What did you do to your Spyder today?

[Lew L]

Put my Magic Mirror Mounts on today. Now on to oil change.

Magic mirror mounts are GREAT!!! Be sure to use the retention straps, don't ask me how I know...

Lew L

 

[Deanna777]

Nothing. Dealt with Life.

Deanna

 

[Wdaniels]

I'd share pics, but they're too big. I just swapped out my rear tire on my 2023 F3 Limited 'cause the middle was shot. Got about 18,000 miles, so I'm good. Took me 30 minutes to get it off the bike – the shop didn't think I could do it in an hour! Got the new Kenda Kanine, and the dealer filled it to 28psi. Feels kinda rough on the road. Someone at the shop and on Facebook said my old tire wore out in the middle 'cause it was overinflated. I ran it at 15-20 psi, so how's that too much? What pressure are you guys running in your F3 Limited with the Kenda Kanine?

 

[troop]

I'd share pics, but they're too big. I just swapped out my rear tire on my 2023 F3 Limited 'cause the middle was shot. Got about 18,000 miles, so I'm good. Took me 30 minutes to get it off the bike – the shop didn't think I could do it in an hour! Got the new Kenda Kanine, and the dealer filled it to 28psi. Feels kinda rough on the road. Someone at the shop and on Facebook said my old tire wore out in the middle 'cause it was overinflated. I ran it at 15-20 psi, so how's that too much? What pressure are you guys running in your F3 Limited with the Kenda Kanine?

Run OEM Kenda/Kanine Kenda rear tires at 28#. They need that PSI due to single ply sidewall...

 

[Peter Aawen]

I'd share pics, but they're too big. I just swapped out my rear tire on my 2023 F3 Limited 'cause the middle was shot. Got about 18,000 miles, so I'm good. Took me 30 minutes to get it off the bike – the shop didn't think I could do it in an hour! Got the new Kenda Kanine, and the dealer filled it to 28psi. Feels kinda rough on the road. Someone at the shop and on Facebook said my old tire wore out in the middle 'cause it was overinflated. I ran it at 15-20 psi, so how's that too much? What pressure are you guys running in your F3 Limited with the Kenda Kanine?

You really should do a search on Tire Pressure, and spend a few hours reading, but briefly, the Kendas and their clones, including the Kanines, Arachnids, and others, are simply lightly constructed and not greatly quality controlled car tires, and they NEED that 28 psi to carry the Spyder due to their light construction! No matter how low you run their pressure, you will still wear out the centre of the tread on the rear. This is because the lighter plies they use just aren't strong enough to stop the centre of the tread ballooning out when they rotate at anything much over about 20-25 mph, and the faster they rotate, the more they balloon out, so you end up only ever really running on the middle 2-3" of tread, which wears out quickly as a result!

And that lightweight construction, which really NEEDS 28 psi +/- 2 psi or so just to carry the load of your Spyder, even before their poor quality control issues come into play, means that running pressures as low 15-20 psi in a Kenda or any of the clones is DANGEROUS and could lead to catastrophic tire failure!! If you did that for any length of time, you were pretty lucky to get away with it, but if you ran it that low and it still wore out the centre, then you are just another of the many who have found out how crappy the Kendas and their clones are!!

If you run 'real' car tires, quality tires that are actually capable of carrying the weight/loads of a normal car at 28 psi, or about 3 times the weight of a Spyder, then they don't need that much pressure to carry the lighter load and you can run 18 psi in them, which will keep the whole of the tread contact patch on the road much better, and you'll get better ride, handling, traction, tire life, and more - but it's NOT SAFE to run 15-20 psi in a Kenda &/or any of their clones and even if you do, you'll STILL wear out the centre of their tread first!

Ps: Check out this thread on posting pics as thumbnails:

Thread 'PLEASE UPLOAD, ATTACH, AND INSERT ALL PICTURES/IMAGES AS THUMBNAILS!'

Dec 19, 2024

If you've been trying to add pics/images/attachments without success, then the most likely issues are that you're either not finishing the upload, attach, and insert (as a thumbnail!) process; or your source image/file is simply too large! So for the former, you need to finish the job properly; the latter, either scale it down or re-size it smaller until it will upload (see the links in posts #17 & #20 of this thread for tools to help you do that.)

When you are adding pictures or images to any post you make, regardless of the device or brand of device you may be using...

• Peter Aawen
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• Forum: Spyder General Discussion

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And this thread for all sorts of helpful info on the Forum, including resizing your pic/image files:

Thread 'FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions'

Aug 28, 2025

This thread has active links to Can Am help videos and previous posts on the Spyderlovers Forum dealing with questions or problems which come up frequently. Click on a link and jump to your answer, or at least more information than you had before.

Click the spoiler buttons to open the subject. Click again to close the subject.

Spoiler: #1- Preemptive Strikes

★(1) The cable controlled latches on the seat & frunk. It is a recurring problem if you lock the keys in the frunk or need to get under the seat and the cables have stretched slightly, the ignition key will not open them. There is a whole other section...

• Gwolf
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• Forum: Spyder General Discussion

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[BCNewell]

Rode it - 824 miles in 14-1/2 hours from the Southern tip of Texas to Clarksville, AR, to attend a meetup with some folks from the Honda CTX1300 forum. Would have been quicker, but I had to stop in Nacogdoches, TX, for about 40 mins to let a mean-looking storm front pass by. Then I got to ride most of the rest of the way on wet roads.

