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Unstable ride feeling........
As I get more miles on the Y, the "jittery" feeling going down the road is getting a bit better.
Keeping a light touch on the bars and focusing your attention FARTHER down the road helps.
BUT.....I decided to put a bit more pressure in the tires to see what that would do.
To my surprise, as I added 5 PSI over the recommendation to each tire, that caused the axle/frame to raise up noticeably; maybe a half to 3/4 inch.
And it seems to have made the ride more stable too (sidewalls flex less ??).
Some additional seat time is needed to see for sure but at the moment I'm happy.
I suspect that tires with stiffer sidewalls might be even better.
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Are you talking about the stock tires? Kenda?
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Put at least 300 to 1k miles before you decide to do any mods. If your still feeling the quirkiness, add a Baja Ron upgraded swaybar. Compared to most it is a pretty cheap mod.
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Originally Posted by Tazzel
Put at least 300 to 1k miles before you decide to do any mods. If your still feeling the quirkiness, add a Baja Ron upgraded swaybar. Compared to most it is a pretty cheap mod.
I'm a bit over 3K miles now.
I do NOT have a problem going around turns or corners.
I ride conservatively and do NOT notice objectionable sway.
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Originally Posted by Easy Rider
I'm a bit over 3K miles now.
I do NOT have a problem going around turns or corners.
I ride conservatively and do NOT notice objectionable sway.
I take it you're saying this in response to the 'add a better sway bar' comment?? If that's the case, you might be interested to know that a better sway bar CAN help reduce the twitchness some get on the straight & level while running the standard swaybars on their Spyders!!
While for swaybars generally that might not necessarily be the case, but in the particular case of our Spyders (& other vehicles with similar front end designs) the front suspension & steering design our Spyders have is such that if one side moves up or down a little, it WILL vary the camber and the toe in/out slightly on that side as the suspension articulates, and that contributes significantly to the twitchiness some experience. Sure, it might only be fractions of inches or degrees, but it is enough of a change to make itself felt!! The std swaybars simply don't 'equalise the suspension articulation between wheels' sufficiently to reduce this twitchiness below noticeable levels, but the BajaRon bars DO equalise the articulation across both wheels much better by passing any flex experienced on one side of the suspension across to the other side much more & in doing so, effectively equalling the articulation, which means that any variation in Camber and toe in/out caused by the flexing gets more closely matched on the other side too! So instead of having just one wheel increase & then relax (or vice versa) its camber & toe as the suspension flexes, making a noticeable twitch in the directional stability of the Spyder, BOTH wheels react much more in concert with each other & by doing that, cancel the twitchiness out!! When one wheel increases toe & changes camber, so does the other; and so too when one wheel decreases toe & changes camber the other way, so does the other - and that just doesn't happen anywhere near so much with the lightweight standard swaybar as it does with a stronger BajaRon bar!!
So fitting a BajaRon bar CAN & DOES significantly improve the straight line stability on a twitchy Spyder as well as significantly improving cornering & reducing excessive sway & buffetting induced wandering!! As will increasing the pressure in the Kendas (& significantly compromising traction & ride, et al when you do!) or fitting better tires with stronger sidewalls & running them at the correct pressure for the load you put on them!!
Last edited by Peter Aawen; 03-13-2018 at 08:21 AM.
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30 psi
I have 2015 St i bumped mine to 3o psi handling everything seemed better that may be to high but I think 15 to 17 is way to low.
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Good to hear
You do have to find the best pressure for your ryde. A relaxed grip is the start then tire pressure and balance then a good laser alignment and you will be fine.
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Originally Posted by Little Blue
Are you talking about the stock tires? Kenda?
Yes.
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Originally Posted by Easy Rider
Yes.
Better take a look at the sidewalls on the OEM tires just to be sure that your +5 PSI above recommended doesn't exceed the Maximum PSI for the tires. Just out of curiosity, have you had your tires laser aligned???? If not, I would highly recommend you have it done. Squared Away goes to many Spyder events throughout the US. They are good people.
Mike
2021 Marsala Red Metallic RT Limited
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I might be wrong...
But I think that he's good: all the way up to 36 psi.
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My Kenda’s say 30 psi max. If it's still twitchy after 3K miles, the alignment is in question.
Last edited by Highwayman2013; 03-13-2018 at 08:54 AM.
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