BaJa Ron’s sway bar install

[Snoking1127]

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That's a very ingenious way to get your Spyder's front end off the ground. :thumbup:

Yep a minute or two to drive up, set the parking brake, get off and see I need to go a little further up the ramps, get back on and hold the foot brake, release the parking brake, and ease up a little more and slide out the old and new one in, get back on and let it roll back down the ramps. Friend was not here much more than 10 minutes, which included placing the ramps and storing them again. Worked great!!!!!

 

[MONK]

Well driving up on friend ramps worked great! Couple minutes to slide the old one out and the Baja Ron's in, then back on my blocks to hook it up and reinstall the panels. Time for a test ride.

That's basically how blacklightning and I swapped the sway bar on my RT. He drove a bike trailer up on ramps then put loading ramps on the back of the bike trailer. Ran my bike up on those ramps, tied it down (just to be safe) then swapped out the bar. Did it all on the ramps. Worked like a charm!

 

[RICZ]

I felt a bit of oversteer on the loop I did in upper Gold Canyon this morning. Or I just have to get use to the go cart corning handling provide by the Formosa tires and Baja Ron's sway bar. It is a very different trike now and in my opinion should have come OEM with this better handling. At any rate I think I am going to LIKE it!

No doubt, you are gonna like it! And yes, get used to the go cart handling. I have the Federals up front, the original Kenda in the back and Ron's sway bar. I ride quite aggressively and have yet to feel any squirrel-y-ness.

 

[Snoking1127]

No doubt, you are gonna like it! And yes, get used to the go cart handling. I have the Federals up front, the original Kenda in the back and Ron's sway bar. I ride quite aggressively and have yet to feel any squirrel-y-ness.

What inflation are you running front and back? I have same tires front and back.

 

[K80Shooter]

I have to get a friend with ramps :sour:

 

[Snoking1127]

I have to get a friend with ramps :sour:

Climbing the ramps was not an issue!!!

 

[RICZ]

What inflation are you running front and back? I have same tires front and back.

I have 24# in the rear and 16# presently in the fronts. I did have the fronts at 18#, but thought I'd try 16#. I must have a numb butt, coz I don't sense any difference in handling, as many do with a 2#change.

 

[Arion]

I am way past being a senior - I am now an artifact.

Humorous. I haven't quite reached that stage but I'm inexorably approaching it. We have a friend who turned 100 several years ago and when asked what it meant he said, "I've stopped being a person and have become an attraction." I'll not likely have to worry about that.:yes:

 

[Snoking1127]

OK award time for best Spyder aftermarket product award. I just did a run over Usery Pass and back with it's sweeping curves some tighter than others. I went over to the Salt River to try those tighter corners and raise and falls of the road. All I can say the Spyder should have been built both better tires like the Federals and a sway bar like Baja Ron's.

So the award goes to Baja Ron's sway bar:

 

[K80Shooter]

Climbing the ramps was not an issue!!!

I never thought it was. I was stating that I wish I had a friend with ramps. Glad it worked out.

 

[Snoking1127]

I never thought it was. I was stating that I wish I had a friend with ramps. Glad it worked out.

That was meant to just be general statement for everyone!

 

[pieman9155]

i have 2 bars to do on f3 's

 

[Snoking1127]

I little test ride yesterday with the new sway bar. Youtube tagged on the last 21 seconds, sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_hTE-nh4FI