• 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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  1. WA5VHU

    SOME OPINIONS, PLEASE

    Google Maps is not a navigation app, Waze is. I use Waze to navigate and 99.9% of the time it will direct me turn by turn to the door of the shop in the parking lot. Google Maps will often put me somewhere a few blocks away or around the corner on the wrong street. I do use Google Maps as a...
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    What did you do today

    Yes. Been there, saw that. We were climbing a 1,000 foot tower working on a Ham Radio repeater project in Forth Worth and Johnny was at about the 800 foot level, I was about 600 feet up. Johnny had a Crescent wrench in the "shirt pocket" of his overalls and when he bent over the wrench went...
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    The Dodge Demon is back: Sort Of!!

    Back then when I was much younger I worked part-time at White's Auto and we had put new tires on a guy's SS and they had me deliver it to his house about 10 miles away. I had never driven anything larger than our family car, a Dodge 440 with the stock 318 engine. Anyway, this SS had way too much...
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    Trailers

    I suppose you are looking for a cargo trailer and not a camping trailer? We had a Harbor Freight Tag-Along that worked wonderfully for us, used it for about three years. When I went back to two wheels I needed a different type of cargo trailer so I sold the Tag-Along and bought a Kip Moto...
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    2014 spyder rss handlebars

    Yep, I posted in these threads: http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?106086-Comfort-Impossible-for-a-RSS&highlight=wa5vhu+handlebars http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?68036-RT-or-ST-Handlebars-on-a-2013-RS-S&highlight=wa5vhu+handlebars Look in the "For Sale" here...
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    What did you tell 'em your tire was for?

    Continental ContiEcoContact EP 175/55R15, the only thing I could find locally that would fit. Got them from Manny, Moe and Jack. I removed the wheels and took them in and when he said "what vehicle" I told him it was for a 1962 MGB replica kit car, not a real MGB but a fake copy and told him you...
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    Adding cruise control to a 2015 RS SE5

    Call around some of the dealers and see if they have any pull-offs laying around. If so, you can take the knob off one of those. That's what I did to add cruise control to my 2013 RS as the only thing missing was the stupid knob, everything else is there - switches, electronics, everything. The...
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    Harbor freight trailer

    I don't care, I want to tow a trailer and can't do what I want to do without the trailer. I never ran out of gas between gas stations so I didn't care. I figure if I was worried about MPG I sure wouldn't be riding a Spyder! And if I was worried about running out of gas between stations I had a...
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    Harbor freight trailer

    Loved my little Tag-Along when I had it and often wish I had kept it. Run about 20 to 25 lbs of air in the tires because even loaded the trailer is still very light. Some folks run the 55 lbs or whatever it says is the max (MAXIMUM!) pressure on the sidewalls then complain about the trailer...
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    How to deal with flat tire

    Watch out using the small portable 12 volt compressors with your Spyder as they can draw more current (amps) than the power outlet of the Spyder or the Battery Tender cord was made to carry. According to the manual for a 2014 RT "The 12-volt power outlet is not designed to supply current of...
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    how much can I pull?

    In all seriousness there are a number of threads here about towing trailers, a search should come up with quite a few. Another non-Spyder specific resource is http://www.motocampers.com/ When we go camping the wife tows our camper with her Spyder and I tow a small single-wheel trailer with my...
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    how much can I pull?

    Yes, please stop talking about pulling a trailer. It's all about how much you can safely tow. Pulling is only part of towing a trailer but too many people only think about how much they can pull. I have gently "pulled" this across my yard to move it around but I wouldn't go further than that...
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    F3s trailering

    It tracks very nicely on the highway, goes exactly where it wants to go. :shocked::shocked::shocked:
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    F3s trailering

    Nope. We don't trailer with an F3 as we have never owned an F3. As a hint, there is nothing particularly different between an F3 towing a trailer and all the other Can-Am Spyder models. You might get more responses if you asked on a more general forum. Also, it might help to know what type of...
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    DELMARVA (Eastern Shore) Ryders

    We will be camping at Assateague State Park from September 28th thru August 4th and will be on our motorcycles unless a whole bunch of rain is forecast. Going on some rides during that time might be nice.
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    Spyder crash

    I have been in Utah, it is a beautiful state. Go outside and play.
  17. WA5VHU

    YAWN

    Not hard to find at all. We ride on Sunday's because the wife works retail and that's the only day the both of us are off. And we camp. Don't know about you.
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    Towing a trailer, and forces on the coupler..

    I know there can be occasional exceptions for some folks but I never understood the reason that most folks feel the obsessive need to fill up a cooler with ice and stuff when they leave their house for a trip. Most every gas station we have ever stopped at on a trip had something cool to drink...
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    Trying to watch TV

    We normally watch everything recorded off the DVR function, hardly ever live. Then we can just zip past the commercials. Watching live TV is so ancient.
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    Any F3's with CB's Installed

    I did this with my Ham Radio on my RS: http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?106000-Big-Boy%92s-Ham-or-CB-Radio You could put a mobile CB radio in place of the Ham Radio, not much difference in the connections. I don't know about the differences between the RS/ST/RT frunks vs. the...
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