It isn't that outback we are just plain Mid Westerns.
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LASER WHEEL ALIGNMENT
- Thread starter treva
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It isn't that outback we are just plain Mid Westerns.
This will be my last post on laser alignment. When I corrected the belt tension and alignment I did square it in the sing arm. I do have a manual. I am not as stupid as you people think I am. My Spyder handles and rides perfectly it does not track down the road "doglegged" it does not pull either way, dose not pull when braking, no vibrations. The two people that owned it before that put the first 10,000 miles had it a number of times to the dealer and they could not make it handle right. The first owner told me the mechanic told him he did not know to much about Spyder's. They were a Honda dealer and had just the Spyder line not full Can Am line he had never been to training. I sure am not taking it back to them. You guys are not going to scare me out of owning a Spyder. In fact after this summer if my health holes out i am thing about a new one. I am 80 years old so I never know. On this Web Site I will never answer or try to help anybody again. Anybody that would like information may sent me a private message. I don't usually get this upset but it just seems like several on here just are trying to find some wrong and the reason I come on here was for help not criticism.
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quasi
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HEY THERE, nobody called you stupid! so you need to calm down. my post was basically in the form of a question. hence the ? marks. live long a prosper.
Bob Denman
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Gerald37 - please don't let a few know-it-alls get the best of you. You, my friend remind me of my uncle who could do most anything he set his mind to. I was fortunate enough to live next door to him as I was growing up, and his ingenuity always inspired me to build things, fix things, and develop jigs, fixtures or tools to do the job.
In your 80 years, I'm sure you have seen your share of people who talk like they know everything about everything but when pressed, they know nothing. For some reason, people like that just like to hear the sound of their own voice. Just ignore those people - they won't go away unfortunately, but at least you won't give them the satisfaction of getting you riled up.
Please stick around for the rest of us.
H2O
In your 80 years, I'm sure you have seen your share of people who talk like they know everything about everything but when pressed, they know nothing. For some reason, people like that just like to hear the sound of their own voice. Just ignore those people - they won't go away unfortunately, but at least you won't give them the satisfaction of getting you riled up.
Please stick around for the rest of us.
H2O
Joel The Biker
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There is absolutely no reason anyone cant do their own laser alignments and maintenance. And dont believe the hype that you need BUDS to do an alignment. IT IS NOT TRUE! It is false propaganda put out there to scare people and try to get them to pay someone to do the alignment. I am so tired of all the negative people who say you cant work on your spyder or need BUDS to do it. I have BUDS, but havent had to use it to reset anything after doing an alignment.
And the comment about alignment being off if the rear tire isnt aligned? If your belt is running true, then your rear tire is aligned properly. If your tire was out of alignment that bad, the belt would walk right off the rear sprocket.
And, nobody on here said anything about undercutting those who charge to do alignments for others. From what I have read, everyone that is making their own alignment equipment tools is doing it for their own personal use and not monetary gain. Absolutely nothing wrong with that and I applaud their engenuity and willingness to work on their spyders themselves.
There is absolutely no reason anyone cant do their own laser alignments and maintenance. And dont believe the hype that you need BUDS to do an alignment. IT IS NOT TRUE! It is false propaganda put out there to scare people and try to get them to pay someone to do the alignment. I am so tired of all the negative people who say you cant work on your spyder or need BUDS to do it. I have BUDS, but havent had to use it to reset anything after doing an alignment.
And the comment about alignment being off if the rear tire isnt aligned? If your belt is running true, then your rear tire is aligned properly. If your tire was out of alignment that bad, the belt would walk right off the rear sprocket.
And, nobody on here said anything about undercutting those who charge to do alignments for others. From what I have read, everyone that is making their own alignment equipment tools is doing it for their own personal use and not monetary gain. Absolutely nothing wrong with that and I applaud their engenuity and willingness to work on their spyders themselves.
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Joel The Biker
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I said I was not coming on here again. But what you just quoted is true. Yesterday was the first I really test rode my Spyder on all kinds of roads. I put over 300 miles on it. It has never handled as good as it did yesterday. On interstate I had it over 90 mile an hour twice. I rode it on narrow curved roads. No vibration it does not pull in any direction. I have new Federal front tires balanced, rear General with centralmatic balancer, Doc's belt tensioner and I did laser alignment myself and I have been told you can't do it. Joel The Biker helped me get started. What laser were good and how to calibrate them. Before this the bike wandered on the road and did not handle good at all. I know it was tires and alignment. Also my belt has the correct tension and is running about 2 to 3 mm gap from the flange. Again the rear wheel is aligned in the frame it does not
"doglegged", down the road. If you are capable which not everybody wants to do their own maintenance but don't let these few people discourage from doing your own service.
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quasi
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OUTSTANDING!
OlJim
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DIY LASER
I missed this thread before I posted in DIY about the alignment tool I just made. I already had a laser level from Lowes so I have $0 invested in material, just a little labor on a rainy day. Made a world of difference and yes I am too cheap to pay someone $250 for something I can do myself in an hour or so. I will gladly pay Squared Away to do a professional job next October when they come to town.
I missed this thread before I posted in DIY about the alignment tool I just made. I already had a laser level from Lowes so I have $0 invested in material, just a little labor on a rainy day. Made a world of difference and yes I am too cheap to pay someone $250 for something I can do myself in an hour or so. I will gladly pay Squared Away to do a professional job next October when they come to town.
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