Cold Blooded Spyder

[2faston3]

Hello all Fellow Spyder Lovers...

Have you installed the Hindle pipe on your Spyder?

If so, have you noticed that it is very cold blooded? Does it misbehave until it warms up! Misses, stalls, coughs, hesitates? You are not alone... I too have noticed it.

Any ideas on how to stop it?

2faston3

 

[bjt]

Do you think the Hindle makes the Spyder more cold blooded than the stock exhaust? I can't say definately that my Hindle makes my Spyder any more cold blooded than it was with the stock exhaust. Sometimes I would agree but other times I think it performs the same. When I have below 60 temps, I just make sure to let it warm up for a minute or two and then ride easy for a mile, till I get a few bars on the temp gauge.

 

[flyjake]

I just picked up my Spyder from the dealers for the 600-mile service. I had installed my Hindle immediately, and never had a chance to run it with the original can. I had asked the service manager to check "runnability", since I was having the exact same issues. He checked everything out, and did feel that the Spyder now needed a warm-up with the Hindle. It runs rough for the first few miles and then smoothes out. He had noticed the same effect on others with the Hindle, including an occasional pop on deceleration. Personally, I'm not bothered by this, as long as it's not running lean. The manager thought that down the line there may be an after-market module for the Spyder that might take care of this.

 

[Danimal]

I was told to ALWAYS let the Spyder warm up to at least one bar - preferably two bars - before ryding it. While it sits there it kind of goes through some 'gyrations' at idle when 'cold'.

Mine would run like crap with the stock muffler on it when the engine wasn't warmed up... and the Hindle will do the same.

As far as any backfire or 'popping'... I never really had that . before or after the Hindle. I only rode for a few days with the Hindle on before I installed Ken's O2 sensor.....

Runs like a charm.....

 

[captainryder]

we've addressed this issue on spyders with aftermarket exhausts such as ours or the hindle. the main problem is that the o2 sensor normally works with the catalytic converter to run a lean mixture. when you remove the cat, the mixture leans out even more (less backpresuure) and the o2 sensor is still trying to maintain this. with our o2 modifier (p/n 88090) we send a different signal back to the ecu to slightly richen up the mixture for better drivability. we also offer a fully programmable "piggyback" fuel controller to allow you to add or subtract fuel throughout the rpm range.

Ken... does that apply with the Micron as well? I'm making a list of things to get when I get my Spyder and want to get the Micron.... what else do I need?