F3...Bump-skid

[Ronbo]

Anyone got pics of f3 with bumps Kid?
ron

 

[den1953]

On the Video

On the video the guy from Pitbull and another guy who works for Lamonster Garage went and looked at Lamont's customized F3 which had a Spyderpops Bump-Skid on it.

 

[Ronbo]

Bumpskid

On the video the guy from Pitbull and another guy who works for Lamonster Garage went and looked at Lamont's customized F3 which had a Spyderpops Bump-Skid on it.

Thanks about to go see Spyderpops Harvey, and wanted a preview. He put them on my 2014 rt. Does a wonderful job
Thank You
ron

 

[vondalyn]

someone on facebook had one that had the LEDs built into it. I keep waiting to see if there's one available on his website, but so far no luck. I had one on the RT and it's a "must have" in my book.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

The one Harvey made for Lamont's F3 has flames or something cut in the sides of it. I'm sure Harvey will have them in production in no time.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I think he posted pictures in this thread http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...ster-F3-Project-quot-Triple-Threat-quot/page5

 

[Ronbo]

Thanks Ann

The one Harvey made for Lamont's F3 has flames or something cut in the sides of it. I'm sure Harvey will have them in production in no time.

I'm going to Harvey's this weekend, I'll check it out

Ron

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I'm going to Harvey's this weekend, I'll check it out

Ron

You better take plenty of money!

 

[DLewis]

I e-mailed them (Spyder Pops) over a month ago about a bumpskid for the F3. Didn't get any response.:banghead: If there is one out there to purchase, (was gonna be my FIRST farkle) I'd sure like to know.opcorn:opcorn:

 

[scottnkansas]

someone on facebook had one that had the LEDs built into it. I keep waiting to see if there's one available on his website, but so far no luck. I had one on the RT and it's a "must have" in my book.

Why is it a must have? What is the purpose? I've driven a spyder for over two years and never bumped into anything. Maybe I don't understand what these are used for.


Scott

 

[Ronbo]

Plenty of money

You better take plenty of money!

Harvey does such great things to my bikes, that I part with money with a smile!

Ron

 

[Ronbo]

Haven't heard

I e-mailed them (Spyder Pops) over a month ago about a bumpskid for the F3. Didn't get any response.:banghead: If there is one out there to purchase, (was gonna be my FIRST farkle) I'd sure like to know.opcorn:opcorn:

You usually hear from Harvey right away. He has been to Daytona. His products and customer service are phenomenal. I'd give him another e-mail or I'll tell him to contact you

ron

 

[vondalyn]

Why is it a must have? What is the purpose? I've driven a spyder for over two years and never bumped into anything. Maybe I don't understand what these are used for.


Scott

Everyone's experience is different, but here's my reason: 90% of my riding is in the mountains. In Sept 2013 we had floods in nearly every canyon that I ride in. In many places the road was completely destroyed and is still in the process of being rebuilt. It took at least a year for most of them to get fully paved again. Some of them are fully paved with "temporary roads", some of them are still in the process of being rebuilt. While I stick mostly to the paved roads since those are now the majority, I do still ride some of those other roads to see what progress is being made. Plus it's a lot of the same group of construction folks, so we met and got to talk while I was stopped for blasting activities. Now I can go say "hi" to them again. I was stopped in the canyon that goes to Glen Haven last week and the construction superintendent recognized me and drove down to where I was stopped to see if it was really me and to take a look at the new F3 -- he approves and said it looked like it suited me.

Anyway, for the most part these canyons are "ok" to drive on, but sometimes they're not and there are random large rocks that are stuck in the road in between potholes and also at a location where it's one lane with the heavy equipment driving on the other side of the road and you can't totally avoid driving over it and scraping the undercarraige. When "old fall river road" in Rocky Mountain National Park was open (before the floods), I would also ride that at least once a year on the Spyder. It's a passenger car one-way dirt/rock road that takes you up to the visitor center at the top of Trail Ridge Road (above treeline at over 11000 feet). It is rocky and in places, you're just driving over a huge granite slab, and at some of the switchbacks, and/or other places, you can't help but scrape some undercarraige. I did this once on my RT before the bump-skid and if you know where to look, you can still see the rock-point gouge in the paint where it meets the bump skid. After getting the bump skid all the little scrapes and gouges are in the bump skid rather than the spyder.

