What did you do to your Spyder today?

[MCole]

Took my new 2023 Spyder RT STS for a practice ride down to the shopping center parking lot. Practiced back in parking, swerving, and breaking. Perfect day out for riding. Taking the three wheel training this Saturday and Sunday. Need to get to the MVA and get my tags changed to personal tags.

[broderp]

Nothing.

I have a "whole" 20 miles on the odometer - the ride home from the dealer. Its been too cold, its been raining and I'm on the injured list. I have a ton of parts in hand to install and many more on the way but realize I need to clean out the garage so that I can make room for the work.

I look into the garage door every few hours to stare at it. Yesterday I got dressed, put on a jacket and just sat on it thinking about the next ride.... seriously. Going through withdrawals over here...


Now a few days ago (11/29/23) I installed my backrest and my new windshield. But did not ride.

[Myron Ah]

I've added a set of Ultimate FloorBoards from CanAm Spyder Accessories to our 2021 F3 Limited "Nugget". Sadly I have not uploaded pictures and Nugget is hibernating for the Winter here in Maine.

[ThreeWheeler]

Modifying trunk on my 2012 RSS. Adding LED brake lights to 2 different trunks. LED lights all around; headlights were a bugger because my hands are too big to do it the ezy way. New custom set I picked up off Ebay.

[ZiggyF]

It was a dreary & cold day here yesterday in Central Florida so I finally got around to a little mod I had on my list. I never cared for the grey windshield bracket.

[fuzzyspyder]

We finally had a decent day here in western Colorado. Temps mid 40’s and sunny, just a slight breeze. Not bad for mid January. My apologies to the middle country and East coast folks in the brrrrrr areas.

So Christmas Eve I decided I would go for the Baja Ron sway bar. I liked the option of buying it from Lamonster because his links don’t require the spacers. Just a tad easier to install. It didn’t ship until after New Years but that was clearly stated on his site. Didn’t expect to install it until maybe March, but it was nice, so what the hey.

I used two ramps on the tailgate of my truck to get over 24” of clearance. Actually had like 28” since I was alone and not sure how far up the ramp to go. My ramps are only 6’ so there was a pretty big incline, but the Spyder climbed like a champ and the E brake held it until I got down and put the rubber chock behind the rear wheel.

Being 70 and not really liking the ground anymore (getting down is easy, getting up, not so much), I took my little silicon tool tray with all the tools the install vids said I would need and a couple extras. Razor knife, needle nose pliers, my push pins assortment kit and tool - Just in Case.

Install was a breeze. No issues getting any of the bolts out or back in. Did break a push pin, so the needle nose pliers and one new push pin came in handy.

Okay, so would I do it again? Absolutely. Took “Cool Change” for a 10-15 mile ride and it was awesome. Way less body roll and we have a crowned street that I hated to take it on because it leaned so bad. Took it there and it was much more stable. Corners way better and the ride is maybe better although that may be in my head. Steering is still easy and all in all, a great upgrade.

[CaptBilly]

I put the RLS Crusher and Lamonster cat delete with a baffle in each on my '22 F3L. I really like the way it sounds now. Loud but not obnoxious.

[Rocky105]

Installed show Chrome Front Seat Shock and Fobo2 Tire Pressure Monitoring System on all 3 Wheels!

[askitee]

An awesome what did you do to the Spyder reply. FWIW, you will likely find that once set, the clickers will stay in that setting without a need to change.

Hi PMK,

I'm a wee bit fussy when it comes to riding. When I raced MotoX our team mechanic always hammered us about getting to know what the suspension was telling us when at the track, a habit I took when I began touring.

My last two wheeler a VF1000F II F had adjustments for everything and I'd make sure the bike was set for the different rides we undertook, plus help setup friends bikes. Tuning suspension to get things right "floats my boat".

[ARtraveler]

Went for a nice 80 mile ride today. 60 degrees (in the sun) but at least 10 lower in the shady spots.

