anyone have an idea of the Cost of a New Belt, Installed?

    My first question would be, are there any dealers near you who will work on a Spyder over 10 years old, or work on one based on the 998 Rotax V-twin.
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    Had a dead battery that threw a check engine light & Code U0155!! How do I clear the light? Do I need BUDS?

    U0155 means it lost communication with the cluster. Normally you might expect that after a battery failure perhaps as a stored code. As your bike has sat for a while, and the dealer is reporting a high resistance in the harness, I'd start by disconnecting all the cable harness from the ECM to...
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    What is the best Location for an RT on a 7 x 14 dual axle trailer? How far ahead of the front axle should I mount the chocks?

    Wow, over a 1,000 lbs. That's about 100 lbs heavier than I would have thought. The weight balance would seem about right. From that I wonder what my Sea to Sky really weighs then? Unfortunately my bathroom scales don't go up to 400 lbs.:unsure:
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    Ryker jumped into reverse at 60kph when it hit a pothole - What damage could have occurred?

    I suspect the CVT transmission's belt would slip before the forward/reverse gears would strip. Not something I would want to try, but if it runs fine afterwards, you should be OK. I would suspect a logic glitch in the display software rather than a real jump into reverse. There is not a real...
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    UK Ryker owners - Is a Ryker Rally Suitable for UK's Potholed Roads?

    I bought a Rukka over suit when I first started riding motorcycles at 17. I foolishly left it behind when I emigrated to the US at 30, though I'm sure I'm a bit too big for it to have fitted anymore. Now Rukka stuff is extraordinarily expensive, especially here in the US. I don't go anywhere...
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    Your Weather News @ August 2026

    Supposed to be cooler this week so I can get some good rides in. Just went to Costco and it was 100°F again.
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    My Battery Life Span and some Replacement Tips.

    I keep my vehicles on a battery tender all year round. However, the extreme cold in my garage over the winter and extreme heat over the summer seems to curtail the life of some of my recreational vehicles compared with my Range Rover. The Range Rover has a very high current draw with its...
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    What is the best Location for an RT on a 7 x 14 dual axle trailer? How far ahead of the front axle should I mount the chocks?

    You certainly want the load to be nose heavy, but not so far nose heavy as to exceed the maximum tongue weight of the trailer, or more specifically, the maximum tongue weight of the tow vehicle.
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    Had a dead battery that threw a check engine light & Code U0155!! How do I clear the light? Do I need BUDS?

    Ah, I see now. The reality, due to the paltry availability of spares for that age of bike, it might be worth close to its value as a runner, as a parts machine. As you have found, certain parts are difficult to come by, and therefore someone might be willing to buy it as a whole machine to part...
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    Had a dead battery that threw a check engine light & Code U0155!! How do I clear the light? Do I need BUDS?

    Your signature line says a 2025 S2S. If this the case, is everything under warranty? Being a current model, your dealer can order the part from Can Am. They should be able to get the part to your dealer from the central BRP warehouse.
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    Had a dead battery that threw a check engine light & Code U0155!! How do I clear the light? Do I need BUDS?

    Innova brand (5410). Some of them support Bluetooth support to an app on your phone. They vary greatly in price. If you buy it off Amazon in the Innova Store, you can usually return it if it doesn't work for you. Check the policy on the one you order. I bought mine because it supported JLR...
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    Random thought for the day

    Oh heck no. Soggy salad and microwaved pasta.
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    Random thought for the day

    I’m a strict vegetarian. My wife and I were on a motorcycle club run one time and we stopped at a steak house at the end of the run. My wife orders her meal comprising some kind of dead animal so I ask the waiter what they had that was vegetarian so that I could order. “Vegetables” he said...
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    USERNAMES/HANDLES - What does yours mean? Where did it come from?

    mecsw500. My initials followed by Smith and Wesson 500 after my hobby of collecting large calibre revolvers.
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    Looking for Navigation options besides ACP - What do you recommend?

    I just use Apple Maps on the iPhone. I save routes by sending them to Apple Notes. I just find the route under Notes, select it and it starts Maps with the route I selected (Maps doesn't save routes by name). I sometimes have used Google Maps, but I prefer Apple Maps to be honest. I don't...
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    My unscientific noise study

    AI is just nothing but fancy statistics. It works off the inputs it has been trained upon. Sure, it combines partial solutions in ways we have not perhaps thought about, but it isn't capable of real innovation. Having worked on AI systems from way back in the late 70's and early 80's with...
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    My unscientific noise study

    Oh yes, I forgot about the different dB scales. I’m getting senile. Either way, you are correct in that we tend to hear sound as some kind of inverse scale that rises more slowly than actual sound pressure. That makes sense as running a Marshall full stack at 5 is deafening, yet running it at...
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    USERNAMES/HANDLES - What does yours mean? Where did it come from?

    My dad served in the Sinai and the Suez Crisis of the 1950’s as an MP in the British Army.
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