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Recent content by Texascanuk

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    Replaced Ball Joints on 2012

    Our 2012 Spyder RT only has 7000 miles but the service tech showed me that the upper ball joints were bad. It has the original front tires and they are in good condition with no cupping or unusual wear. The lower ball joints did not have noticeable play but I replaced all 4 anyway. He did not...
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    Intermittent Front End Shaking

    Our 2012 RT had the shake too at the same speed range, 41-43. Not on either side of it. The dealer had us change a brake rotor that he measured as warped but that did not fix it. I had the laser alignment performed and the shake went away. I suspect is was some feedback in the powersteering...
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    CB problems - promising development!

    The squeal is back when attempting to transmit. The driver has an EDSET headset and the passenger a BRP headset. When we switch their cords and plug the passenger into the front outlet and the driver to the back outlet the squeal goes away. So I went and bought another BRP headset for the...
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    Fuel Tank Swap

    Does anyone know if the larger 6.9 Gal fuel tank in the 1330 spyder RT's will fit in place of the 6.6 Gal fuel tank in the 2012 or older Spyder RT?
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    CB problems - promising development!

    I ended up removing the No Ground Plane antenna and antenna cable and went back to the original cable and the J&M antenna. I had a local spyder rider compare his 2014 with a J&M antenna to our 2012 with the NGP antenna and the J&M antenna setup worked alot better. The NGP setup was giving a...
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    F3 High Speed Pursuit Machine

    Do you sweat when you see this in your rear view mirror?
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    fuel cap stuck

    Ok, Got it off. When the bike cooled it took a few turns but the cap finally broke free and loosened. I think I'll put a little silicone around the neck so the seal isn't dry. Is there something that will stay put in the fuel environment.
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    fuel cap stuck

    I can't get the fuel cap unscrewed to refill with gas. Luckily this happened locally and I can have it here in the garage but if this happens on the road there's going to be some expressed frustration. Who else has this happen and how do you get it off. The fuel cap rotates and clicks counter...
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    Instrument/Gauge Lens Issue

    My 2012 RT had the same drooling problem inside the instrument lens. The dealer replaced the instrument cluster in lieu of opening up the cluster and cleaning the lens because they said it was factory sealed and if they opened it and disturbed the vacuum that the drooling would likely happen...
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    CB problems - promising development!

    No RX now A quick trip to another spyder owner proved that the CB transmits great now and he wants me to help him install the Firestick antenna and cable. My problem now, I don't hear anything when it is in RX - receive status I thought it must be something easy that I'm missing. the speaker...
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    CB problems - promising development!

    CB Squeal Seems to be solved I finally had luck with the CB squeal. I'd read a bit about other riders changing headsets from J&M or EdSets to the BRP. I did that in June and it seemed to work Ok. Then when we went riding the squeal was back. I was going to change the BRP headset in the drivers...
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    CB problems - promising development!

    Thanks for the great write up. My 2012 RT had an operative CB for a year or so and I upgraded it to the J&M antenna back then. It had about a 1 mile range which was better than the bluetooth Scala Rider headsets that were line-of-sight only. At some point though it developed the squeal when the...
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    Smooth spyder tensioner and belt question.

    Wow, that's 61 lbs, 142 lbs and 67 lbs respectively. Thanks, James
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    2014 RT come with a CB option?

    I can't see the CB option for the 2014 RT. It looks like they gave up on offering it?? My wife and I use it to communicate from bike to bike. It has more range and is not affected as much by terrain like the line-of-site communicators out there. It's kind of a deal killer for me until someone...
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    Front tire wobble from brake rotor warpage

    Remember that sensation when you were in the mountains and used the heck out of your brakes and warped the rotors? I think that is what is happening here, the rotors heat up and warp causing the pulsation. What's not clear is why it goes away over 50MPH. Maybe that's not the cause? Maybe after...
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