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3 best add on or accessories for rt
- Thread starter Longtrack
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Bob Denman
New member
1. TricLEDs lighting all the way around it! :yes:
2. A Sotderoios lighted Bumpskid! :yes::yes:
3.BRP's Driver backrest! :yes::yes::yes:
2. A Sotderoios lighted Bumpskid! :yes::yes:
3.BRP's Driver backrest! :yes::yes::yes:
stevencovert
Member
1. TricLED's and Pierre's LED's (high brake light, LED's that trace the seams) for safety
2. Bumpskid with LED's - sooo bright people cannot miss you (plus wonder what the heck is coming at them!) again more safety
3. Have the computer re-flashed for a lot more power
2. Bumpskid with LED's - sooo bright people cannot miss you (plus wonder what the heck is coming at them!) again more safety
3. Have the computer re-flashed for a lot more power
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
Trunk mounted brake/running light.
Lighted Bumpskid.
TriCled wide view mirrors.
Up line seat from the OEM. I have the BRP Comfort seat on both RT's
:yes::yes:
Lighted Bumpskid.
TriCled wide view mirrors.
Up line seat from the OEM. I have the BRP Comfort seat on both RT's
:yes::yes:
DGoebel
Well-known member
See and be SEEN
1. TricLED Wide Vue Mirrors - easiest safety upgrade ever!
2. TricLED Ultimate Safety Bundle (Front, side, saddlebag and lower rear turn signals, horn
3. HMT Brake/Turn signal
Safety first, insuring you can see behind you better, and those beside or behind you can see you and your signals/braking better, I think the HMT Brake turn signal unit means big ol high hooded pickups and suburban types can see your braking/signaling.
Then Handling, BR Swaybar, Tires all around,
1. TricLED Wide Vue Mirrors - easiest safety upgrade ever!
2. TricLED Ultimate Safety Bundle (Front, side, saddlebag and lower rear turn signals, horn
3. HMT Brake/Turn signal
Safety first, insuring you can see behind you better, and those beside or behind you can see you and your signals/braking better, I think the HMT Brake turn signal unit means big ol high hooded pickups and suburban types can see your braking/signaling.
Then Handling, BR Swaybar, Tires all around,
pegasus1300
Well-known member
Better tires all the way around.
LED lights in headlights and driving lights.
Side lighting
LED lights in headlights and driving lights.
Side lighting
bcer960
Member
Fat Baxter
Member
1. TricLED's safety package bundle (replaces original reflectors on front side fender, rear of front fender, and saddlebag).
2. Non-OEM tires all around. Best handling investment you can make.
3. A power tap somewhere in the cockpit (heated vest; GPS, etc.)
2. Non-OEM tires all around. Best handling investment you can make.
3. A power tap somewhere in the cockpit (heated vest; GPS, etc.)
DGoebel
Well-known member
Why the Bumpskid recommendation from half the suggestions so far?
I gotta ask, 5 out of 10 replies to this question suggest a Bumpskid. Having only driven about 20,000 miles on my '13 RTL without one, why is it such an essential upgrade to those that recommend it? Is it because of the additional lighting (I do have the HPLED head and foglights, LED turnsignals, and LED front fender lights, and will have driving lights by next riding season) or for undercarriage protection or what?
I do live in the flat mid-west and have been riding fairly nice flat road areas (see my states ridden map below, north central Mid West). I have bottomed out in the frunk coming downhill into a railroad crossing hump once, and seen some scraping on the little bottom skegs of the frunk. But nothing damaging to the frunk, or does the bumpskid provide other protections I've just been lucky to not have experienced yet?
I AM considering a long trip into Canada, maybe up to Fairbanks, Alaska or up in the Northwest Territories, and wondering if the bumpskid (lit or not) would be needed riding up there for some reason I can't fathom yet?
Not trying to hijack Longtrack's thread, but think it might help them as well.
I gotta ask, 5 out of 10 replies to this question suggest a Bumpskid. Having only driven about 20,000 miles on my '13 RTL without one, why is it such an essential upgrade to those that recommend it? Is it because of the additional lighting (I do have the HPLED head and foglights, LED turnsignals, and LED front fender lights, and will have driving lights by next riding season) or for undercarriage protection or what?
