What did you do to your Spyder today?

[Dasmoetorhead]

HI Dasmoterhead,


Here in Vermont we are starting to get some cool weather. Some of the trees are starting to show their colors.
When I get a chance I do take rides, ( sometimes life gets in the way!).

Deanna

Life definitely does LOL. Its sure is a beautiful state you live in.
I've only been able to sneak a ride or 2 lately. We're currently unpacking our household goods into our new place.

 

[Gwolf]

Life definitely does LOL. Its sure is a beautiful state you live in.
I've only been able to sneak a ride or 2 lately. We're currently unpacking our household goods into our new place.

All true, it is nice in summer, but I head South before the white stuff starts falling out of the sky. Rode that area a lot, White Mountains, Kancamagus Highway, through the Lake Country, and get good prices staying at the off season ski resorts. Nice weather, not real hot, like Florida in July. My son lives up there and I used to ride up there every summer and visit him.

 

[racoon]

Yeah, East Texas. There is no need for a boot dryer west of I35.

Well, at least East Texas has newspapers to help you dry your wet boots.

 

[hogmemberisold]

Yesterday we washed the Spyder to have a clean bike before departing for Georgia this morning.

 

[Ifishinxs]

For those that use a battery charger or tender. You all know you need to take out the frunk to get to the battery.
Today I changed all that. I ran wires up to the left side plate next to the fuel tank. Remove plate and plug in charger.

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[Deanna777]

Life definitely does LOL. Its sure is a beautiful state you live in.
I've only been able to sneak a ride or 2 lately. We're currently unpacking our household goods into our new place.

Yes, it sure does. Thanks!
I know what you mean. Good luck with your unpacking of household goods.

Deanna

 

[gwbunny]

I took some time to wire in a few accessories:

- Showchrome Electronic Fuse Block: This is a plug-and-play adapter that separates the accessory wiring from the Spyder wiring and powers accessories directly from the battery.

- Front Wheel Mounted Fog Lights (see pictures): Bought and tried a few brackets and finally found ones that work. I had these lights on my Honda Rebel 1100 and for they price, they work well. These are wired into the Showchrome fuse block into one of the Keyed ports.
The wire routing from the lights to the Showchrome fuse block took the most amount of time with this project. There are a lot of moving and hot areas in the path and careful routing and protection of the wires is a must.
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- Heated Gear Port: As the cooler weather sets in, I wired in the port for my Gerbing heated gear. This is connected directly to the battery and the port sits right under the rider's seat.

- Android Auto Device (See picture): I had this device on my motorcycles and so wired in the holder for it. I can move it between my Spyder and my Trident and it wirelessly connects to my Android phone and my helmet. This is wired into the Showchrome fuse block into one of the keyed ports.

 

[Mrmikey]

Installed a power port for my GPS. I don't like the look of the big ones you mount in the dash below the bars so I hid mine under the left side cover. I was just going to put the power supply for my gps but I figured if I mounted av 12V receptacle I could plug anything in.

 

[Riley 1840]

Replaced the windshield. A rock cracked the old one. It was an easy job. I took the vent out of the old one, if anyone wants it, DM me. I just want to get it out of my garage.

 

[Tslepebull]

I checked the Schrader valve insert on the airbag of my Canyon (base model) and found it to be a little loose. I tightened it and refilled the bag to 8 lb of pressure. It had been bleeding down and hopefully the adjustment will now last as long as the tire pressure. If not, the next step is soapy water.

 

[Gwolf]

I checked the Schrader valve insert on the airbag of my Canyon (base model) and found it to be a little loose. I tightened it and refilled the bag to 8 lb of pressure. It had been bleeding down and hopefully the adjustment will now last as long as the tire pressure. If not, the next step is soapy water.

Just replace the core with a new one. You can get 100 of them for $10 bucks. Go to a tire store and they will give you a handful of them to get rid of you.

Schrader cores: https://www.amazon.com/Schrader-Sem...sprefix=shrader+valve+inserts+,aps,106&sr=8-7

 

[Tango]

I looked at mine today. Had to get the mower out to mow the lawn. Have not ridden the bike since we left Deadwood, S.D. July and August were extremely hot. Always 95° plus, and lots of rain. Over a 100° some days. Looking forward to cooler days ahead. Attending the "Maggie Valley" Rally in three weeks.

 

[Tslepebull]

Just replace the core with a new one. You can get 100 of them for $10 bucks. Go to a tire store and they will give you a handful of them to get rid of you.

Good point, I have some new cores. I'll give it a week and check again.

 

[Ifishinxs]

Installed a power port for my GPS. I don't like the look of the big ones you mount in the dash below the bars so I hid mine under the left side cover. I was just going to put the power supply for my gps but I figured if I mounted av 12V receptacle I could plug anything in.
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I did the same. Our brackets are nearly the same.