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What did you do to your Spyder today?
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Dasmoetorhead
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Plugged in the battery tender. Rain for the next week at least. Its pretty soggy here right now.
Installed my two Christmas presents - A Baja Ron's Ultimate Sway bar, and TricLED rear side marker LED reflector kit. I'm very happy with both upgrades and ironically, installing the side markers was the most time consuming due to the steps required to access the rear tail light harness. Pretty amazing that the Spyder is designed in such a way that changing a turn signal light bulb can be so tedious. Wished I'd had a couple amber LED replacements to do the turn signals while I was in there. Oh, well, it really isn't that hard to get in there in the future.
Also I was worried getting my Spyder front end up high enough to remove the factory sway bar which turned out to be unfounded. Ran the Spyder up on my car ramps to do most of the work, then used my floor jack to tip one side of the Spyder up a little higher and the bar came right our. Lowered it back down and finished the install on the ramps. Easy Peasy.
The side markers are nice and bright, and the new sway bar really improved the bikes handling behavior in unexpected ways. Not only was the front end more planted in hard cornering - it no longer felt like the outside tire in the curve was taking all the turning force, but regular riding behavior was much more stabile in general. Long gentle sweepers on the highway became almost effortless. One thing that took some getting used to when switching to the Spyder from 40+ years on two wheels, was the loss of "look-steer." What was completely unexpected was, after installing the bar, I experienced a form of "look-steer" on the Spyder. Steering input seemed to take less effort, and looking through a curve with my head moved my shoulders just enough to give just enough steering input to cruse through the sweepers without thinking, much like on two wheels. Riding was simply more relaxed because the bike was now behaving as I thought a reverse trike should behave. Bump-steer was almost completely eliminated. My first test ride was an excellent test for the bar. Up and down the very curvy Hwy 89 north of my house, then into Phoenix to go see a movie. All offered a great mixture of roads. Hard climbing and descending curves, straight highways with terrible asphalt conditions (Hwy 60), sweepers, and in town riding, basically about every type of riding in a single trip. Even noticed when my speed crept up to near 80mph, (kids, do not try this at home) the bike was more stabile and easier to ride.
The bike in general just plane rode nicer, and was more predictable to the point of requiring less effort to ride. That was something I wasn't expecting, so yes, all the good things people say about this sway bar are true. NOTE: I very rarely ride two-up, and am just wee lad at under 150lbs, so may not have needed the Ultimate bar, but got one anyway, based on feedback from others. Well, worth the cost by far, and not difficult to install if you take your time and follow directions.
Also I was worried getting my Spyder front end up high enough to remove the factory sway bar which turned out to be unfounded. Ran the Spyder up on my car ramps to do most of the work, then used my floor jack to tip one side of the Spyder up a little higher and the bar came right our. Lowered it back down and finished the install on the ramps. Easy Peasy.
The side markers are nice and bright, and the new sway bar really improved the bikes handling behavior in unexpected ways. Not only was the front end more planted in hard cornering - it no longer felt like the outside tire in the curve was taking all the turning force, but regular riding behavior was much more stabile in general. Long gentle sweepers on the highway became almost effortless. One thing that took some getting used to when switching to the Spyder from 40+ years on two wheels, was the loss of "look-steer." What was completely unexpected was, after installing the bar, I experienced a form of "look-steer" on the Spyder. Steering input seemed to take less effort, and looking through a curve with my head moved my shoulders just enough to give just enough steering input to cruse through the sweepers without thinking, much like on two wheels. Riding was simply more relaxed because the bike was now behaving as I thought a reverse trike should behave. Bump-steer was almost completely eliminated. My first test ride was an excellent test for the bar. Up and down the very curvy Hwy 89 north of my house, then into Phoenix to go see a movie. All offered a great mixture of roads. Hard climbing and descending curves, straight highways with terrible asphalt conditions (Hwy 60), sweepers, and in town riding, basically about every type of riding in a single trip. Even noticed when my speed crept up to near 80mph, (kids, do not try this at home) the bike was more stabile and easier to ride.
The bike in general just plane rode nicer, and was more predictable to the point of requiring less effort to ride. That was something I wasn't expecting, so yes, all the good things people say about this sway bar are true. NOTE: I very rarely ride two-up, and am just wee lad at under 150lbs, so may not have needed the Ultimate bar, but got one anyway, based on feedback from others. Well, worth the cost by far, and not difficult to install if you take your time and follow directions.