I will also admit to running into one of those parking lot space bumpers once. All it takes is once to potentially do damage. Luckily my once was after I had the bump skid in place.

 

[Highwayman2013]

Why is it a must have? What is the purpose? I've driven a spyder for over two years and never bumped into anything. Maybe I don't understand what these are used for.


Scott

Look under the frunk and see if there are scrapes, mine had plenty.

 

[vondalyn]

Look under the frunk and see if there are scrapes, mine had plenty.

well said! in WAY fewer words than me

 

[Nyparrothead]

You usually hear from Harvey right away. He has been to Daytona. His products and customer service are phenomenal. I'd give him another e-mail or I'll tell him to contact you

ron

I got an email a couple days ago and was told the bump skid will be on the website in two weeks

mark

 

[ARtraveler]

The lighted version of the bumpskid is available. I have one sitting in my garage waiting to be installed on the 2014. I have received two day service from Spyderpops on both my orders for merchandise. The other was for KOTT grills.

 

[JayBros]

Why is it a must have? What is the purpose? I've driven a spyder for over two years and never bumped into anything. Maybe I don't understand what these are used for.
Scott

But Kansas is flat! I have my bump skid for the same reason a catcher wears a cup; it only takes one hit to make you howl!:yikes:

 

[Grandpaspeed]

so it's a skid plate

Everyone's experience is different, but here's my reason: 90% of my riding is in the mountains. In Sept 2013 we had floods in nearly every canyon that I ride in. In many places the road was completely destroyed and is still in the process of being rebuilt. It took at least a year for most of them to get fully paved again. Some of them are fully paved with "temporary roads", some of them are still in the process of being rebuilt. While I stick mostly to the paved roads since those are now the majority, I do still ride some of those other roads to see what progress is being made. Plus it's a lot of the same group of construction folks, so we met and got to talk while I was stopped for blasting activities. Now I can go say "hi" to them again. I was stopped in the canyon that goes to Glen Haven last week and the construction superintendent recognized me and drove down to where I was stopped to see if it was really me and to take a look at the new F3 -- he approves and said it looked like it suited me.

Anyway, for the most part these canyons are "ok" to drive on, but sometimes they're not and there are random large rocks that are stuck in the road in between potholes and also at a location where it's one lane with the heavy equipment driving on the other side of the road and you can't totally avoid driving over it and scraping the undercarraige. When "old fall river road" in Rocky Mountain National Park was open (before the floods), I would also ride that at least once a year on the Spyder. It's a passenger car one-way dirt/rock road that takes you up to the visitor center at the top of Trail Ridge Road (above treeline at over 11000 feet). It is rocky and in places, you're just driving over a huge granite slab, and at some of the switchbacks, and/or other places, you can't help but scrape some undercarraige. I did this once on my RT before the bump-skid and if you know where to look, you can still see the rock-point gouge in the paint where it meets the bump skid. After getting the bump skid all the little scrapes and gouges are in the bump skid rather than the spyder.

I will also admit to running into one of those parking lot space bumpers once. All it takes is once to potentially do damage. Luckily my once was after I had the bump skid in place.

I also was wondering what it was so thank you for explaining what it's used for. Not sure why it's not called a skid plate but it doesn't matter what you call it as long as it protects.

 

[vondalyn]

it's also a bumper

it's called a bump skid because it's a bumper (it sticks out farther than the tupperware and will save it from damage if you should bump into a curb or whatever), and it's a skid plate. Since it's dual-purpose, it's a "bump skid"