 

[gwbunny]

Tried to figure out where to mount these lights so I could create some brackets:
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The controller it came with sorta sucked (5mA of drain when off, high/low beam selection only by toggling power, no ignition control, etc.) I ripped it out of the box and made my own "controller" with 2 relays. Low beam will be controlled via external switch, and high beam will be controlled by Spyder's high beam switch. Lights will only operate when key is on.
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I mounted some similar lights. See if this post is of any help.

Post in thread 'What did you do to your Spyder today?'

Sep 4, 2025

I took some time to wire in a few accessories:

- Showchrome Electronic Fuse Block: This is a plug-and-play adapter that separates the accessory wiring from the Spyder wiring and powers accessories directly from the battery.

- Front Wheel Mounted Fog Lights (see pictures): Bought and tried a few brackets and finally found ones that work. I had these lights on my Honda Rebel 1100 and for they price, they work well. These are wired into the Showchrome fuse block into one of the Keyed ports.
The wire routing from the lights to the Showchrome fuse block took the most amount of time with...

• gwbunny

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[prokrypt]

I mounted some similar lights. See if this post is of any help.

Post in thread 'What did you do to your Spyder today?'

Sep 4, 2025

I took some time to wire in a few accessories:

- Showchrome Electronic Fuse Block: This is a plug-and-play adapter that separates the accessory wiring from the Spyder wiring and powers accessories directly from the battery.

- Front Wheel Mounted Fog Lights (see pictures): Bought and tried a few brackets and finally found ones that work. I had these lights on my Honda Rebel 1100 and for they price, they work well. These are wired into the Showchrome fuse block into one of the Keyed ports.
The wire routing from the lights to the Showchrome fuse block took the most amount of time with...

• gwbunny

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Nice! I also tried many different brackets and none of them worked for me, so I decided to make my own. The height of yours (~12-13 inches) is perfect for fog lights, but mine are driving lights and must be >=16 inches. The challenge was finding metal that was both thick enough to not flex but still be able to be bent into the proper shape...
I'll be posting photos when I have them mounted (wiring will take quite a while longer though)

Edit: got 'em mounted! A bit janky, but at least it's sturdy! Finally got a use for those useless 1" 12-point sockets.

 

[gwbunny]

Nice! I also tried many different brackets and none of them worked for me, so I decided to make my own. The height of yours (~12-13 inches) is perfect for fog lights, but mine are driving lights and must be >=16 inches. The challenge was finding metal that was both thick enough to not flex but still be able to be bent into the proper shape...
I'll be posting photos when I have them mounted (wiring will take quite a while longer though)

Edit: got 'em mounted! A bit janky, but at least it's sturdy! Finally got a use for those useless 1" 12-point sockets.
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Very nice!
What did you use for the mounting brackets?

 

[prokrypt]

Very nice!
What did you use for the mounting brackets?

Very old garage door arms bent into shape with vise and sledge hammer, with a small tab welded on for the second bolt, and 1" sockets for the lights to clamp on...

 

[Gwolf]

Very old garage door arms bent into shape with vise and sledge hammer, with a small tab welded on for the second bolt, and 1" sockets for the lights to clamp on...

Sounds just like some of my engineering. When I am planning a new project I go out and inventory the scrap metal pile behind the shop to see what I have in stock and then order the rest.

 

[Deanna777]

Nothing. Dealt with life!

Deanna

 

[blacklightning]

Well, we were supposed to be having a tech day at my house today, but due to the front coming in, we have had light showers all day. But I did get a chance to install the accent light in the front that I ordered from Slingmods, and I installed my rack for the extra storage that I will be needing for the trip to Maggie Valley in 2 weeks. It looks a little further off in the pictures, but I need to make a slight adjustment of about 1/4"-1/2" in order to center it. I will snap more pictures once we pack up and I have the bag strapped on the rack. This thing is a life saver when taking the wife on trips.

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[jzeiler]

Took my 40 year old son for a ride today, he liked it. Also got a chance to see if I had set the preload on the new front shocks correctly. Had to have two up heavy, engine running and self leveling active to make sure I had between 3.5 and 4 inches of clearance at the middle frame and I did have better than 3.5. Wife tested it with a pole mounted to a 3.5 inch wide PVC fitting and it cleared and when I bounced I didn't bottom out on it. That worked out to free length of the spring on a Baja Ron shock right at 8 and 7/8 inches.

Ron was great, I called him after I installed the shocks and found one was too hard to move the adjustment ring with the supplied spanner, in fact I broke the spanner trying. I had to drip some aluminum tap magic (oil of wintergreen) to get the threads to slide better. Ron sent me a new spanner and wanted the old one back. We also discussed the free length as the shock comes out of JRI production. Ron was trying to get it set so you really would not have to adjust it much. Mine out of the box did not even give me 3.5 inches unloaded so I had to crank the ring quite a bit. Ron says they are shooting to have a consistent 9 inch free length when shipping.

 

[prokrypt]

Started wiring up my lights. Went on a small radiator-cleaning side quest. Just blasted it with some foam, scrubbed it a bit with a large brush, and rinsed it off.

before:


after:

 

[Deanna777]

Ran errands.

Deanna