ANTI-SWAY BAR

[BajaRon]

It is amazing what a good Sway Bar will do. People ask me all the time, 'What will I get if I put your Sway Bar on my Spyder?'. It is hard to really give a true picture of what happens to your Spyder when you install one of these sway bars. Fortunatly, or unfortunately, you really have to ride it to get the full effect.

We can talk all day about flatter cornering, keeping both front wheels firmly on the pavement, better control and feel in a turn, etc. But all of this is intellectual data. I see people walk away scratching their head, maybe discussing it with their passenger or friend, not really sure whether or not the sway bar is something they would appreciate.

Yet, when an owner installs a sway bar and rides it down some twisties or in strong cross winds or passes a few semi's at freeways speed, they come back with this huge smile and it's such a great feeling because I can see on their face that they now know exactly what that sway bar is doing.

The funny thing to watch is how they then struggle to accurately describe to others, the very things that had them scratching their head before the install.

Sales are fine and I will admit I love developing and selling product. But customer satisfaction is something that you just can't put a value on. That satisfied look is priceless!

[Bob Denman]

We're all just trying to figure out how we're going to explain what's going to happen, to the Missus!

[major911]

It is amazing what a good Sway Bar will do. People ask me all the time, 'What will I get if I put your Sway Bar on my Spyder?'. It is hard to really give a true picture of what happens to your Spyder when you install one of these sway bars. Fortunatly, or unfortunately, you really have to ride it to get the full effect.

We can talk all day about flatter cornering, keeping both front wheels firmly on the pavement, better control and feel in a turn, etc. But all of this is intellectual data. I see people walk away scratching their head, maybe discussing it with their passenger or friend, not really sure whether or not the sway bar is something they would appreciate.

Yet, when an owner installs a sway bar and rides it down some twisties or in strong cross winds or passes a few semi's at freeways speed, they come back with this huge smile and it's such a great feeling because I can see on their face that they now know exactly what that sway bar is doing.

The funny thing to watch is how they then struggle to accurately describe to others, the very things that had them scratching their head before the install.

Sales are fine and I will admit I love developing and selling product. But customer satisfaction is something that you just can't put a value on. That satisfied look is priceless!

How difficult is the install?

[MikeinGA]

How difficult is the install?

Not a bad job. Remove trunk, disconnect wires, disconnect cable for trunk lid and four bolts to remove the trunk. Then remove old anti-sway bar, install new one and making sure the new one is centered to the frame. BajaRon did mine at Lamonster BBQ, I help him do it. It's the best mod that I did to my 2011 Spyder RS-S SE5. It's makes it easier to ride on winding roads and on the highway. To bad your are not closer to my house, so you could test ride mine.

Mike

[mrb]

Not a bad job. Remove trunk, disconnect wires, disconnect cable for trunk lid and four bolts to remove the trunk. Then remove old anti-sway bar, install new one and making sure the new one is centered to the frame. BajaRon did mine at Lamonster BBQ, I help him do it. It's the best mod that I did to my 2011 Spyder RS-S SE5. It's makes it easier to ride on winding roads and on the highway. To bad your are not closer to my house, so you could test ride mine.

Mike

Many people have fitted these without removing the trunk completely. If you have some ramps so you can work under the Spyder you can remove the lower bolts and lever the trunk up enough to install (I am told - I have a GS)

[serf]

I just purchased the sway bar last friday and it got here monday! wednesday night and i've got everything but the skid plate back on. i can't wait to give it try tomorrow! first time taking off the frunk was a little scary but i've had worse. i will definitely start a thread tomorrow to let everyone know how it goes.

[BajaRon]

I just purchased the sway bar last friday and it got here monday!wednesday night and i've got everything but the skid plate back on. i can't wait to give it try tomorrow! first time taking off the frunk was a little scary but i've had worse. i will definitely start a thread tomorrow to let everyone know how it goes.

[serf]

I only got to take it out for gas but it was a lot more solid in the round a bout and corners I hit. I will definitely give a bit more of a review tomorrow when I take it to work with me and hit the country afterwards.

As far as install it took me about four times longer to get the trunk and old bar off than to put the new bar and frunk back on. I have never taken my spyder apart before so I was a bit nervous... that being said it was pretty simple and at times an illustration might have helped but it wasn't that bad. Did give me an excuse to buy new tools

[Neez]

Many people have fitted these without removing the trunk completely. If you have some ramps so you can work under the Spyder you can remove the lower bolts and lever the trunk up enough to install (I am told - I have a GS)

Yes, I installed my Evo bar this way. Easy. Didn't bother with a ramp either.

[sabunim5]

Yes, I installed my Evo bar this way. Easy. Didn't bother with a ramp either.

+1 No need to remove the trunk.

[KX5062]

For me, I looked it over carefully and found removing the trunk to be the easiest way to go about the project.

No jacking or lifting necessary. Interestingly enough, I discovered one of the two lower frunk mounting bolts was missing.

Major props to Baja Ron for a quality product!!!!

[major911]

+1 No need to remove the trunk.

Wish there was a nice how to video in the DYI forum for installing this anti sway bar without removing the trunk or at least a video of how to remove the trunk.

[rrman01]

Many people have fitted these without removing the trunk completely. If you have some ramps so you can work under the Spyder you can remove the lower bolts and lever the trunk up enough to install (I am told - I have a GS)

agree with martin when i installed mine all i did was put on trolley jack and undid a couple of bolts put a wedge in and presto old one out and new one in opps also i forgot what size are the bars thickness i mean cheers

[Littlebadwolf]

We didn't have to take the trunk off to put the sway bar on Cindi's RS...Learned that the first time when we put the EVO swaybar on mine...Ron...Nice product by the way.

[brodyson]

It is amazing what a good Sway Bar will do. People ask me all the time, 'What will I get if I put your Sway Bar on my Spyder?'. It is hard to really give a true picture of what happens to your Spyder when you install one of these sway bars. Fortunatly, or unfortunately, you really have to ride it to get the full effect.

We can talk all day about flatter cornering, keeping both front wheels firmly on the pavement, better control and feel in a turn, etc. But all of this is intellectual data. I see people walk away scratching their head, maybe discussing it with their passenger or friend, not really sure whether or not the sway bar is something they would appreciate.

Yet, when an owner installs a sway bar and rides it down some twisties or in strong cross winds or passes a few semi's at freeways speed, they come back with this huge smile and it's such a great feeling because I can see on their face that they now know exactly what that sway bar is doing.

The funny thing to watch is how they then struggle to accurately describe to others, the very things that had them scratching their head before the install.

Sales are fine and I will admit I love developing and selling product. But customer satisfaction is something that you just can't put a value on. That satisfied look is priceless!

With a 2011 RT and Elka shocks, will I feel a difference with the new sway bar?

[mike3069]

When I installed Ron's sway bar on my RS, I noticed the improvement in the handling on the FIRST corner. I went through the 90 degree corner at the light 1/4 mile from home and was instantly aware of how much more responsive the bike was.

[cjackg]

With a 2011 RT and Elka shocks, will I feel a difference with the new sway bar?

An RT with Elka's will see some improvement particularly in extreme curves, swerving, and at faster speeds, but likely not as effective as on an RS. I have been using an Evo swaybar on my RT and the benefit is minor because that bar is the same size as the oem bar.

The new RT swaybars such as the Aussie and BajaRon's bar have increased bar size and should be significantly more effective.

[Dan_Ashley]

With a 2011 RT and Elka shocks, will I feel a difference with the new sway bar?

The sway bar will create a bigger improvement than the shocks did.