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  1. Michael211_2000

    What's going on with this Super-hot exhaust???

    Started my 2012 up to run a short errand down the street last week, felt a LOT of heat from my right side behind my leg. Engine seemed really weak and sounded strange... got back and parked it but left it running and looked up the tailpipes of the muffler and saw this! Great balls of fire! Any...
  2. Michael211_2000

    Anyone got a good source for a 2012 RS license plate lens housing?

    Ok so appears mine decided to part-ways with my bike at some point today.... now all I have is the mount with the license bulb and a screw with a little bit of red plastic under the screw head. Gahhhhhh! Anybody know of a good source for this part used or something? I find the entire assembly...
  3. Michael211_2000

    2012 RS 17K miles Brake Failure message

    Ok so, I'm getting the infamous Brake Failure message scrolling across my screen even though the brakes appear to work just fine (but I can't get my vehicle inspection and tags with this message coming on!). So, the fluid reservoir is full both chambers to the very top of the lips, and I've...
  4. Michael211_2000

    Need rear tire balanced!

    Guys I replaced my back tire this week but cannot find anybody (including area dealerships!) who can re-balance it! Either they can't fit it on the shaft of their balance machine, their machine is broken and they don't know when it will be fixed, or they just don't have a machine.. or in the...
  5. Michael211_2000

    Spyder-friendly Motorcycle Safety courses?

    Any updates on where one can find Spyder-friendly MSF (MFS?) state approved courses? Last I heard Lufkin, TX had one and there was another down near Lamark, TX at the old greyhound racetrack.... it's like a 2 hour + drive either way for me. :banghead: I'd like to take the course so as to get...
  6. Michael211_2000

    Ok is this a little weird?

    I'm kinda used to people coming up to me in parking lots to ask questions about the Spyder and to see it up close... pretty much everywhere I go on it. But Friday afternoon in traffic, a pickup truck driver rolled down his window and took a picture of me on the Spyder while stuck in traffic...
  7. Michael211_2000

    BRP 1" riser/spacer plate for 2012 and older RS's... wow!

    Just put 1 of those riser spacer plates under my 2012's handlebars, and Wow! what a difference a single inch makes IMO at least! The steering is so much easier, it actually feels like power steering now for a change (I'd always wondered if my DPS system was even working on this roadster...
  8. Michael211_2000

    Best Cell Phone mount?

    I often use the Navigator app of my Droid Razr to find places when driving my pickup truck, but can't use the phone when riding the Spyder... who makes a really good safe cell phone mount that will securely hold (but still be removable!) my Droid Razr phone on my 2012 Spyder RS handlebars...
  9. Michael211_2000

    Brake Malfunction warning?

    Hi! In the past week or two I've noticed I'm getting a Brake Malfunction warning on the instrument cluster when I 1st start a ride on my 2012 RS... it occurs almost the same distance from my carport (about 1/4 of a mile out) each ride, and then within 20 seconds or so it goes away and doesn't...
  10. Michael211_2000

    Spyder-blind Stop Lights!

    Ok after over a year and more than 6K miles on my Spyder I finally got trapped by a stop light in Kingwood Tx that would not recognize the presence of my Spyder... Arghhh! I needed a Left Green Arrow to turn left, but it was stuck at Red even though it was letting traffic go straight (with a...
  11. Michael211_2000

    To the Yellow RT Spyder...

    ... driving FM 1010 thru Plum Grove this afternoon: You need to control your machine better! You were a good foot over into my lane of traffic, not cool! nojoke - Michael
  12. Michael211_2000

    RS/GS Parking brake "ratchet"... why?

    Why does the parking brake have 3 or 4 levels of tightness (or whatever you call it)? Couple times now I thought I had it depressed down to the highest level of tightness (4 "clicks" I think?), only to pull on the rear grab rails and feel the Spyder roll with little resistance! Eeeek...
  13. Michael211_2000

    Interesting thing with fuel gauge Sunday...

    Saturday evening when I parked it, I had 2 bars left on the fuel gauge... I started it up Sunday around noon (almost 70 degrees out) to take a short ride to town, and it showed a full tank on the gauge instead! What??? :yikes: After letting it idle for 30 seconds or so it dropped a bar, then...
  14. Michael211_2000

    Can-Am GSX-2 helmet replacement parts?

    Is there any way to get replacement parts for a GSX-2 helmet? Last Fall when putting my helmet on my sleeve snagged the chin-vent pop-out cover and broke it off! Eeek! I have it snapped in and closed now, but cannot open it (it just falls out of the helmet, the little clips that hold the cover...
  15. Michael211_2000

    Interesting destinations?

    Well now that it's officially way too cold to take my watercraft to the lake anymore this year (I winterized my boats this evening), where are some good destinations to take the Spyder around SouthEast Texas for a pretty yet cool afternoon? I've always wanted to go visit Bananna Bend south of...
  16. Michael211_2000

    American Pickers, Episode 105... Spyder plug!

    Watching American Pickers on the History Channel tonight, when Frank found a custom made 3-wheeled Honda that had 2 front tires and 1 rear tire and they went to talking about how it looked like the grandfather of the Can-Am "Spyder"... then they went on to show pics of a Spyder RS describing it...
  17. Michael211_2000

    I need a new seat for my RS!

    My butt tore a hole in the OEM one today trying to hold on... eeek! :yikes: Riding the RS earlier today on a divided freeway near town going ~40mph, a mini-van with 2 elderly ladies coming the other way suddenly (no turn indicator or anything!) made an illegal left turn not 25 feet in front of...
  18. Michael211_2000

    State inspection sticker location?

    The inspector at my local state inspection station didn't have a clue, either. Where do people stick these things on the Spyder? ps. I've read of problems using a license plate extension for the state sticker, that it may cause the license plate to break off... not cool that. Mine's sticker is...
  19. Michael211_2000

    Made a deal, but a bank holds the title... how to be safe?

    Ok, I've verbally made a deal on a 2012 Spyder (pre-owned private seller) but the seller's bank holds the title and the seller claims to owe a little over the agreed upon sales price. So, how do I make sure everything is upright about this Spyder and make sure I get the title after the bank is...
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