Roadster Renovations
06-06-2015, 06:20 PM
For those of you that have purchased the Spyder Rack, we will be sending an additional plate to you next sometime next week. It will be a very simple install and will make sure what happened to me today does not happen to you.
I removed my exhaust plate on my rack a few days ago and did not put it back on. We made a run to Ohio early this afternoon and I ran pretty hard with the traffic (85 plus) for about 30 miles. It so happened that we needed gas (imagine that) and I was doing my walk around inspection and noticed that a small area on the Spyder bag had melted slightly. The only thing that I can figure is that the exhaust traveled below the rack and air flow from the bike flipped it up and trapped it between the first and second bar. That is where the singe was located. In over a year of testing this has never happened.
The fix for this will be a bottom plate to cover that area that will slightly extend and be bent to force the exhaust away from the rack. Until this retrofit is done, my suggestion would be to drive the speed limit and watch the temperature in that area.
It's unfortunate that this happened, but I am glad that it was me it happened to. We will send the plates and attaching hardware to you as soon as we can. Thanks for understanding!
I removed my exhaust plate on my rack a few days ago and did not put it back on. We made a run to Ohio early this afternoon and I ran pretty hard with the traffic (85 plus) for about 30 miles. It so happened that we needed gas (imagine that) and I was doing my walk around inspection and noticed that a small area on the Spyder bag had melted slightly. The only thing that I can figure is that the exhaust traveled below the rack and air flow from the bike flipped it up and trapped it between the first and second bar. That is where the singe was located. In over a year of testing this has never happened.
The fix for this will be a bottom plate to cover that area that will slightly extend and be bent to force the exhaust away from the rack. Until this retrofit is done, my suggestion would be to drive the speed limit and watch the temperature in that area.
It's unfortunate that this happened, but I am glad that it was me it happened to. We will send the plates and attaching hardware to you as soon as we can. Thanks for understanding!