Dasmoetorhead
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Short ride around Eureka between rain showers.
doncanfix2
Member
Just got back from a two-month trip down South. Myrtle Beach, Savannah/Tybee Island, Helen (GA), Huntsville, Pensacola, Jekyll Island, Myrtle Beach, and home. Riding in the winter months is great, but much nicer when its 75° outside!
Only one bad (decision) turn (at dusk and in heavy fog!) during the trip due to an unknown closed bridge on a back road near Huntsville. With no where to turn around on this narrow road, we got stuck in a farmer's field (really nice folks!) and had to get towed out the following morning! We named the overnight camp spot Mud Flats, Alabama!
Only one bad (decision) turn (at dusk and in heavy fog!) during the trip due to an unknown closed bridge on a back road near Huntsville. With no where to turn around on this narrow road, we got stuck in a farmer's field (really nice folks!) and had to get towed out the following morning! We named the overnight camp spot Mud Flats, Alabama!
Dasmoetorhead
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Sounds like one of our RV trips . Good times lol.
Gwolf
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Rolling Hotel rooms on wheels are not for me, but that is a really fine list of stop off points. Been to most of those places, not during big rallies or events, which I like to avoid if possible. That is a great list of places to visit when the traffic and facilities are not so crowded and life is proceeding at a leisurely pace.
rjinaz86323
Active member
We had our 40' diesel pusher for over 20 years. During that time I would be safe to say we dry camped in the national forests of Arizona 90% of the time. Only had one time we couldn't get out. We left it sit for a week and came back after the mud had dried. LOL
CloverHillCrawler
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Completed my current maintenance and starting to put the panels back on. We are supposed to get a warm/not freezing rain tonight and Saturday.
Roads will be cleaned off and dried by the wind on Sunday, time to get back on the road until the salt goes back down again.
Roads will be cleaned off and dried by the wind on Sunday, time to get back on the road until the salt goes back down again.
blacklightning
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Did a nice 110 mile ride Wednesday to be with my sister at the hospital while she had an out patient procedure. Supposed to be around 73-75 degrees here Saturday, but possible rain. Appears to be coming from and mostly to the West and North of us, so I am thinking about taking a ride down to Carolina Beach, which is 2.5-3 hours South and East of me.
CloverHillCrawler
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Beautiful area down there, When I was working for a bank based out of Cary, I would have to drive down to Wilmington to do work on the servers and computers at the branches there, I would always take lunch in a cooler so I could have lunch on the beach. My family used to have a house on Topsail Island, but I think there is an inlet now where that house used to be at.
CloverHillCrawler
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Weather is decent enough to go out and rain washed the salt off of the road on Saturday and I was able to go out for a ride along the river yesterday.
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- - Today I plugged some random adapter cable and OBD2 dongle into my Spyder's diagnostic port... and learned why one should never do that 
Long story short: whole bunch of error codes, unable to shift (even refused to automagically shift into neutral after starting engine), etc.
Anyways, after much panic and some ignition on-offs, it's back to normal. Apparently it needs to be shut off for a longer period to "reset" things.
From now on I will verify devices and their wiring/pinouts first!
Long story short: whole bunch of error codes, unable to shift (even refused to automagically shift into neutral after starting engine), etc.
Anyways, after much panic and some ignition on-offs, it's back to normal. Apparently it needs to be shut off for a longer period to "reset" things.
From now on I will verify devices and their wiring/pinouts first!
Cobranut
Well-known member
I discovered there are two CAN diagnostic ports on my F3S. Only one works with BUDS or my DynoJet PV4.Today I plugged some random adapter cable and OBD2 dongle into my Spyder's diagnostic port... and learned why one should never do that
Long story short: whole bunch of error codes, unable to shift (even refused to automagically shift into neutral after starting engine), etc.
Anyways, after much panic and some ignition on-offs, it's back to normal. Apparently it needs to be shut off for a longer period to "reset" things.
From now on I will verify devices and their wiring/pinouts first!
Peacekeeper6
Active member
Been eyeing some websites to improve the stock seats. My a** gets numb after about an hour, and I even tried that air pad thingie which didn't really do jack. I'm skinny, and probably need to eat a lot more to get more "padding" back there, lol.
Stay tuned...
blacklightning
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Really had plans on riding today, but the forecast for "possible" snow mixture tomorrow had the DMV putting out the brine solution. I really don't want to ride the bike out in the salt solution that's on the road. My bike might not be clean, but I really don't want the salt on it.
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