Of course, the same dealership that told me 5 quarts is also the same dealership that says nothing is wrong with my spyder (surging, sputtering). I too will stick with the 4 quarts, thanks!
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Of course, the same dealership that told me 5 quarts is also the same dealership that says nothing is wrong with my spyder (surging, sputtering). I too will stick with the 4 quarts, thanks!
I changed mine myself and used 4 liter bottles,which is about 4.25 quarts and it worked out perfect.:2thumbs:
Protects it from what?
The way I look at it is nothing I own or have ever owned has had any sort of splash pan on it like the Spyder. Not my cars, trucks, atv's, bikes, or tractors. I see no reason to have this other than to keep the heat in. The protection value is just about zero IMHO. :dontknow:
GL1800 Goldwing doesn't have any but there are aftermarket companies that do make them for the Wing. I'm not saying they don't have a purpose I just don't see a great need for them on the steet.
You may someday in the life of your Spyder have something that may or may not fly up in to that area and do some damage to your motor if you don't run these splash pans.
For sure you are going to trap extra heat in the motor area everytime you ride the Spyder with them on. To me I'll take the my chances and op for less heat 100% of the time with them off. I was just passing on information of my results and you can make the judgment call from there. :doorag:
I was getting ready to install the NMN hiway brackets and thought I would take off the splash pans. I compared the picture from Lamonster and the bottom of mine and they just don't look the same. Am I looking at the picture the wrong way or what:dontknow: Looks to me there are a couple of different sections on each side:dontknow:
Are the pans different on the SE?
The pans on my SM #3003 looked identical to Lamonster's photos. When I first started looking I was looking too far forward and didn't see them until I looked at the furthest aft pans behind the engine.
I know this is a older post, but I am thinking about removing the splash pans. I am not concerned about the road hazard issue but it appears that the splash panels provide some structural integrity to the bottom outside panel. Has anyone that has taken these splash pans off noticed a weakening of the outside bottom panel. :dontknow:
I saved 60 bucks
Oil Change was easy easy easy ..... a little messy but i know for the next time
THANKS AGAIN BROTHER
OHHHHHH And i did the KEEEEWWWWWWLMETAL Highway pegs at the same time
YOU DA MAN!
I thought I noticed that too but when I checked mine without splash pans vs. dltang's with splash pans, it wasn't much different. The hook mount and tab of the lower engine cowls provide a lot of support to the bottom panels. To be sure, I just went out and kinda pushed around on those lower panels again on both mine and dltang's Spyder and they seem to have the same rigidity with or without the splash pans.