Laser Alignment & BajaRon Swaybar Good to Go!

[RBS66]

Sounds like a great experience. It's nice having people you can trust work on your bike

[Imnotlost]

Absolutely! I would ride 200 miles to perform maintenance on my bikes with someone knowledgeable and trustworthy as opposed to having to take it in to my local dealership and hope they don't screw something up.

[DC1]

We ride the twisties a lot and probably exceed the Spyder RT weight limit also...I upped the air pressure in the front tires and it helps some but I guess my question is....Does that swaybar and beefier shocks really make that much of a difference in holding the twisties on a 2014 RT?..I thought BRP had beefed them up already when they went to the 3cyl...And how much stiffer does it make the suspension on a highway trip (bumps, potholes, Ect)?......

[bodymanpainter]

I agree, Doc is the best. He did my laser alignment and made a big difference in my 14 RTS.
I will be going back when the time comes to change the trans. filter and oil.
Thanks Doc!
Toby

[2 Cruysyn]

...Does that swaybar and beefier shocks really make that much of a difference in holding the twisties on a 2014 RT?..I thought BRP had beefed them up already when they went to the 3cyl...And how much stiffer does it make the suspension on a highway trip (bumps, potholes, Ect)?......

The sway bar doesn't effect the ride as long as you're traveling in a straight line. But, in turns and dirty air from semis and other large vehicles or even a stiff crosswind is when you'll notice the difference between the oem bar and Baja Ron's bar. It's called roll and there's a lot less of it.

You can get carried away with stiffening up the preload on your Sachs Shocks, which you have no way of doing on your '14 without Ron's preload adjusters which are more about maintaining ride height when you load the frunk. Nice thing about 'em though is, frunk loaded or not, you can tweak the preload to your liking for the kind of riding you do.

I suspect that if you, at least, swapped the bar (and links that come with it) you'd be pleasantly surprised next time you hit the twisties.

[robmorg]

The sway bar doesn't effect the ride as long as you're traveling in a straight line. But, in turns and dirty air from semis and other large vehicles or even a stiff crosswind is when you'll notice the difference between the oem bar and Baja Ron's bar. It's called roll and there's a lot less of it.

You can get carried away with stiffening up the preload on your Sachs Shocks, which you have no way of doing on your '14 without Ron's preload adjusters which are more about maintaining ride height when you load the frunk. Nice thing about 'em though is, frunk loaded or not, you can tweak the preload to your liking for the kind of riding you do.

I suspect that if you, at least, swapped the bar (and links that come with it) you'd be pleasantly surprised next time you hit the twisties.

, wholeheartedly with BOTH points. About 18 months ago I was where DC1 is, wondering how much difference a little larger swaybar could actually make. Then I finally installed BajaRons swaybar, and I was literally amazed by how much less role there was, and how much less I needed to lean in every turn.

Then later I installed his shock adjusters, and was surprised again by how they stiffened and smoothed out the ride. I would heartily recommend both - especially for larger riders , or folks who carry a lot of weight on their Spyders. I think they will Improve the ride on any Spyder, but the more weight you carry, the more you really need both of these mods.

[DC1]

The sway bar doesn't effect the ride as long as you're traveling in a straight line. But, in turns and dirty air from semis and other large vehicles or even a stiff crosswind is when you'll notice the difference between the oem bar and Baja Ron's bar. It's called roll and there's a lot less of it.

You can get carried away with stiffening up the preload on your Sachs Shocks, which you have no way of doing on your '14 without Ron's preload adjusters which are more about maintaining ride height when you load the frunk. Nice thing about 'em though is, frunk loaded or not, you can tweak the preload to your liking for the kind of riding you do.

I suspect that if you, at least, swapped the bar (and links that come with it) you'd be pleasantly surprised next time you hit the twisties.

May just do the BajaRon mod, get it laser aligned once more afterwards, and just see how it is from there....Sounds like a nice winter project...I appreciate the info...

[Chupaca]

for now... you got a lot done and know your enjoying the new handling..lucky you have Doc close by..congrats..!!

[Fat Baxter]

After I had my RonBar installed, I found I could add at least 10 MPH to some of the local sweepers. Reducing body roll goes a long way to building confidence in handling curves, as well as adding speed through the same curves.