• There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.

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    looking for service - repair in Minnesota

    Another vote for Caswell Cycles, in Mora. When we lived in MN we rode the 90 miles one way for sales, service and to ride with them. There were 5 dealerships closer but Caswell was the best all-around dealer. Les and Kaye ride with their customers: real people and they have good people working...
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    To kill or not to kill (switch), that is the question

    There is no harm in using the KS. Besides regular use keeps the contacts clean. In the event of a need, or inadvertent use, knowing immediately where it is located doesn't hurt, either. If you don't want to use, then don't. But your ways are not the ways of everyone on this forum.
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    Windshield extension

    I have X-Screen clamp on touring sized extensions. They look a bit funny but do the job. Cold, wind, snow, sleet, rain...well, rain, you'll experience some water sliding up the stock wind shield and likely land in your lap.
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    Review: BRP Go! is going...going...GONE!!

    You've provide no useful information other than to say you are smarter than us. The system came without documentation and absolutely zero dealer support. If there is no complete documentation on what it was designed to do, all you've done is adapt to what you discovered its limited functionality...
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    Review: BRP Go! is going...going...GONE!!

    It doesn't matter whom developed it, BRP put their name on it; a company doesn't develop anything without people. It was release without any sort of quality control to validate performance. It came as an undocumented, unsupported software program, with out any dealer being able to support it...
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    Anyone running or tried BUDS on MacBook (Pro)?

    Thank you hypurone and Jdr00ejr for your insight into Bootcamp. I'll give it a look vs bootable USB. Wayne
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    Anyone running or tried BUDS on MacBook (Pro)?

    I searched this "BRP BUDS BUDS2 Shop Talk" forum and found one reference but no replies to the subject. My Windows laptop is old and slow. I've got a newer MacBookPro with a port adaptor/extender that has a full size USB "A" slot; it's also my travel computer. I've read that EaseUS, and perhaps...
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    Try BajaRon's stabilizer before getting new Shocks? Or What?

    As others have stated, they work together to alter the ride characteristics. The torsion bar (a.k.a. sway bar, anti-sway bar) helps to transfer load from the loaded side to its mate. The outer wheel in a turn to the inner wheel. It will corner flatter. The machine should feel more planted and...
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    Dual horns - will the factory circuit support a 2nd horn?

    I have dual Bad Boy air horns mounted on our F3 models. Wired in a 40 amp relay direct to battery, energized by OEM horn circuit, leaving the OEM horn is "play", too. Followed Kevin Story's lead with using different tones, creating a train horn dissonance. The less load difference one places on...
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    Your thoughts on When to change spark plugs?

    Good gas....and ride like I stole it!
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    Garmin Zumo XT Mount power connection - Resolved

    We have two XT units. The first had issues as you described. I removed and reseated the power connector in the cradle. I did note that the bottom pogo pin, the electrical contact, did not protrude from the host connector as far as the top one. That would make the effect of any deflection or...
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    Your thoughts on When to change spark plugs?

    I replaced my plugs @ 32K miles. You can judge from the photos whether to change them or not. Yes, it's a major tear down to get to them. I didn't even think about the coils or wires. It did run better after the change.. It isn't only miles, but how many times the spark plug has fired. An...
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    Here's an article explaining Back Pressure BS!

    Perhaps it is terminology in the Spyder world: that being primary and secondary muffler terms in the exhaust system. While the muffler, especially in a car, if far removed from the exhaust port, the header system, exhaust pipe, catalytic converter are all prior to the location of the muffler...
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    Who Out There Has Gotten The Replacement Sprocket?

    We had our three F3 models completed. Drop off in the morning and pick up late day via Freedom Powersports, Weatherford, TX. Took a while to get the sprockets ordered in, but once they arrived, the work was completed with a week. (I had replaced a failed sprocket on one and serviced all three...
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    Gary - Weatherford

    We met early this afternoon in the USPS parking lot. PM and we can exchange contact info.
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    Downshifting vs Braking

    In other words, Mike, directed at me and my ilk. Controlling speed or braking: no difference. If one doesn't use the engine, then one uses the brakes. You ride your way and I'll ride my way.
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    Downshifting vs Braking

    I use the paddle shift on a 1330/SE6 F3 almost exclusively vs letting the TCM do it for me. The computer does the minimum to keep the clutch engaged so you don't go into free wheeling/coasting mode; it doesn't look at engine performance, grade of the road, etc. The engine provides dynamic...
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    Your experience/thoughts on Spyder vs Other Trikes?

    OK, let's split hairs. A differential allows the wheels to turn at different rates; all modern trikes, factory or aftermarket, have a differential. Of course it is "not an automotive style differential" as it looks different in that the H-D is a belt drive, not a shaft drive. It still allows the...
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    Your experience/thoughts on Spyder vs Other Trikes?

    A differential and independent rear suspension are two separate features. All modern trike conversions or OEM trikes on the road that use a rear differential. The alleged "solid axle" means drive axle similar to a rear-wheel drive car/pickup: when the wheel hits a bump or pothole, the up/down...
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    Your experience/thoughts on Spyder vs Other Trikes?

    My experience is dated but has some relevance. We test rode a H-D TriGlide™, a RoadSmith conversion, another odd-aftermarket conversion, and two GS Spyders all on the same day. H-D licensed the Lehman solid rear axle trike design for installation on the TriGlide and subsequent models: it is a...
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