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    Using a Snowmobile Trailer for Spyders

    You can tie your Spyder down in a remarkably small area if you get creative with your tiedown straps. You'll need the most restraint in the forward direction (vehicles stop MUCH faster than they accelerate). In the USAF, we assumed a required eight Gs of forward restraint -- that's eight times...
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    Common tools defined...

    If you've ever wished you had a dictionary definition for certain tools, look no farther! DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the...
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    Spyder Gas Mileage

    A very wise man indeed... Regards, Mark
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    Battery removal.

    :agree: This is one of the many benefits of SLA batteries. Regards, Mark
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    Personal suport needed

    Child abuse is a plague in this country -- you're experiencing its far-reaching effects decades after the fact. The statistics are astounding... In one study researchers went to great lengths to protect participant anonymity. They found nearly one in three of the adult women participants...
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    Neck warmers! They came to me in a dream last night! And, they really exist!

    Not necessarily a neck warmer... While not necessarily a "neck warmer" per se, this little gem makes winter riding much more bearable -- especially for the Spyder as the wind off the front end seems to hit the helmet on an upward vector...
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    If you've ever wondered why you like motorcycles...

    I guess a banana is completely out of the question... Regards, Mark
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    If you've ever wondered why you like motorcycles...

    Check out this book review. http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=585&WT.mc_id=081017epilot&WT.mc_sect=gan Regards, Mark P.S. Anyone got any bananas?
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    Spyder....A Poor Performer?

    Scotty, The only performance numbers in a review I've seen posted so far came from MSN -- an organization not noted (as far as I know) for motorcycle testing. I posted previously on the inherent difficulties of getting top acceleration performance from a motorcycle-type vehicle such as the...
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    Helmet laws

    Give me liberty, or give me... a helmet? And here we see the fruit of long years of a "nanny state." Our government has managed to convince (many of) us we need protection from ourselves... Should we enact laws to prevent irresponsibility if the result of that irresponsibility affects only...
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    I am so impressed with this "Family"

    As if riding someone's brand new Spyder for them is such a burden...:doorag: Mark
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    Helmet laws

    There are a lot of US servicemen & women fighting and dying around the world today securing your right to an opinion -- thanks for sharing it! Here's mine... Those same servicemen & women are dying because a segment of the world's population believes there is NO REASON not to believe Allah is...
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    Anxiety attack - need advice

    I really don't think you'll have too much trouble. Relax your grip and take it easy for the first few miles. Most people over-control because they're holding the grips too tight and every little jostle of your upper body gets transmitted to the steering. Besides, just because traffic is going...
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    Spyder....A Poor Performer?

    Getting a motorcycle-type vehicle thru the quarter mile in the shortest/fastest time possible is not a matter of hopping on and running thru the gears. The testers that ride motorcycles for a living run bikes down the track a number of times with different pressures in the tires and different...
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    Steering

    You are not the first person this has happened to. Click here to read a thread on another forum from a person who experienced what you describe. Regards, Mark
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