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    What makes a Spyder's smoother ride vs. Ryker?

    RA crippled me after riding motorcycles since 1956. Had the same questions and I found my answer. Two years ago, I bought a Ryker Sport and added the three-piece luggage and the Ultimate seat. The F4 windshield was also a bonus. Rode it for a year, mostly two-up. We enjoyed the riding but...
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    Downshifting vs Braking

    Had 65 years of manaul transmission driving, car, truck and motorcycles. The new F3-S was a grasp to keep on the road into my 80's without falling over, especially two-up. Immediately I did manual downshifts. Little happens. There is so little engine compression and braking you have to use...
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    Lost my F3's RH ACCESS COVER - anyone know where to get replacement?

    Good to know all this. Had mine all apart for over a week. Parts I ordered still not in and Daytona calls, so I put it back together. Took a full day to assemble what I had apart. Ride today on the interstate and I spotted my right-side panel flipping up and down. Pulled off and fiddled. No...
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    Looking for price advice for selling 2015 Spyder F3-S SE6?

    Good luck with the sale. My experience, trying to sell a 1980 Moto Guzzi I bought new that now has 11K miles on it and an '07 FatBoy with 71K, is awful. Darn near can't give them away with ads getting zero response. To have 92K in a Spyder near "floored" me. I just bought a new 2022 F3-S for...
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    Can I do an F3-S Headlight Bulb Change with F4 windshield attached? Ideas?

    Well guess what...I did it and did NOT remove the windshield. At the front point, detach the windshield mount and tilt the windshield back. Then take out the very front trim piece screw, bend back the front of that trim to expose the teeny screw holding your triangle piece in. Do that on...
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    Can I do an F3-S Headlight Bulb Change with F4 windshield attached? Ideas?

    Is it possible with an F4 windshield attached? Forget SlingMods video. That nose piece does not slip off when the bottom screw is taken out. There are side screws on my 2022 F3-S. If I could get the upper panels off, there should be access but I am stuck getting them off. Now the shop manual...
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    Anybody tried Cheap H4 LED Bulbs in a new Spyder???

    The M2 shock from Marcus has NOT arrived yet. The problem is the factory garbage for a solo ride on a bike sold with two seats for two-up riding. My Ryker was way better. I told Marcus our exact weight and the future weight of the luggage - if I ever get it. Weeks gone by and the evil Slingmods...
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    Anybody tried Cheap H4 LED Bulbs in a new Spyder???

    Finally got the headlight bulbs. Will put them in tomorrow. No fog lights to put in. Slingmods screwed up the fog lights, sending me a pair that were opened, maybe used and had parts missing. Jumping through hoops right now to both return and maybe get money back or proper product. Of course...
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    Any source for the (discontinued?) Can Am Two-up Shock?

    It is part # 219400734. From my searching I am guessing it was discontinued. Why do I want one? Looks like my mods are done for a while. I'm having trouble with SlingMods fog lights, the three-piece luggage, and this bikes rear shock. If the picture came out, you can clearly see the...
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    Anybody tried Cheap H4 LED Bulbs in a new Spyder???

    Saw that. The lights I used on my Ryker were only 6,000 lumens. They worked when I went out to test one evening. Never rode at night. Really never want to. 16,000 lumens seemed to me like a lot.
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    Anybody tried Cheap H4 LED Bulbs in a new Spyder???

    OK... Based on this and the other comment about the base being plastic, I just ordered two of these. https://www.ebay.com/itm/386313933766 Will find out and report but expect that to take another week or more. Thanks for the response.
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    Anybody tried Cheap H4 LED Bulbs in a new Spyder???

    Do have the LED fog lights coming from Slingmods. As for headlights, that "hyperflash" issue is for turn signal lighting...I think. The LED headlights from Slingmods and Lamonster are viable replacements but rather expensive. I tried something like that with those heavy bases. Still have two in...
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    Anybody tried Cheap H4 LED Bulbs in a new Spyder???

    Traded my Ryker on a new F3-S Spyder. On the Ryker I bought a cheap (Ebay) set of H4 LED headlight bulbs. Put them in and they worked perfectly. Fog lights coming to replace the plugs up front. Since I have to take things apart, good time to change bulbs. Anybody tried regular LED bulbs on the...
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    Trading Ryker in for F3 Spyder - Which model, year, and accessories do you recommend?

    Just traded my Ryker for a new F3-S model in the yellow/green color. Dealer was fair on both trade-in and new bike price. Ordered three-piece luggage and windshield. Will ride when I get it all together.
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    Here's my Left Turn "wobble" Fix!

    That comment about the turn signal not always trying off woke up a "ghost" in me. Before I left on the mountain trip I started to have turn signal issues. Just turned it off and forgot about it. Just might be a signal of SAS trouble. Going to ride the Ryker later today for the first time since...
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    What bike did you ride to get your motorcycle license ??

    This was me on my Harley in 1956. Got a ticket in 1958, turned 16 in '59 and then took my test on it. Remember riding to the test site, meeting guys on BSA's (which I also had at that time) and other classic bikes. Police kind of let us do the stoppies and cone weaves the way we wanted to...
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    Removing magnet from Left Passenger Footpeg

    Fixed my own problem and now YOU get an education. Here is the magnet and a keyed center piece removed. What I thought was a spring holding it into a detent turned out to be a ball detent. Of course any slop in that ball detent would allow the peg to rattle in either an up or down position...
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    Removing magnet from Left Passenger Footpeg

    Might try just putting something over the magnet. Not saying it will work, but easier than taking things apart. Maybe. Not sure what might block a magnet from working and how it would stay there when the footage is going up and down. Something to think about.
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    Removing magnet from Left Passenger Footpeg

    That's easy. Only thing is if I take that apart my gut feeling is there is a spring that will "unspring" and cause me hell. If not, then there may be a way to get inside that ring and knock that magnet assembly out. Kind of one thing I am hoping to find out. I will not unscrew that until I...
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    Removing magnet from Left Passenger Footpeg

    Here is the magnet in that circular appendage on top of the left footage. As that passenger peg is deployed the magnet moves into a position to activate more stability control and block out Sport mode. Well I have a problem with that. Riding two-up you lose power and get slammed around making...
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