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  1. MakoShark2

    Ball Bearings & Metal Ring Found in Engine Oil During 3K Mile SVC - Help!

    Also got the very noticeable metallic noise on the left side of my F3S (MY2018) It's been there since new. Worse when cold, with a warm engine it's hardly noticeable so I would suspect it might have to do with the dry sump design. Glad you had that sorted out.
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    N222, the Best road in the World

    Oh and yes... That was a close call with that bus :pray: The road is very narrow at some places and there are quite a few tourist buses around. All caution needed.
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    N222, the Best road in the World

    Thanks Paul. The Douro river has several dams along it's way to the sea, but it's still very navigable throught this locks. The one from the picture is at Peso da Régua, the dull is 90m/295ft in length and 12m/42ft large and moves the water 28m/93ft up and down. Here's a video of it's normal...
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    N222, the Best road in the World

    The N222 road goes along the Douro river in Portugal (Western Europe) across the vineyard fields (where the grapes of the port wine grow) and has been considered by AVIS as one of the best roads in the world (very close to the perfect ratio of 10 seconds straight by 1 turning)... Not sure if...
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    2018 vs 2019

    Yes, I believe that is due to the 2019 internals been "upgraded" to the new interface BUDS2.
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    why i purchased my spyder

    45 years old, +30 riding on two wheels (although not all of them regularly). I'm Located in Europe and I did had my share of travel on two wheels. Went to Morocco, ridden the dunes. Did the mythic Stelvio pass in Italy, Grossglockner high Apline road in Austria. Ridden the Picos de Europa...
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    Storage and parking brake?

    There's been quite a few parking brakes who got stuck. So no off season here, but I leave it in the garage always with wheels blocked and the parking off. Also leave it with the key in the ignition, not sure about this one but I believe that could help to avoid key programming issues.
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    REVER route planner

    Tyre is their desktop planner, it's still supported although getting maps to show there has not been easy. They have gone to openstreetmap and back to gmaps now, but the licensing now for these are not user friendly (you need to open an account there to get a valid ID). MyRouteApp is the...
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    BEST Warranty

    Anyone outside US/Canada has got the BEST warranty? Living in Europe, when I ask this to my dealer, didn't even knew that it existed.
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    F3-s in spain

    Glad to know you made perfect match with the Spyder... Kind of what happened to me. At the moment there's no bike in market that would make me sell the Spyder for it. ;)
  11. MakoShark2

    Time Is Running Out

    Living in Western Europe, no off season for me.
  12. MakoShark2

    Deflector Removal Problem

    I like your style... Lots of wood there. I've been wanting to install mine, didn't done it yet because of the high lift need.
  13. MakoShark2

    Passenger seat not sitting

    See: https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?117562-Passenger-seat-not-fitting-properly-(MY2018)&highlight=passenger+seat Not perfect, but definitely better.
  14. MakoShark2

    Changes in 2020 F3-S models

    Totally different technology... That's the 7.8 in color LCD for the BRP Connect system that will let your run Apps like for turn-by-turn navigation.
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    REVER route planner

    Been using this German planner: https://kurviger.de/en Exports to a variety of formats and has two cool features that allows you to plan adjusting the curviness of the route and plan a random roundtrip just by setting a direction and distance. There's also an Android App with turn-by-turn...
  16. MakoShark2

    DPS Optional Update

    Got mine today and... Steering does feel noticeably lighter. Not sure if it's better though. Guess I'll have to get use to it :/
  17. MakoShark2

    Any tips/tricks on Two up shock/Shad luggage mount install?

    I've removed mine to swap the shock, was an easy job. Remove the seats, then you have some screws to remove under and others over.
  18. MakoShark2

    Passenger and performance

    Truthfully, hardly noticeable for me (on my F3-S) except for handling. The nanny will hit the brakes on every tight curve or when doing the twisties more aggressively.
  19. MakoShark2

    Upgrading Turn Signals for 2019 F3’s?

    Seems BUDS has been promoted to BUDSII for MY2019, which might not be such an "upgrade" on some areas. Look for post #16 bellow: https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?125380-F3-changes-2019
  20. MakoShark2

    Trip to Europe

    Or maybe you could try to rent one?
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