MaybeSpyder?
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I was just browsing through some members photo's and came across a "Orange" spyder bein refueled with its riders set ajar. Am I seeing something wrong or does a rider actually move the seat in order to fill the bike?
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Fuel Cap Location on a RT-S 2013
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M109Dreamer
Active member
You have to get off the Spyder and raise the seat to refuel the bike. The only other option is to get an aftermarket seat that has a fuel door on the seat so you can get to the gas cap area.
GloryRyders
MOgang Member
Some dealers (Cowtown USA) also do an aftermarket fuel door mod to the existing seat so you do not have to lift it.:2thumbs:
Bob Denman
New member
The tank's under the rider. How you get to it, is open to inventiveness and ingenuity... :thumbup:
Mr Orange has an auxiiliary tank hidden up in the frunk. :bowdown:
Mr Orange has an auxiiliary tank hidden up in the frunk. :bowdown:
MouthPiece
Banged Up Member
There is stitching on the seat of the 2013 RT-S which would lend itself to making what I would call a "fuel door" on the left hand side.
Chris
Chris
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
They have you covered on the fueling. My 2010 RT-S has a Corbin seat with fuel door on it. The 2011 RT has the standard seat. Unlock, lift up seat, and refuel.
MaybeSpyder?
New member
I'm really glad I brought this subject up. Hmmm.... I wonder how many dealers are equipped to do quality fuel door modifications? Aside from Cowtown I wonder where there located?
PrairieSpyder
New member
I have on order an Ultimate seat with a fuel door. Can't wait to get it installed.
Bob Denman
New member
It's not so much a "dealer thing", as it is a "motorcyle seat upholsterer" thing...
There's a couple of shops around that do it.
I think that Inspector Gadget is one
There's a shop in Florida... I'm not positive of the site... "ass-essories.com"
Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
Wow, I have over 70,000 miles with the Corbin fuel door and wouldn't want a seat without one. nojoke
Bob Denman
New member
Should we all be mentioning this to BRP? Do you think that it's a feature that they'd consider adding?
Is there some issue with the seat lifting up? Or is there some other major reason to have this mod(seat replacement) done?
Other than if the passenger wants to not have to get off the seat? (That's the only one I can think of)
However I would figure both the rider and passenger will want to stretch.
Just wondering if there is something I am missing. I was planning on trying to see if the stock ST seat works for me.
Thank you!
Other than if the passenger wants to not have to get off the seat? (That's the only one I can think of)
However I would figure both the rider and passenger will want to stretch.
Just wondering if there is something I am missing. I was planning on trying to see if the stock ST seat works for me.
Thank you!
Bob Denman
New member
My guess might be that it would make it less likely that you'd try to fill the Spyder with the engine still running... :yikes:
CyncySpyder
Teddys favorite human
Many solo ryders will use the rear seat for additional storage of luggage or a napsack while on longer road trips which makes opening it every fillup a pain. Or in my case, the rear seat is allocated to my boss and all of his ryding paraphanalia, which likewise makes it a pain:banghead:
Yes, I can see that. Dang, I was hoping to put off getting a new seat so early. :banghead:
I would have been that guy that cargo nets a luggage bag to the passenger part of the seat on a trip and then on the first gas stop would have been literally banging my head. nojoke
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
If you pack right and use the right way to attach your bag, it isn't that tough raising the seat when there is luggage piled on. I use a Helen2Wheels bag and/or a Seal-Line bag, and lash them to the passenger grips with Helen2Wheels luggage straps, RokStraps, or Piggback Straps. It is easy to loosen the D-rings and let the straps out a little to lift the seat. The luggage stays in place. You then cinch down the straps before you leave. The only other divot is that the bags weigh down the seat, so you have to prop it open. I usually use my helmet for that.
