Hey Ya'll We Got A New Member! Lets welcome tacguy to SL

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[tacguy]

Hello All!
I have a 2013 Spyder ST Limited that I bought in Aug of 2021, a few months after my wife of 23 years passed away. My bike is DEFINITELY my meditation. For quite a while, I was simply a rider. If something needed to be maintained, I took it to a shop and let them handle it. I did a curb check in Oct of 2023 and the dealership in West Palm Beach wanted to total it. I knew that it wasn't that bad. The left knuckle was broken and the lower control arm had popped out and scraped on the road for about 20 yards before I brought it to a stop. The dealership insisted that it would be $3800 to get it back to 80%. With a LOT of help from a cousin, I managed to replace the knuckle, upper and lower control arm, do the alignment and get it back on the road. Including parts and ATV jack and new DeWalt 80 pc socket set that I bought, it was just over $600. Fixing it gave me the confidence to do other things on my own. I replaced both position lights on the fenders. Looking forward to getting some good information from you all on future fixes. Thanks.