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  1. Time to put the old Hendle back on my wife's RS

    The packing was used up on my wife's RS Hendle muffler. The bike was popping from time to time and and getting kind of 'throaty'. So I put the stock muffler back on. I need to repack the Hendle now...
  2. It comes down to fun. . . . a Spyder is a big...

    It comes down to fun. . . . a Spyder is a big kid's go-cart on steroids. A Spyder allows people who don't want to hold up some Goliath beast and pretend to be cool to ride a 'bike'. A Spyder allows...
  3. So, How ya'll doing out there in Spyder land?

    After a few years of just maintaining my wife's Spyder along with a couple of motorcycles, my enthusiasm for my wife's RS is back. In the year 2010 we bought an RT because I was having an issue...
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    Illinois Valley (Cave Junction is nearest town)....

    Illinois Valley (Cave Junction is nearest town). My wife has a 2010 RS. It all started with a 2010 RT which logged 37,000 miles in two years before we sold it to someone in Brookings.

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  5. air hawk

    My wife purchased one for her RS that already has a Corbin seat . . . the air hawk is awesome . . . just don't put too much air in it
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    Ride in the Rain?

    Cat and I are down to one Spyder, her RS. We sold the RT a couple of years ago with almost 40,000 miles on it in two years. . . . if there isn't any black ice on the road, we are game to ride. I am...
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    Loved our 2010 RT . . . .

    We put a lot of miles on it in the 2 1/2 years we had it . . . just under 38K miles . . . but we had to have it towed in twice because it would turn over and not start . . . . one time it was...
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    Corn Dog run . . .

    Last weekend we put on just under 300 miles going for a corn dog at the Chevron in Fort Jones in N.California . . . while part of the ride was on the super slab I-5, the weather was gorgeous (looked...
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    Anyone remember the DPS problem?

    One of the mods Cat and I did to our 2010 RT and RS shortly after we bought them were Evo sway bars . . . the RT got Elka's before the sway bar and the RS got the Elka's after the sway bar. The sway...
  10. Thread: Now mine....

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    Thanks for the visual information on installing the Steibels!

    We ordered the horn, Oxford Heaterz heated grips, Storm handguards and an adjustable windfoil for on top of the factory touring windshield on Cat's RS, and so I had a day's project. These parts came...
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    200 mph on any Spyder?

    With the aero dynamics of a shoe box? You could put a friggin Formula One engine in it and maybe go that fast . . . . but who would want to? Around this part of the country we have to have a a 'deer...
  12. Poll: not everyone likes bugs in their diet . . .

    You might ask her what she really likes to do . . . not everyone is a motorhead . . . My brother bought this big touring machine 'because his wife said she would ride with him' . . . . I think that...
  13. Thread: Soar Butt

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    something else that helps . . . . ride often!...

    something else that helps . . . . ride often! Just like on a bicycle, your butt gets used to it . . . . we have Corbins on our Spyders, better than stock but not perfect. . . . you can still get the...
  14. head sets

    we have the blue ant? head sets . . . mostly ok but we are looking at the Sena's . . . our local Bmw/Ducati/Triumph dealer swears by them. The set we have works ok; the voice activated mouth piece is...
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    Elkas -sway bar and picking up front wheels . . .

    Have both the Elkas and the performance sway bars on our RT and RS - I have managed to pick up a front wheel on the RT 3 times now at slower speeds with out the nanny kicking in. These were tight and...
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    media coverage

    As an avid long time reader of Cycle World magazine, I felt I had to write them after reading their 'long term test' of an RT. They actually posted my letter, and a picture of the new bright red RT....
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    parking break on RS

    Cat's kept sticking down . . . sprayed some WD-40 on the mechanism . . . releases easily . . . have to engage it slowly but it works every time . . .
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    what I am hearing . .

    is some good stuff, we all know the danger of driving and being exposed rather than confined to a steel cage. Don't let the rest of us have to deal with the loss of fellow Spyder ryders . . . be...
  19. Thread: My First Day

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    Move away from the computer . . .

    Hopefully you can get out on to some country roads and really enjoy it! Have fun, watch out for deer and the city squirrels! We use our Spyders as daily transportation and have found that one of the...
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    Corbin seats . .

    Cat and I have the Cobin seats on our RT and RS and love them. Only regret? Should have got a leather pattern with more traction. Lamont had an alligator (I think) pattern on his seat, and I'm sure...
  21. Thread: ELKA SHOCKS

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    RT shock install

    Our dealer quoted an hour; using 15mm end wrenches with the RT wheels off the ground, it took about that long at home. Didn't pull any body work but it is tight in there.

    What would you say is...
  22. handle

    we were VauhnCat since it was Vaughn (me) and Cathy . . . now she is Spyder Cat since we have two Spyders and now, two lap tops . . . . . my antique friends call me Vago (not to be confused with the...
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    DPS

    Both our RT and RS were done a few months back; that took the continual PSP out (perpetual sphincter pucker) of Spyder riding . . . . the Elka shocks didn't have near the same effect (affect?) but...
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    Poll: Another Spyder couple here, 2 Spyders, 2 very...

    Another Spyder couple here, 2 Spyders, 2 very happy ryders.
    :yikes::doorag:
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    :clap: how much room do you have in the garage? ...

    :clap: how much room do you have in the garage?
    ya know what's gonna happen next, don't ya??? :2thumbs:

    better start shopping now :shemademe_smilie:
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    From Goldwings to Batwings . . .

    Cat and I logged a lot of miles on a Suzi 1500 V, and the RT seems like a hot rod next to that. . . . the Goldwing is hard to beat for torque/power and refinement, but the RT SE5 is like a European...
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    aaaaaaaa . . . . the dipstick? What was the first...

    aaaaaaaa . . . . the dipstick? What was the first clue? I mean, just in case I make that mistake . . . my peg leg on that side wouldn't feel the heat from oil blowing out . . .
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    3 wheels and a leaner

    Anybody familiar with the Flexi Flyer side cars from the old 'board track' racing days? Hey, I'm a motor head, it all looks fun. . . . .
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    Depends . . .

    Rode my son in laws new Harley Classic the other day;what a nice bike. . . much more refined than my old VL-1500 Inruder (that I just sold w/almost 80K on it) . . . but with just under 17K miles on...
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    Elka's

    Just got the Elka's on the front of the RT this weekend . . . . my son n law stopped by about the time I was going to give up trying to pull the front body work . . . with another set of eyes we...
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