I do live in the flat mid-west and have been riding fairly nice flat road areas (see my states ridden map below, north central Mid West). I have bottomed out in the frunk coming downhill into a railroad crossing hump once, and seen some scraping on the little bottom skegs of the frunk. But nothing damaging to the frunk, or does the bumpskid provide other protections I've just been lucky to not have experienced yet?
I AM considering a long trip into Canada, maybe up to Fairbanks, Alaska or up in the Northwest Territories, and wondering if the bumpskid (lit or not) would be needed riding up there for some reason I can't fathom yet?
Not trying to hijack Longtrack's thread, but think it might help them as well.
bcer960
Member
Not sure about where you live, but I have bottomed out several times on just the curb let downs in my city.
fastfraser
Blazing Member
Lamonster’s Sway bar .
Elkas front and rear .
Custom Dynamic’s 3rd rear brake light .
Elkas front and rear .
Custom Dynamic’s 3rd rear brake light .
You may have been lucky, but you might want to lift your Spyder & check out the condition of the OE plastic 'protection plate' mounted underneath the bottom of the frunk itself, rather than just looking at the little skegs on the rounded lip at the front bottom of the frunk. I installed one of Noboots Aussie Alloy versions of a Bumpskid style protection plate before I'd done 1000km of travel on our major highways, simply because the plastic protection plate was already almost worn completely away!! And as far as I knew &/or could see at the time without getting right underneath, I hadn't EVER bottommed out or even hit/touched those little skegs up front on anything at that time!! But the placcy 'protection tray' was already missing about 1/3rd entirely, & the rest was fairly well almost all close to scraped right thru!! I've since seen quite a few Spyders that don't even have anything of those OE placcy plates left, and some Spyders that have substantial damage & cracks or even gaping holes in the bottom of the frunk so large that you can clearly see the road surface thru them!! (Once you lift the liner out of the way!)
So even if you have been extremely lucky so far & haven't touched that placcy tray, I'd still STRONGLY recommend that you get & install a Bumpskid or a similar alloy protection plate in lieu of the placcy protection tray before you do your Canadian trip; and that it'd be smart to check the condition of the bottom of your frunk ASAP regardless, even if just to see if there's any of the placcy 'protection tray' left under there!!
Good Luck!
Ps: my 3 - 1). Proper good quality tires instead of the OE spec crap;
2). Bumpskid or similar;
3). BajaRon or similar upgraded sway bar plus Heim links.
And as the very next mod, I'd suggest that anyone after better performance or better fuel range seriously consider the Ecu Xtreme/[email protected] ECU Upgrade that unleashes a whole bunch of the extra power & torque that these engines already use safely in other products, but which BRP have decided us old folk can't safely handle on our Spyders! Well worth every penny and then some - and not restricted to only come in at high revs or any percentage of wide open throttle, this works right across the board just like the power & torque delivery does on all the other vehicles that are already using the less restricted power & torque these engines are capable of!!
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Tulefog
New member
Three Improvements
Add the bumpskid, I slipped off on the shoulder with my 2013 RT soon after i got it and the original scuff plate got pretty frizzy, it is not real thick, and it did scrape the paint on the front a little. See picture below.
Add led turn signal lights to the mirrors because the green ones on the dash are not very bright.
A laser alignment helps, just like a car out of alignment it will drift around a bit.
Go to one of the Spyder rallies and see what the changes look like, a few change the physical appearance slightly and others such as alignment or Cat delete are not visible.
Add the bumpskid, I slipped off on the shoulder with my 2013 RT soon after i got it and the original scuff plate got pretty frizzy, it is not real thick, and it did scrape the paint on the front a little. See picture below.
Add led turn signal lights to the mirrors because the green ones on the dash are not very bright.
A laser alignment helps, just like a car out of alignment it will drift around a bit.
Go to one of the Spyder rallies and see what the changes look like, a few change the physical appearance slightly and others such as alignment or Cat delete are not visible.
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
I like the bumpskid for the extra lighting. I have not had to use it for its "functional" reason yet. :yes:
JayD
New member
Tisdale Saskatchewan. And you?
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