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    Central Mchigan...

    ...price was $3.89 for regular unleaded today. A ten cent/gallon drop from earlier in the week.
  2. 12th Annual Ride & Show for National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

    ...UAW Local 652 is sponsoring this event. Event date is Friday, May 18, 2012. Registration is from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; safety meeting and line up at 9:30 a.m. This is a police-escorted ride...
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    Thanks, Mark, for the advice about the...

    Thanks, Mark, for the advice about the windshield. Neither hubby or I had thought about that!:bowdown:
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    Weight Distribution/Trailering an RS

    I am sure this addressed somewhere in the owners manual, but I know someone here can answer this question sooner that I can find it in the manual.

    We want to trailer my Spyder to Georgia and then...
  5. My dealer did the same thing...

    ...I purchased my 2008 RS used in 2010. Early this year, I got a letter from the dealer offering to buy my Spyder back, claiming there is a shortage of used Sypers. I didn't go in to the dealer...
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    Gran Tour Bag

    I bought the Gran Tour Bag from Custom Dynamics. Its a pretty good size, well made and if you are taller than me and can sit further back from the handlebars (I'm only 5'1") it makes a pretty good...
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    Bought my 2008 used...

    ...two summers ago. It is an RS silver and black. It had just under 1,200 miles on it and I paid $14,000 for it. I don't think the one you are lookong to buy is underpriced. I have had NO regrets...
  8. Thread: Stripe ideas

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    Let it happen...

    ...I took my Spyder to Gary Glenn, a local artist, who has a very good reputuation. He has actually painted cars for Hollywood movies. He had never done any work on a Spyder before. I selected the...
  9. Thread: Memorial Ride

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    Sorry that we can't make it...

    ...I responded earlier that hubby and I would try to make it to this ride. Unfortunately, hubby has to officiate at a wedding that day so won't be able to make it.

    However, I do want to offer our...
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    Public School Funding...

    ...why do they keep cutting funds for public education? Don't know...but I do know that kids are getting dumber every year.

    Was sitting on my Spyder outside a 7-11 near the campus of Michigan...
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    Here in central Michigan...

    ...gas has been at 3.99 a gallon for regular unleaded for the past month. Here in Lansing, the home of state government, we find the price usually jumps about 20 cents a gallon on state pay days...
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    In a similar vein...

    ...I pulled up to the window at a McDonald's drive through in another state. The teenager behind the window told me the charge was $6.48. I asked her "Do you take out of state money?" She left to...
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    True Story....

    ...there was a Taco Bell in the small town where I worked and my co-workers and I would go there about once a month. The guy behind the cash register was affectionately referred to as the "change...
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    Lesson learned...

    ...most definately. Worst part was, I had rain "gear" for the luggage strapped to my passenger seat, but not for us!!! Can you say DUH!!
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    Try an Air Hawk cushion...

    ...they are a LOT cheaper than a new seat. I got mine today, rode 200+ miles and didn't have a sore bottom at all. They also offer a 60 day triakl period, so if she doesn't like it, she can send it...
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    Welcome to Spyderlovers...

    ...we rode about 200 miles today and my RPM was never above 5000; but we were riding backroads, doing between 55 and 60. We don't like riding the expressways much. Find keeping under 5000 helps...
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    We paid for it today...

    ...rode from Lansing to Saginaw and headed home via Frankenmuth. Temps were near 80. About 20 miles from home, drove into high winds, rain, lightening and what looked like the beginnings of a...
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    Okay, I know I'm a "girl"....

    ....but I do know how to calculate my gas mileage. I clocked 173 miles between "fill ups", but as I said today, according to the gas pump, I was only down four gallons (which comes out to 43.25 mpg) ...
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    Another question about fuel tank capacity

    I am sure this has been addressed before, but I couldn't find it, so here goes? According to every thing I've read, my GS has a fuel tank capacity of about 7 gallons.

    While ryding today I...
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    Slight sunburn on yesterday's ride

    Rode 150 miles in yesterday's 83 degrees -- got a slight sunburn and LOVED every mile of it!!!!:yes:
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    Loving this weather!

    Can't believe it is March in Michigan and I've been riding four of the past six days and tomorrow is looking promising as well. A buddy posted on Facebook on Saturday that he had made his first ride...
  22. Thread: Other Bikers

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    Harley Snobs

    Unfortunately, we too have encountered some "Harley snobs". Mostly, they berate us because our bikes aren't "American-made". Hubby rides a Honda, which they call a rice burner. BUT, we've both...
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    Poll: An RS for me, now

    ...but hubby rides a Honda. When we are to the point that we will share one ride, it will most likely be an RT; then we can take turns driving! (Providing he doesn't mind riding B*^%H)!:)
  24. Less than 30 days

    I rode motorcycles in high school (a long time ago). Intended to get licensed for a two-wheeler and took a motorcycle safety course, discovered I wasn't as competent with a two-wheeler as I used to...
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    Oaky, dish...

    How did you do it, I hesitate to set my parking brake because it is almost impossible to release once its set. I'd like to know what the "easy" fix is.
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    Condition of US 27 Michigan to Florida

    I'm trying to talk hubby into riding (I have a Spyder, he has a Honda) from Michigan to Florida via US 27. Our only concern is that here in Michigan (especially to the north) US 27 isn't very well...
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    Glad you are okay

    ...and thanks for sharing this with us. We don't ride in the rain if we can possibly help it because hubby rides a two-wheeler, but we hadn't thought water would affect spydee in that way. This is...
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    Thanks everyone; yes the 3,000 mile maintenance...

    Thanks everyone; yes the 3,000 mile maintenance was done. I had planned to ride it over to the dealer (about an hour away), but it doesn't look like the weather is going to cooperate, so may just...
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    6000 mile checkup

    My 2008 RS is going to the dealer on Friday for its 6,000 mile check up -- I bought it used two years ago, when it had only 1,200 miles on it and purchased three year warranty/service program. ...
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    Little bad wolf: You're just down the road from...

    Little bad wolf: You're just down the road from hubby and I -- we'll have to meet up for a ryde sometime. And thanks for your words of support.
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