I took a beautiful ride from Piney Flats TN to Watuga, Elizabethton, to Hwy 107, Fairview, to hwy 173 Limestone, Unicoi, interstate 26, Johnson City, and back home. 77°F & Partly Cloudy.
Most of the ride is narrow 2 lane (typical E.TN) lots of curves, and wooded mountain scenery.
Last edited by Dasmoetorhead; 05-22-2024 at 07:24 PM.
We headed north and rode around the Pocono Mountains for the day. Overall a nice day for a ride. Had a bit of mist and few drops of rain but putting on the rain gear scared the rain away. 194 miles for the day.
Lee B
2022 Can Am RT Limited
2021 Honda NC750X DCT
Added the LED trunk lights from slingmods. Also added the FOBO 2 sensors (and boy were they a pain). No instructions WHATSOEVER! Took me almost 3 hours. I had to look online to find out that you don't pull the white tab between the battery and device and install them all at once. The only problem I'm having with them now is that I cannot seem to stay connected to them when running the firmware update.
Leaving this morning for a 6 day trip. North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana. Back next Tuesday. About 2000 miles. I'm the only spyder. It's always a great time.
Also added the FOBO 2 sensors (and boy were they a pain). No instructions WHATSOEVER! Took me almost 3 hours. I had to look online to find out that you don't pull the white tab between the battery and device and install them all at once. The only problem I'm having with them now is that I cannot seem to stay connected to them when running the firmware update.
There are excellent instructions right there in the app. The entire owners manual is there. Also the firmware update tells you (on the update page) not to update your firmware if your sensors are working properly. Mine are and the update always fails. So I'm not concerned about it.
2022 Petrol Metallic RT Limited / 'PYDER'
Peter Pan has struck again!
I replaced a broken knee panel fake “bent post”, and started my sticker collection!
(BajaRon, I could use one of your stickers too, since I got your ultra bar installed as well! Hint hint)
2019 Spyder RT Ltd. Bought in Jan 2024. Can-Am states only.
Slingmods USB and QuadLock phone mount with vibration dampener
Highway pegs
Rear GENERAL ALTIMAX RT45 SL 225/60R-15 tire
Drink2Go front/rear Cupholders
3D printed Turn Signal/Shifter caps
KOTT Grill covers
LED Headlights + LED Foglights
High Mount Trunk brake/turn lights with brake strobe
Pedal Box+ w/BT
Show Chrome gas shock for rear trunk
Foam Grips
Red Rim Covers
VIOFO MT1 Front/Rear Dash Cam system Upper Radiator Exhaust Block (SpyderPops)
ShowChrome Heavy Duty seat shock
Removed the side wind deflectors under the mirrors and installed the 3 position wind deflectors. Need a good hot day to check out their effectiveness. Quick and easy install.
Last week after installing the Zumo, the wife and I headed over to SE Ohio for a few days. We went down to the Ohio River, then drove east on Hwy's 52 & 7 as it followed the course of the river. We stayed in eastern Ohio for 3 nights; and spent most of the daylight hours riding some really wonderful and twisty roads. We also crossed over into West Virginia a couple of times as well for some more fun riding. I found that the stock sway bar is indeed quite soft for 2-up riding. The nosedive was significant in those twisties, so I ordered a new one from BajaRon when we got home. It was delivered today, and I got it installed tonight. I'll get the test drive in tomorrow after work. Then we'll be heading to the SE Ohio Spyder Rally in a couple weeks where we'll be able to see what difference the upgrade will have made.
Last edited by Peter Aawen; 05-30-2024 at 09:43 PM.
I picked up a 2020 RT Limited a couple of weeks ago. Loved the 2018 but couldn't resist. So far I've changed the oil, wired the bike for heated gear, phone charging and battery tender and luggage rack. Still need to install 3 piece sway bar and a brake flush.
Last Monday I took the front tires over to Firestone (it's the nearest tire shop) to have them balanced. When I picked them up they told me that they did not do a dynamic balance, but were able to get them dialed in statically. I took them home & remounted them then left the bike parked until yesterday when I took it out for a test ride. The new sway bar made a massive improvement in turns and corners, but the tire balance was still off. After returning home, I took them off and returned them to Firestone and told them to perform the full dynamic balance. Later, when I picked them up I expected to see some lead weights added to the inner and outer rim edges but instead found that they'd removed the existing square adhesive mounted weights and applied more of the same in their attempt to balance the tires. Test rode again and the balance is still off, showing up at 60 mph & higher. There's no way it can be driven at highway speeds right now. I'll have to find a shop that can get them right, its apparent that this shop cannot. Is anyone using lead weights anymore??
I find that the heat in this area heats the adhesive and the weights move around or in my case flew off.
When I 1st got my F3S it had a bad vibration in the front. After the dealership changed them out 3 times, they finally got it close. In doing so however they scratched the inside of the wheels pretty bad. They actually scraped through the black powder coat so much so, the you can see the silver of the aluminum wheel . Totally un-sat.
I've got vibration again.
Tuesday I have an appointment to get 3 quadtracs installed and balanced at BajaRon's.
I find that the heat in this area heats the adhesive and the weights move around or in my case flew off.
When I 1st got my F3S it had a bad vibration in the front. After the dealership changed them out 3 times, they finally got it close. In doing so however they scratched the inside of the wheels pretty bad. They actually scraped through the black powder coat so much so, the you can see the silver of the aluminum wheel . Totally un-sat.
I've got vibration again. Tuesday I have an appointment to get 3 quadtracs installed and balanced at BajaRon's.
I'd love to live close enough to do this as well!.
I have no idea where this can be done in SE Ohio.
I'd love to live close enough to do this as well!.
I have no idea where this can be done in SE Ohio.
Yessir, I'm lucky to live close to his shop.
Ya know last time I was there getting the Pedal box, I met a guy on a Spyder that had just rode down from Ohio that morning.
It's been raining here, so no ride.
I bought a Battery Tender Jr awhile back to use both with my Spyder and with my John Deere lawn tractor.
I used it on the JD first, only to discover that the battery was bad. So I took the JD battery to a local Batteries Plus shop, where they confirmed it was bad, and sold me a replacement. The battery that was in the JD was the original, and was about 6 years old.
I've been meaning to hook the battery tender up to my Spyder, and that's what I did today.
It took me longer to cut enough out of the oval rubber grommet to run the cable from the battery area into the frunk then to hook up the cable to the battery.
The wall unit flashed red before I connected it to the newly installed cable, then went solid red.
The flashing red indicates it's not connected correctly to a battery, which was true, and the solid red indicates its connected and charging.
It's been a couple of hours and it's still solid red. It will flash green when it gets to an 80% charge on the battery, and solid green when it's 100% charged.
It's supposed to be dry and warm for the next couple of days, so I may go for a ride tomorrow.
Then come back and plug it in again.
Edit:
Here's how the cable is routed in the frunk. I know some people use the round plug on the right of this picture, which is the left side of the Spyder.
But I park my Spyder in my garage so the right side of the Spyder is close to the wall where the Battery Tender is plugged in, so it made sense to me go to out the side closest to the plug.
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