donnellpj
New member
Good morning all,
New member to the forums, located in the beautiful suburbs of picturesque Baltimore, MD (tongue in cheek).
I am the proud owner of a new 2012 RT Limited. The old lady and I love it! Its a blast to ride. I get a lot of looks, people pointing, and lots of great questions. I find many people like to initially poo-poo the idea of the Spyder, until they see it in person, and the tune changes dramatically. It really is an impressive piece of machinery.
I followed all the threads, posts and vids, from everyone at the Spyder event in Durango, and we can't wait to make the next one! We are really excited to make some trips on the bike and see some folks.
I have picked up a lot of great info from this site so far. I wanted to thank everyone for their posts, and the knowledge base here is really fantastic.
The first thing I did was order the heat shields from Spyderpops, as I could tell immediately the 'heat to feet' ratio was going to be an issue. I also pulled out all the underbelly plastics. So far its running awesome, and the heat is dispersing much more evenly. I can't wait to have these melted socks surgically removed from my ankles.
I bought the bike from a local dealer here in Baltimore, Pete's Cycle on Bel Air Road in Nottingham, shameless shout out to Greg, my sales guy. Great experience there. I did have a problem with the computer within the first week. We were riding about 60 miles from home, and the limp mode kicked on and every idiot light the dash posses kicked on. DPS, VSS, etc, etc,... The guys at Pete's took me in immediately (once I made it to the shop), checked everything over, flashed my BIOS (software upgrade) and had me back on the road same day. Its been perfect ever since, flawless. Thanks to Bryan in the service dept for helping me out so fast.
I think the next thing I need is the SmoothSpyder Tension-er. I get the 3500 RPM vibration I have seen others mention here. Tearing out plastics and installing the heat shields was fairly easy, not sure the tension-er is something I can do myself or not. I am probably an intermediate weekend grease monkey, at best. Any input from this forum group on personal experiences might be a good moral booster, haha!
I also plan to get some highway pegs, and have seen some good ideas on how to mount them here. I like that adjustable kit Lamonster demo'ed. Seems like a really good, low profile solution.
I have been pricing some rear arm rests for the old lady, she kind of wants a little more 'stability' on the back seat. I have seen the Corbin and the Diamond R series swing arms,...anyone have any input there on which ones to go with? Can the Corbin version be used with the factory seat, or do you need a Corbin aftermarket for them to integrate?
Thanks for being here, its a great community, and I look forward to talking with you all in the future.
Take care -Pete
New member to the forums, located in the beautiful suburbs of picturesque Baltimore, MD (tongue in cheek).
I am the proud owner of a new 2012 RT Limited. The old lady and I love it! Its a blast to ride. I get a lot of looks, people pointing, and lots of great questions. I find many people like to initially poo-poo the idea of the Spyder, until they see it in person, and the tune changes dramatically. It really is an impressive piece of machinery.
I followed all the threads, posts and vids, from everyone at the Spyder event in Durango, and we can't wait to make the next one! We are really excited to make some trips on the bike and see some folks.
I have picked up a lot of great info from this site so far. I wanted to thank everyone for their posts, and the knowledge base here is really fantastic.
The first thing I did was order the heat shields from Spyderpops, as I could tell immediately the 'heat to feet' ratio was going to be an issue. I also pulled out all the underbelly plastics. So far its running awesome, and the heat is dispersing much more evenly. I can't wait to have these melted socks surgically removed from my ankles.
I bought the bike from a local dealer here in Baltimore, Pete's Cycle on Bel Air Road in Nottingham, shameless shout out to Greg, my sales guy. Great experience there. I did have a problem with the computer within the first week. We were riding about 60 miles from home, and the limp mode kicked on and every idiot light the dash posses kicked on. DPS, VSS, etc, etc,... The guys at Pete's took me in immediately (once I made it to the shop), checked everything over, flashed my BIOS (software upgrade) and had me back on the road same day. Its been perfect ever since, flawless. Thanks to Bryan in the service dept for helping me out so fast.
I think the next thing I need is the SmoothSpyder Tension-er. I get the 3500 RPM vibration I have seen others mention here. Tearing out plastics and installing the heat shields was fairly easy, not sure the tension-er is something I can do myself or not. I am probably an intermediate weekend grease monkey, at best. Any input from this forum group on personal experiences might be a good moral booster, haha!
I also plan to get some highway pegs, and have seen some good ideas on how to mount them here. I like that adjustable kit Lamonster demo'ed. Seems like a really good, low profile solution.
I have been pricing some rear arm rests for the old lady, she kind of wants a little more 'stability' on the back seat. I have seen the Corbin and the Diamond R series swing arms,...anyone have any input there on which ones to go with? Can the Corbin version be used with the factory seat, or do you need a Corbin aftermarket for them to integrate?
Thanks for being here, its a great community, and I look forward to talking with you all in the future.
Take care -Pete
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