Hey folks. Let's chat up the CT section

[ThreeWheels]

The weather is getting warmer. Let's start planning some rides.
My wife (well this one anyway) never really liked my motorcycle but she's expressed some interest in riding with me on the Spyder.

[Badasz]

Keep me in the loop im ready to ride the :spyder:its been a long winter :ohyea:

[M2Wild]

Been lazy all winter and dragging my feet on all the winter upgrades. Now I just took it apart this weekend. Got the wood stove going in the basement and working on da Spyder as we speak. Should have it together in a few weeks ready for spring. I heard something like 60s are coming by the end of next weekend.:2thumbs:

[burg650]

Anyone seen or heard from Nick?

[SpyderByter]

I forget to check the CT Chapter, just happend to see this one.

I am usually lingering around shop talk for ideas.

But anyway, sounds good, count me in. :2thumbs:

I am not to familiar with your area. Depending on how far you want to go, we can meet up somewhere along RT 7 or 8 and head up to Kent Coffee or Vanilla Bean. Bones knows some good routes.

Mark

[Smylinacha]

count me out - I'm not riding that thing until the steering problem is solved

[GoodHouse]

Mine is still in the garage. I have a bunch of upgrades to put on the bike from Xmas. Probably going to wait about another month.

Smylinacha; Are you referring to the normal power steering not working problem? I got mine fixed last year in Waterbury at Land n Sea and then towards the end of the season it felt like it stopped working. Was thinking about bringing it back in this season to have it done again. I havent been reading the boards too much, but is this what other people are complaining about as well?

[ThreeWheels]

count me out - I'm not riding that thing until the steering problem is solved

So sorry to hear that.
I'll be out riding this weekend. Not sure where yet, maybe bear mountain on Saturday.

[Smylinacha]

It locked up on me twice when I was in TN. I always had power steering (I think?) because it was never hard to turn the bars. They replaced the DPS (2nd didn't take but 3rd did) but now my steering feels "different" - almost loose or as I said previously "Floaty". If I have to sit it out this season I will since I want an answer as to why these dps problems are happening. I refuse to be a test pilot. No thanks.

There are DPS problems such as:

DPS code shows up on screen

People lose the steering so when they use more strength to steer, the dps suddenly kicks back on and they unintentionally oversteer - some into oncoming traffic.

DPS lock up - the bars "get stuck". Mine happened in a right hand curve and as the road straightened out, my Spyder wouldn't. I pulled pretty hard to the left and it seemed to pop back into position. Did this twice.

So some different stuff going on.


Mine is still in the garage. I have a bunch of upgrades to put on the bike from Xmas. Probably going to wait about another month.

Smylinacha; Are you referring to the normal power steering not working problem? I got mine fixed last year in Waterbury at Land n Sea and then towards the end of the season it felt like it stopped working. Was thinking about bringing it back in this season to have it done again. I havent been reading the boards too much, but is this what other people are complaining about as well?

[Roaddog2]

Keep me in the loop im ready to ride the :spyder:its been a long winter :ohyea:Ya right you could just say no to that OT nojoke

[ThreeWheels]

Looks like I've fallen in with an interesting bunch.

[nickcaro]

I'll still be snowboarding on weekends up at Killington for at least the next 4 weekends...

Would love to have a little meet-up at Marcus Dairy some Sunday morning later in the spring

[nickcaro]

:2thumbs:


How many miles are you up to now?



well, I have a confession to make; About 5 weeks ago, I picked up a Honda Element... This is the first car I have owned in 5 years. It was becoming increasingly difficult to find people to go up to VT and rental cars just get too expensive, so I dropped the hammer.

The car has had a massive impact on my mileage cause for about 3 weeks I just drove the car to work everyday. It was odd to sit back with the radio, climate control and coffee in my hand.

So, it's looking like I wont be reaching my intended goal of 100k by my 2 year anniversary on the Spyder. Besides with all the insanity of flipping my gauges twice, a replacement at approx 75k miles and the 9.5k miles that I have on there now... I'm loosing touch with how many miles I really have.
It could be 80k or 85k...

