• There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.

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    Curious if the LH footpeg/frame combination of a Ryker Sport is strong enough to support the weight of a person....

    Thank you, good to know. My Sport has the floor board conversions and they're situated pretty far forward, so would be a pain to keep loosening and sliding the one back and forth. Thought about adding in something further back on the left, but didn't consider an OEM peg. Excellent idea! Thank...
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    Curious if the LH footpeg/frame combination of a Ryker Sport is strong enough to support the weight of a person....

    ..... when getting on the machine? I ask because when I have a large bundle on the rear passenger portion of my Ryker’s Ultimate seat, I have a real problem getting my right leg over the mass when getting on or off the machine. For my tall KLR, I put my LH foot on the LH peg, raise up, then...
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    Loudest horns ever on a spyder. Yup, I did it again!

    I was wrestling with a spot to put the 2 horns of my $25.00 Harbor Freight air horns, and almost settled on where you placed yours. Re-thinking that they might be a collector of all sorts of debris and water there, I finally mounted them behind the CVT coolant intake duct, facing them down. The...
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    My 2022 Ryker keys are interchangeable...

    Thanks Sarah. If the there is only one type of key, and they are the RF type, then they will have to be flashed with a code, which the machine may already possess in memory. If not, then the dealer will have to initiate the code that I assume BRP would provide to get the key and machine talking...
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    General Safety Recall - is the onus on servicing dealer to notify &/or perform the necessary work?

    Gawd! - is this a coincidence, or what? Today's mail brought me a recall notice from BRP about a problem with the fuel pump. Can only assume they got me as being the new owner through Virginia's DMV. Gonna make the recall process a whole lot easier with the dealer.
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    General Safety Recall - is the onus on servicing dealer to notify &/or perform the necessary work?

    Thanks all. I asked because the fuel pump recall hasn't been performed on the '22 Ryker Sport I picked up a couple of months ago. The PO says she didn't know anything about it, and the bike has been into the selling dealer several times for routine service. Guess I'll get it taken care of at the...
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    General Safety Recall - is the onus on servicing dealer to notify &/or perform the necessary work?

    If the NHTSA has put out a safety recall notice regarding a particular vehicle brand/model, and that vehicle is taken into selling dealer of that brand of vehicle for unrelated service work, is the onus on that dealer to notify the vehicle’s owner regarding the notice, and/or perform the...
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    My 2022 Ryker keys are interchangeable...

    While out on another run yesterday in basically the same direction as one of the dealers I’d mentioned, I decided to make the full 25 mile jaunt to check on the key question. Initially, the question didn’t register with their service manager, but he persevered in his search through the model’s...
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    My 2022 Ryker keys are interchangeable...

    Thank you again - we shall see.
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    My 2022 Ryker keys are interchangeable...

    Good info. I don’t have a dealer, but there are a couple in my general area. I’ll run by one or the other after the holidays and see what they say... especially since I’m not the original owner of my '22 Sport.
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    Does Your Horn Sound Off Without Turing On The Ignition?

    Several more NO MC honking from ADV: 2020 Suzuki Burgman 400 2021 Kawasaki Versys 650 2024 Honda Goldwing These are all late models, so definitely different requirements. Curious to see how BRP's new EV bike treats the regs. :dontknow:
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    Does Your Horn Sound Off Without Turing On The Ignition?

    I asked that same question on the Adventure Rider's Forum, and these are a sampling of bikes that came back whose horns do not work with the ignition is off: No horn with ignition off: 2019 Husqvarna 701E 2007 Vstrom 650 2005 KTM 400 EXC 1974 BMW R90/6 1989 Honda Transalp 1974 Honda CB350 1974...
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    Does Your Horn Sound Off Without Turing On The Ignition?

    Hazard lights I agree with, but I don't believe that's the case here with horns on bikes. Out of curiosity, I will stop in a couple of bike dealership and do a random horn test to see if the horns sound off with the ignition is off.
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    Does Your Horn Sound Off Without Turing On The Ignition?

    I ask that because mine does. I always assumed that it wouldn’t and never tested it previously to see. I installed (Harbor Freight) air horns on my 2022 Scout and just used the existing horn leads to trigger a separate relay, that in turn powered the compressor for the horns. After installation...
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    Almost Done With The Ryker's Add-ons

    Just finished installing the SE Performance skid plate...... and boy, was that fun. :roflblack: Ran the front of the Sport up on car ramps and jacked the back end with a small jack with a jack stand in place as back-up.... and yes, I was being wary of the wires back there. The fun parts were...
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    Relativitry

    This was the grave marker I’d mentioned above. His brother Aaron Bell Young (also mentioned above) also served. He enlisted as a private but retired as an officer after the conflict. Pardoned by Pres. Andrew Johnson in 1865, he returned to farming near where he was raised in WV. I found his...
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    Relativitry

    This morning, I made a run over to the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA to check the route we'll be taking tomorrow for the interment of a relative there that passed away recently. While there, figured I'd check on the tombstone I had placed several years ago on the unmarked grave of another...
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    Almost Done With The Ryker's Add-ons

    Been twice, first time was on a bike in ’74. Was living in Lynchburg, VA at the time. Ran into snow coming back somewhere in one of the Carolinas, so retreated to the cab of a small Toyota truck (with another rider, and the truck's driver) for the night. The truck was being driven by another who...
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    Almost Done With The Ryker's Add-ons

    BTTB? Nah, not really. A lot of it is just a mental thing. The heated gear I have works pretty well at keeping cold at bay. Now, back in my working days and commuting by bike, I studded up the tires on my KLR so I could keep riding when there was snow and ice on the roads. No snow and ice? I'd...
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    Almost Done With The Ryker's Add-ons

    No, haven't done that yet. But just seeing the way the filter housing is buried, it could be a mess. A little worse now with some of the stuff that's been added in that area. Even before that, I could see that the frame cross piece, steering linkage, and coolant hose were already going to cause...
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