What did you do to/with your Spyder today?

[Snoking1127]

All this Winter storage talk, my Arizona Spyder is out of Summer storage and I have been riding it on the cooler days! Now my Washington Spyder, that one is stored for the Winter. They are non identical twins, born at the same time, same size, weight, and skin color, but have different physical features. The Arizona one has had cosmetic surgery to look more like it's shiny twin.
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[UtahPete]

All this Winter storage talk, my Arizona Spyder is out of Summer storage and I have been riding it on the cooler days! Now my Washington Spyder, that one is stored for the Winter. They are non identical twins, born at the same time, same size, weight, and skin color, but have different physical features. The Arizona one has had cosmetic surgery to look more like it's shiny twin.

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Very nice. And great pics. Is that Roosevelt Lake?

 

[blacklightning]

No Winter storage for me. I will be going through the saddle bags today to remove the rain gear that I placed in there after traveling through the storm last week. Need to hang them up and make sure they are dry before putting them up. Even though I just got back from the mountains 5 days ago, I am considering taking one more day trip to the BRP before the time change and shorter daylight hours hit hard.

 

[jjc54]

All this Winter storage talk, my Arizona Spyder is out of Summer storage and I have been riding it on the cooler days! Now my Washington Spyder, that one is stored for the Winter. They are non identical twins, born at the same time, same size, weight, and skin color, but have different physical features. The Arizona one has had cosmetic surgery to look more like it's shiny twin.

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A nice upgrade you may want to think about would be the 3 position side air wings. Really works great to cool you down.

 

[Snoking1127]

Very nice. And great pics. Is that Roosevelt Lake?

Saguaro Lake.

For the Az one on the left; and Bellingham Bay in Wa on the one on the right.

 

[hogmemberisold]

My wife's a tad short legged and the passenger floorboards are moved as high as can be, but she wants to be able to stretch every now and then, change foot/leg positions... she mentioned she used to be able to do just that on the Goldwing.

I spent a little time mocking up a footpeg we had from our old Goldwing passenger floorboards.

I believe it'll work... when I get the details worked out with the hardwood, it'll be replaced with some stainless.

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[UtahPete]

My wife's a tad short legged and the passenger floorboards are moved as high as can be, but she wants to be able to stretch every now and then, change foot/leg positions... she mentioned she used to be able to do just that on the Goldwing.

I spent a little time mocking up a footpeg we had from our old Goldwing passenger floorboards.

I believe it'll work... when I get the details worked out with the hardwood, it'll be replaced with some stainless.

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Nice mod.

 

[bogeywb]

I brought my 2017 F3S in for an inspection on Friday, and while it was there at least 5 different workers came out to check it out. I guess they don't see many of them around lol.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Removed the panels and my defective left hand multi-switch.

Once the replacement comes in I will put it back together.

I'll take advantage of this time to use some polishing compound to get out some scratches and hand wax each panel before I put it back together.



Other than that, I'm off to see RUSH in DC tonight!

Also I finally found something that works on those water spots and corrosion dripping from the case screws that have been on my engine since I have had it.
It not only took the white spots and streaks off the engine but also cleaned up the corrosion on the screws.



meguiars iron remover:

 

[Snoking1127]

Changed the oil and filter, and replaced these with Lamonster plugs that take normal sockets to R&R. I go "man I really tightened those plugs last time", then light blub, the dealer did the transmission recall and oil/filter as part of that the last time they were R&R'd.

 

[kbirdsong]

Took my first ride in about a month and a half after my hand surgery in September. It was a beautiful middle Tennessee day, mid 70's, just gorgeous. Went from home, which is Lebanon to Granville, then on to Gainesboro, then Red Boiling Springs, then Hartsville and back home.

 

[Snoking1127]

Changed the oil and filter, and replaced these with Lamonster plugs that take normal sockets to R&R. I go "man I really tightened those plugs last time", then light blub, the dealer did the transmission recall and oil/filter as part of that the last time they were R&R'd.
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So, I used Rotella T-6 5W-40. My go to lube oil. The BRP synthetic from the transmission recall had 7,134 mile on it. I went for a early morning 60 mile ride and the shifts are much smoother.

 

[UtahPete]

So, I used Rotella T-6 5W-40. The BRP synthetic 7,134 mile on it. I went for a early morning 60 mile ride and the shifts are much smoother.

I don't understand. Engine oil affects shifting? Wet clutch I guess?

 

[Snoking1127]

So, I used Rotella T-6 5W-40. My go to lube oil. The BRP synthetic from the transmission recall had 7,134 mile on it. I went for a early morning 60 mile ride and the shifts are much smoother.

Playing in the dips and curves on Bush Highway between Salt River bridge and Usery Pass.

 

[Snoking1127]

I don't understand. Engine oil affects shifting? Wet clutch I guess?

The same oil lubes all the moving parts in the transmission. The SE6 is just a manual transmission that uses solenoids to shift gears. So well lubed parts will move smoothly with a good lubricant.

 

[msgoodwrench]

I tore apart my starter because I thought I had traced the problem to the starter - slow drag sometimes at start up, then it cranks and starts. I have a Battery Tracker on the battery and it shows only small drop in voltage at the battery, about 12.5 at lowest. Anyway, yanked the started out, cracked it open. The commutator had some black on it, not much, but I cleaned it up, all else looks very clean and good. Tested windings. Go to put it back together and BOOM, how in the world do you hold these brushes back to install the commutator again??? I've tried fishing line, alligator clips(no room)....what is the secret? I know some of you have had to tear into a starter already. I asked question on forum but I keep getting a message about asking a simple question on my thread, it is a bot message I am sure and I don't understand what I did wrong. Maybe someone can clue me in on that too. Thanks for this great forum!

 

[Snoking1127]

Different forum have varying levels of moderation. I will not comment on where I think this one falls.

 

[UtahPete]

I tore apart my starter because I thought I had traced the problem to the starter - slow drag sometimes at start up, then it cranks and starts. I have a Battery Tracker on the battery and it shows only small drop in voltage at the battery, about 12.5 at lowest. Anyway, yanked the started out, cracked it open. The commutator had some black on it, not much, but I cleaned it up, all else looks very clean and good. Tested windings. Go to put it back together and BOOM, how in the world do you hold these brushes back to install the commutator again??? I've tried fishing line, alligator clips(no room)....what is the secret? I know some of you have had to tear into a starter already.

I asked question on forum but I keep getting a message about asking a simple question on my thread, it is a bot message I am sure and I don't understand what I did wrong. Maybe someone can clue me in on that too. Thanks for this great forum! View attachment 257547

I didn't see your original thread (I assume you started a new one), but I think the moderator (not a bot) is saying that the title was vague and neither it or the body of the text stated very clearly the topic and question to be answered.

This happens a lot in social media of all kinds, but in a forum like this, it can be counterproductive, particularly with a technical question. So, the moderator was trying to be helpful, not necessarily critical, in guiding you to state the issue clearly enough for you to solicit pointed responses.

It's also frustrating for other members on the site who want to help but aren't sure what the question or problem is exactly.

Also, did you ask this question on the right sub-forum, such as one of the "shop" forums? They are there for a reason, which is to help organize the vast amount of information on this forum in some meaningful way for easy retrieval AND because technical gurus subscribe to those forums so they pop to the top of their feed.

Good luck