[nickcaro]

Trial run with the GoPro Hero

http://gallery.me.com/nick.caro#100026

[nickcaro]

and some of my favorite stills so far....

http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero01.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero02.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero03.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero04.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero05.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero06.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero07.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero08.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero09.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero10.jpg

[LDFIREWORKS]

they are great pics:2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero01.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero02.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero03.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero04.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero05.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero06.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero07.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero08.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero09.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero10.jpg[/QUOTE]

[M2Wild]

Is that 92 mph I see in pic #5? Hope you aren't driving with just hand at that speed and taking pic with the other.:D

[SpyderByter]

and some of my favorite stills so far....

http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero01.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero02.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero03.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero04.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero05.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero06.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero07.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero08.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero09.jpg
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero10.jpg

Great pics.:2thumbs:

[Motorcycle Mama & Papa]

Hey, SKS06460! You are too funny. Just to let you know that the folks in Cali are listening, and for you to know that there is always hope. My hubby has poo-pooed the Spyder ever since I started talking about it. Then one day I heard "toot, toot" coming from the garage. Sounded like my Rosie. Well, here was my husband on Rosie asking "how do you start this thing?". The rest is history. Take care, MM :ohyea:

[nickcaro]

Is that 92 mph I see in pic #5? Hope you aren't driving with just hand at that speed and taking pic with the other.:D

:doorag:
its a GoPro Hero helmet cam. I set it to take a still photo every 2 seconds.

[ThreeWheels]

I like this one. We went on the first 9/11 memorial ride, it ended here at the Intrepid. Imagine about 500 bikes blastin' through the city together.......
http://nick-caro.com/Y/Yhero/hero09.jpg

Did the SCRC Concrete Canyon Run. Way too many bikes and WAY too long of a ride.

[M2Wild]

I heard 80s by this weekend. Looks like it'll be my oppertunity to warm up the :f_spider: so I can change the oil. Puttin on a couple of hundred miles to make sure everything is working properly won't be bad either.

[SpyderByter]

Hope to see some of you out there this weekend. Sat I have to help a friend move, but Friday and Sunday I will be riding. Sunday I think up to Vanillia Bean in Pomfret. Maybe a little in R.I. and South to see the storm damage.

[docdoru]

Anyone heading out today?
Me! :D

[jeuchler]

Trial run with the GoPro Hero

http://gallery.me.com/nick.caro#100026


So did you blow that stop sign, or was that one of those "rolling stop's" we used to do when I lived in NY...?

[nickcaro]

So did you blow that stop sign, or was that one of those "rolling stop's" we used to do when I lived in NY...?

I'm pretty sure I stopped... that must be some weird effect from the wide angle lens..:doorag:

[M2Wild]

Was out this past long weekend ... super nice riding weather. Did cause a minor fender bender because some rubber necker isn't paying attention one lane over. These people never learn.

Will have to decide between the Spyder or the SeaDoo on Wednesday when it hits 85+

[Zerocool]

I'll be popping back in soon, now that the weather's been warming up. Took a hiatus from here... was tired of all the DPS whining and such. So rather than participate, I exited - my Spyder's been running just fine since 2008.

Looking forward to joining a few rides with you guys.

More to follow.

[Smylinacha]

Guess we wore ya out huh?

You are very lucky you had and have no problems w/ your Spyder. Some of us just aren't You.


I'll be popping back in soon, now that the weather's been warming up. Took a hiatus from here... was tired of all the DPS whining and such. So rather than participate, I exited - my Spyder's been running just fine since 2008.

Looking forward to joining a few rides with you guys.

More to follow.

[ThreeWheels]

Les Bumpe

[ThreeWheels]

That SKS06460 fellow is one heck of a dude !!!

Some day I aspire to be a senior member just like him !!!!!!

[ThreeWheels]

Sunday is supposed to be nice. I've got a hankering for Bear Mountain.

[Smylinacha]

Sunday is supposed to be nice. I've got a hankering for Bear Mountain.

Hmmm, I never been there on the bike. I'll talk to HDX about it.

Edit to add - ever been to the Toy Maker? Falls Village - Greg owns it and he is way cool.

Edit to add again - Actually the Smokin BBQ is REAL GOOD - fun ride, gorgeous country - up by the Toy Maker. Good people who own it and excellent food - anyone up for it?

[ThreeWheels]

Hmmm, I never been there on the bike. I'll talk to HDX about it.

Edit to add - ever been to the Toy Maker? Falls Village - Greg owns it and he is way cool.

Edit to add again - Actually the Smokin BBQ is REAL GOOD - fun ride, gorgeous country - up by the Toy Maker. Good people who own it and excellent food - anyone up for it?

Never heard of it, let alone been there. Could be an interesting ride. Not too far away either.

[Smylinacha]

I know we are going somewhere tomorrow but probably not up that way since I gotta take my kid out for his bday but Sunday would be a good day for the BBQ.