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  1. Pennyrick

    2020 Spyder RTL - first ride

    Welcome aboard. All you need now is a heated Comfort seat for rider and passenger. We have one for sale that just came off my wife’s 2020:RTL. Check the for sale forum.
  2. Pennyrick

    Is there still a call for an actual 600 mile service on new Spyders?

    The agreement is fully transferable and can be sold with the Spyder. We doubt Penny will drive 9,300 a year but at age 77 you never know. She has already gone through three previous Spyders and has beaten terminal cancer so anything is possible.
  3. Pennyrick

    Is there still a call for an actual 600 mile service on new Spyders?

    The five year agreement covers all factory recommended servicing excluding any warranty items at a cost of $1,400 covering six visits. With dealer hourly rate of $90.00 in the Atlanta market area, I think that less than $300 a year is a bargain but I haven’t gone through the manual to figure...
  4. Pennyrick

    Is there still a call for an actual 600 mile service on new Spyders?

    When my wife picked up her 2020 RTL, the service manager told her she would see her back at 600 miles for the first service. I called the manager to check because I saw a posting on here that first service was due at 3,000 miles. The manager noted that 3,000 was correct but that since we had a...
  5. Pennyrick

    Thinking about buying a Spyder RT Limited

    My advice would be to get the Spyder RT Limited but leave it bone stock until after you’ve ridden it a few hundred miles and then add goodies as you go along. You may like the Comfort seat or additional lights but check sources and prices out a bit first. One thing you should invest in is a...
  6. Pennyrick

    Need to Change the back rest position on a Comfort seat?

    Thank you. You have solved the dilemma. Pennyrick
  7. Pennyrick

    Need to Change the back rest position on a Comfort seat?

    Three screws evident. Neither Allen, Phillips or flat. Dealer says there is no adjustment. Seems stupid to me. Motorcycle Dave has pointed us toward another backrest on this site that is fully adjustable. (so he says). We'll try that option. Pennyrick
  8. Pennyrick

    CUP HOLDERS are a MUST

    Dave: Need one for my wife’s 2020 RT. Must be able to mount on left side shorty bars without blocking rear view mirror on that side.. Can this work? Pennyrick
  9. Pennyrick

    Need to Change the back rest position on a Comfort seat?

    My wife took her first extended ride on her 2020 RT limited yesterday and aside from returning in the midst of a rainstorm enjoyed her trip. The one problem she mentioned was soreness in her back caused by the too-far-back adjustment of the factory back rest. She says the comfort seat is so...
  10. Pennyrick

    Article from Touring Bike Feb. 1978

    I don’t know where I could post it for viewing. If you send me your email address I can reply with a pdf copy. If anyone else wants a readable copy just PM me with where to email it to. Pennyrick
  11. Pennyrick

    Audio in jack in glove box?

    If it is the same as the 2020 RT, the USB is always live. We plugged an MP 3 player loaded with my wife’s music to the audio in jack and powered it front the USB port. A memory stick won’t work in the USB port as there is no firm ware to support what is recorded. You could hook up the iPhone and...
  12. Pennyrick

    Article from Touring Bike Feb. 1978

    Over 42 year's ago my wife and I began riding motorcycles. Back then there was a publication for bike riders called Touring Bike Magazine. Penny decided to write an article for the magazine and I ran across a copy the other day while cleaning out some files. It is too good not to share so I...
  13. Pennyrick

    Seat cover for 2020 RT w/Comfort seat

    The comfort seat on my wife's 2020 RT Limited gets extremely hot on these warm Georgia days this time of year. (it is 90 plus degrees outside today). She had the same problem on her 2012 Limited but solved it by buying a saddle cover from an equestrian tack store made for western saddles that...
  14. Pennyrick

    Trying to buy a new 2020 RT limited chrome

    As the owners of five Spyders to date, we would advise that the dealers’s service department is more important than the final sales price. If you can work a service contract into the price (about $1,300-$1,500), try to do it. But check their service dept. reputation first. Pennyrick
  15. Pennyrick

    Seat Belts

    You provided a rather elaborate response to those who responded to what seemed to be a very simplistic question with some very simple answers. I am sorry that you chose not to explain what you were after in your first post but chose to be critical of those who responded after the fact. Your...
  16. Pennyrick

    Seat Belts

    Ask if she would rather be strapped onto one of these or thrown clear? pennyrick
  17. Pennyrick

    Tally Thread: I purchased a new 2020 RT.

    I’m responding to this for Penny. Her 2020 Petrol blue is her third Spyder. She started in 2010 with an Orbital blue RT and then had to have a Lava Bronze RT Limited when that color came out in 2012. Then she had her R-622 trailer painted from blue to Lava Bronze to match up. Now she’s back to...
  18. Pennyrick

    Review: East Tennessee Sunday morning

    Another locked in day, so I began looking through some old videos. Here is one of me following my wife along the Fall River trail just off the Cherohala Skyway that runs along the North Carolina border in the Smoky Mountains. Sorry about the music. Filmed in 2015..https://youtu.be/0pwk8kGmpCQ...
  19. Pennyrick

    Access to Passenger Seat w/BRP Arm Rests

    Billy: See my post today on an easy way to mount when a passenger is in place. Pennyrick
  20. Pennyrick

    HowTo: Mounting the Spyder with less effort

    Recent posts with questions about mounting with back rests or arm rests in place caused me to recreate a video that I first posted on this site ten year's ago when we bought our first Spyders. So here is Penny demonstrating the easy way to mount your Spyder. This is most useful when the...
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