Beautiful ride. This fall was not one of spectacular colors. Maybe next year. We went from green to brownish gold. There were some bright reds and oranges about three weeks ago, but they were few and far between.

About half the leaves are now down. What remains is tarnished gold and varying shades of brown. Pretty in its own way. A total different look than a week ago.

We do love riding this time of year. In AK...the bikes would be parked until Mar/April.

[Latrappe]

Not specifically today but over the weekend removed the BRP shocks front and rear and fitted Wilbers shocks. Not a fun activity but done. Test ride Sunday on my 250k m test track of highways and country back roads found a few problems

1. Cant stop grinning at how much better the 17 RTL is to ride, this isn't an incremental improvement but a huge one. As soon as I reversed out of the garage over a small ledge in the concrete, I could feel the difference in the way the shocks behaved.
2. Because the new shocks are finally doing what suspension is supposed to, I cant stop looking down at the front wheels hugging the road.
3. To finally have the ability to adjust compression and rebound settings is right up there with holding an overly full bladder for 10 hrs and finally getting to wee
4. I have not played with any settings (seems a contradiction I know from the above comment) because the calibration by Wilbers based on my weight and riding prefs is spot on. This will change when my copilot comes for a ride who's weight has been factored in too

They are pronounced as Wilbers - but you should pronounce the same way Homer Simpson pronounces Doughnuts - that mesmerized tone he uses.
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You make me jealous one if the things I truly want get , I just fitted a new Led H7 low beam to replace the Halogen lights which my left one kept blowing which is the same as Europe here which is your fog lights over there.

[Spydermike]

Same thing as yesterday, and tomorrow will the same - rode it to work.

[DaveInMn]

Nothing.....to either one of them.....
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[RowdyScamp]

It was too wet to ryde today, so I installed LED headlights and "Vader" LED headlight eyebrows. Yesterday I installed a luggage rack.

[SteveE]

Installed a Halo Skid plate by Custom Spyder Works. Looks great.

[Deanna777]

Nothing!

It is in for its loooooooooooooooong winters nap, at a dealership.



Deanna

[Peter Aawen]

I RODE my Spyder yesterday!

Started out planning on doing about a hundred kms with the Missus on the pillion seat; about an hour's ryde each way heading down outta the Hills to meet up with some local & visiting interstate family for lunch at a very nice place down on the Esplanade overlooking the sea. Took a little while to get going, but t'was a bee-ewdiful day, with just a liddle bit of rain early on, only by then we were moving along fairly well so we didn't get wet.

We were thru the rain fairly quickly and it fined up to be clear & sunny from there on, albeit with a bit of gusty wind at times. Our 'family gathering' was great, got asked by a few of the 'not so often seen rellies' to take them for a quick spin on the Spyder - Happy to oblige, & they all loved it! The only motorcyclist amongst them (semi-retired dirt track racer!) was particularly amazed at how fast & stable the Spyder was & at how much faster it could rip thru corners that he'd hafta slow right down for - the first one even produced a horrified 'expletive deleted' from him, but he settled in pretty quick.... and I didn't even wring it out... well, not much anyway, & certainly not hard! He headed home with a gleam in his eye and all the Spyder info he could get, including all I knew about his local Dealers, my 'recommended mods' & of course, contact details for the ECU Upgrade!

And when everyone started to leave after our extended lunch & get together, the Missus & I decided that since it was such a nice day and still only late arvo, it was simply waaayy too early just to head home along the main drag, contending with all the 'Thank God it's Friday, lemme get home' or weekend bound commuters, so we took the looong way home and racked up a few more hundred kms of just ryding thru the back roads & slowly (with a little bit of quick thrown in just as variety! ) wending our way in generally the right direction.... Didn't get home 'til close to midnight, but had a fantastic day, & a wonderful ryde!

And Today is looking pretty good for doing some more of the same!

