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 1330 Performance in the heat and traffic
Today we were headed from Las Vegas to Mesquite for a veterans benefit. Just outside of Las Vegas we came to a stop and it was downhill from there. I rolled along for 25 + miles, the two wheelers decided to take the shoulder  but I did the legal thing and rolled along. It was one day when I wouldn't have minded having an SE instead of an SM. The actual temperature was around 85 but the thermometer on the Spyder read between 98 & 107. The fan cycled on and off - it is pretty loud - and the water temperature never went above the halfway point. I had no issues with heat from the Spyder and it ran smooth. I did have one problem though, the instrument display faded to black. It started at the bottom and worked all the way to the top, I could only see half of the characters on the top line on the display. Once I got back to speed it went back to normal. I was headed northeast so the sun was beating down directly on the display.
I did get to meet a Spyder rider who was on her way home to South Dakota. We chatted briefly as we were rolling along. I hope she made it safely to Cedar City, UT when I got off the highway she still had 30 miles of lousy traffic related to the guy who is battling the Bureau of Land Management over grazing rights, and then 20 miles of 1 lane road through the Virgin River Gorge.
2017 F3T-SM6 Squared Away Mirror Wedgies & Alignment
2014 RTS-SM6 123,600 miles Sold 11/2017
2014 RTL-SE6 8,600 miles
2011 RTS-SM5 5,000 miles
2013 RTS-SM5 burned up with 13,200 miles in 13 weeks
2010 RTS-SM5 59,148 miles
2010 RT- 622
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The dash going dark is not unheard of... But it does seem to have happened a bit earlier on the thermometer... 
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2017 F3T-SM6 Squared Away Mirror Wedgies & Alignment
2014 RTS-SM6 123,600 miles Sold 11/2017
2014 RTL-SE6 8,600 miles
2011 RTS-SM5 5,000 miles
2013 RTS-SM5 burned up with 13,200 miles in 13 weeks
2010 RTS-SM5 59,148 miles
2010 RT- 622
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2017 F3T-SM6 Squared Away Mirror Wedgies & Alignment
2014 RTS-SM6 123,600 miles Sold 11/2017
2014 RTL-SE6 8,600 miles
2011 RTS-SM5 5,000 miles
2013 RTS-SM5 burned up with 13,200 miles in 13 weeks
2010 RTS-SM5 59,148 miles
2010 RT- 622
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That's when you just have to turn up the radio! 
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Roll up traffic. I get off and stretch my legs and tug it along with me. No heat problems, and saves on emissions, green house gas stuff. Now if you are going uphill, well thats what your passenger is there for.
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Fan is loud
When I first heard a whirring sound recently I thought something was going haywire with the motor. And the sound quit instantly when the ignition is turned off, unlike my '11 that continued to run for a bit. Finally realized its just loud fans. 
Two Wheelers from 1963-2011
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2011 RT(Red)
2014 RT(white)
2016 F3T(red)
2022 RT current ride(silver)
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