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[Twidget]

Congratulations!

I also got a Sea to Sky.

Ensure that your signature lights are working. Those are the "eyebrow" lights on the front at the base of the frunk cover. I noticed after I had my bike for like a week that mine were not coming on when the bike starts like they should.

I took the bike to the dealer and they looked at it, checked the fuses etc (all things I did before taking it in) but they could figure it out and wanted me to bring it back a week later and leave it. I had found the install manual for the lights online and had a feeling they just were plugged in because I could see the plug when looking up in the right wheel well.

Unfortunately my wife was out of town so I had no ride home if I dropped it off so I found a video online about how to take off the Tupperware, which was surprisingly easy so I took it off and sure enough the factory had installed the lights and just missed plugging them in.

I wrote to Can Am and told them they needed to take a look at the quality control to confirm everything is working before it ships.
I also let the dealer know, and canceled my service appointment. They said they were adding it to their checklist to ensure all lights work.


Oh, one other thing I wanted to mention. I took the passenger backrest off my bike and sent it to Utopia Products. Bob there makes custom drivers backrests which I had read on here were the best. With my passenger backrest to compare to he is making me a custom driver's backrest that will match the seat. Same leather pattern and gold stitching. He said now he will be able to make them for others as well. I will post pictures when I get it back.

Have fun riding your S2S! I love mine!

 

[Adventurer]

Thanks for the post @Twidget. I’m loving my S2S. I’m was pretty sure I had seen my signature lights lit, but double checked after reading your post. Mine are working but that’s good info to know. My bike did throw a code when the dealer initialized the bike related to the brakes. Turned out one of the calipers was leaking and they had to replace it prior to delivery. I agree that it seems Can-Am needs to up their game in regards to quality control.

I was able to get the dealer to include a BRP backrest as part of my deal, but they had to order it as they didn’t have one in stock. Like many things in this Covid world the backrest is not expected to be here until July. I don’t know if the BRP backrest has gold stitching or not since it fits more than just the Sea to Sky. Post a pic of yours when you get it.

Congrats on yours too!

 

[Adventurer]

Oh, one other thing I wanted to mention. I took the passenger backrest off my bike and sent it to Utopia Products. Bob there makes custom drivers backrests which I had read on here were the best. With my passenger backrest to compare to he is making me a custom driver's backrest that will match the seat. Same leather pattern and gold stitching. He said now he will be able to make them for others as well. I will post pictures when I get it back.
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I received and installed my CanAm backrest for my S2S. Can’t say I’m overly impressed with it, we’ll see after some seat time.

@Twidget I may still be interested in the Utopia backrest with stitching to match the rest of the seat, so don’t forgot to let us know your thoughts when you get yours and post some pics.

 

[Doug44]

I also at 1st had the feeling the bike was going to tip over in corners & curves. Coming from 60+ years on 2 wheels this was a strange beast too me. What correct it all for me was to lean into the corner/curve much like a motorcycle and braces myself on the floorboard. When turning right lean to the right and brace with the left floorboard and the opposite when turning left. Made a huge difference in my comfort level. With me it wasn’t so much the Spyder was going to turn over as it pushed really hard or plowed ahead instead of coming around the corner I hope this makes sense . Additionally when my wife was on board at first she would sit straight up in a corner or actually let the bike make her lean the opposite way and that really made it plow ahead instead of corner nicely. This surprised me as she had ridden thousand & thousands of mile with me on 2 wheelers but I guess the Spyder plate form seemed totally different to her.

 

[Adventurer]

I started to figure out that I need to lean into a corner to counteract the tip over feeling. Took my wife out for her first ride on Easter Sunday. We were out for about 6 hours and put on 200 miles. Later she said I noticed you were really leaning into the turns and curves, I said I could see you in my mirror and you were sitting straight up when I was leaning, didn’t you feel like you were going to fall off the high side, she simply said no! So I guess it’s more a perception than an actual physical force! After what you said about plowing through corners I think it might help me out if she’d lean into the curve just a little too! I’ll see next time we go out.

I also at 1st had the feeling the bike was going to tip over in corners & curves. Coming from 60+ years on 2 wheels this was a strange beast too me. What correct it all for me was to lean into the corner/curve much like a motorcycle and braces myself on the floorboard. When turning right lean to the right and brace with the left floorboard and the opposite when turning left. Made a huge difference in my comfort level. With me it wasn’t so much the Spyder was going to turn over as it pushed really hard or plowed ahead instead of coming around the corner I hope this makes sense . Additionally when my wife was on board at first she would sit straight up in a corner or actually let the bike make her lean the opposite way and that really made it plow ahead instead of corner nicely. This surprised me as she had ridden thousand & thousands of mile with me on 2 wheelers but I guess the Spyder plate form seemed totally different to her.

 

[Snoking1127]

I started to figure out that I need to lean into a corner to counteract the tip over feeling. Took my wife out for her first ride on Easter Sunday. We were out for about 6 hours and put on 200 miles. Later she said I noticed you were really leaning into the turns and curves, I said I could see you in my mirror and you were sitting straight up when I was leaning, didn’t you feel like you were going to fall off the high side, she simply said no! So I guess it’s more a perception than an actual physical force! After what you said about plowing through corners I think it might help me out if she’d lean into the curve just a little too! I’ll see next time we go out.

I have m DW trained to lean with me!!!

 

[akaspyderman]

Spyders are indeed difficult to turn over, but not impossible as i discovered in Sept 2020. If you hit the right combination of gravel, bar ditch consisting of softball to basketball size rocks and a downed tree, it will be more than happy to turn over and toss your butt about 50 feet from the scene of the accident. To make a long story short, it's a great bike, but ride it with a bit more caution than I displayed.

 

[Twidget]

I received and installed my CanAm backrest for my S2S. Can’t say I’m overly impressed with it, we’ll see after some seat time.

@Twidget I may still be interested in the Utopia backrest with stitching to match the rest of the seat, so don’t forgot to let us know your thoughts when you get yours and post some pics.

Here are some pictures of the custom Sea to Sky backrest from Utopia. He matched both the leather pattern and the thread color of the passenger backrest.







I love the backrest. It is very comfortable. It is adjustable up and down and front to back. It is easily removable with no tools and it folds down for easier mounting and dismounting.
My wife loves the bag on the back. It gives her a place to stash some easily accessible things while riding and it covers the bracket of the backrest making it more comfortable to be up against. The bag also comes off and has a shoulder strap so she can use it like a purse.