[jcthorne]

I took advantage of a rare day off work with no Spyder customers in the shop and worked on MY bike. Installed new SSV stereo system and replaced my horn. Gotta admit, the SSV kit is pretty trick. Well done hardware and wiring harnesses. Sounds great and the electronics take NO space in the trunk. Love the control pad mount on top of the handle bar clamp block.

I am leading a ride with our riding club tomorrow up to Jewett TX to check out the Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive that is making a stop there for lunch. Largest Steam locomotive in the world...all 1.2 MILLION lbs of it.

[ARtraveler]

I took advantage of a rare day off work with no Spyder customers in the shop and worked on MY bike. Installed new SSV stereo system and replaced my horn. Gotta admit, the SSV kit is pretty trick. Well done hardware and wiring harnesses. Sounds great and the electronics take NO space in the trunk. Love the control pad mount on top of the handle bar clamp block.

I am leading a ride with our riding club tomorrow up to Jewett TX to check out the Union Pacific Big Boy locomotive that is making a stop there for lunch. Largest Steam locomotive in the world...all 1.2 MILLION lbs of it.

Would like to see the Big Boy in person. That one always held me in awe. Had an HO guage version and very impressive.

[askitee]

Looked at it in frustration. Its the first time in a while that I've had enough time to use the darn thing but we are in lockdown

[askitee]

After having a number of issues with my driving lights/wiring/relay i ripped it all out. I had thought I had killed my Baja Designs S2 Pro Combo lights and in a last ditch effort connected them to an alternate power source - they were fine - phew - that was $600 i wasn't going to have to throw away and another $600 to replace them.

Changed to a different type of fuse block - it was more compact but not water proof. Taped up all the external contacts and clear cover and sprayed with LeakSeal. I also changed the mounting of the relay and gave it a spray after masking the contacts to make it hopefully waterproof.

Today I learned !!!!

• If my earth is in any way imperfect, its going to create problems
• Working with LeakSeal is messy, but worth the effort (see below)
• My expensive Crimping tool is only good for crimping one type - the other sets of "jaws" are useless.
• When testing expensive LED's make sure the power source is healthy.

The whole setup got a test a few weeks ago in atrocious conditions and lights/trailer/crashcams all stayed alive during some very heavy downpours - water got in and upset the dash on my '17 RTL a few times though. As others have seen my 622 Trailer leaked so - some you win some you lose.

Next project is a 12v outlet in the trailer for the 12v mini fridge for summer rides.

[ARtraveler]

Went for a one hour ride today. We are experiencing our "coldest" weather so far. We are about 20 degrees below normal, they say. 40 high today and 25 at night. There is a distinct chill in the air. Time to put the liner in the jacket, move to the winter gloves (the hand grip heaters felt good today), and either put on the chaps or first gear pants with liners. Supposed to be 60's tomorrow and Sunday. Then an even colder stretch of weather Mon/Tue. No snow yet. I am enjoying riding in November. Have not done that in about 20 years.

[Northofthesix]

We are supposed to be in the deep freeze starting tomorrow, but warming up into positive numbers (+2C) by next Friday so today.... I booked her in for servicing, and a whole pile of mods on the blank canvas that she is (Baja Ron Anti-sway bar, drivers backrest, usb port on steering column along with a ramX mount, a bag rack for the trunk lid and the pig tail for the battery tender)... dug my snowmobile suit out to wear just in case. I figure as long as it isn't snowing.... it'll be a good last ride until spring (dealer is about 25km from my house).

[GSSpyder2008]

Finally a small break in the rain (Europe is drowning) so nice morning ride - bit clilly 4 deg C (39F) but nice to see the sun come up....

[dpetrick]

Went for a short ride and put it in the storage unit for the winter. Snow is forecast for tomorrow and high on Monday forecast to be 18 F. In March I will load it on a trailer and take to the dealer to get the Check Transmission warning checked out and have it serviced for the 2020 season. Nanny kicked in on a sharp curve, then the Check transmission warning showed up.