Moving my Spyder in an emergency?

[Deanna777]

Isn't there an informal network of Spyder owners willing to help fellow ryders who have broken down in their vicinity?

I remember reading something about this a few years back but don't remember the details.

I'd be willing to rescue a Spyder with my drop tail trailer if needed.

Yes, there was, I remember the same thing. I don't recall the name of the Group.

Deanna

 

[Petrom714]

slightly off topic but --with my 17 F3T SE, neutral gear is achieved how?-- when i just want to roll it a few feet in and out of my garage , (late at night without engine on/loud)--ive searched everywhere on here and can't locate anything--is it harmful to roll it rearward in First gear??

 

[Gwolf]

Not that I have ever actually done this............ but it could happen. My son told me I couldn't ride the Adirondack National Forest because there was no cell phone coverage in most of it. I told him I had been riding for 40 years all over the country before cell phones were ever invented. He says, "What you going to do if you break down way out in the forest where there is not much traffic." I told him I would build a real smoky fire side of the road and when the Forest Service came to arrest me, I would have them call a tow truck. I rode the forest without any problems. Sweating out the next place to find gas once, but made it to a fishing village that had a pump.

 

[Entropy]

Not that I have ever actually done this............ but it could happen. My son told me I couldn't ride the Adirondack National Forest because there was no cell phone coverage in most of it. I told him I had been riding for 40 years all over the country before cell phones were ever invented. He says, "What you going to do if you break down way out in the forest where there is not much traffic." I told him I would build a real smoky fire side of the road and when the Forest Service came to arrest me, I would have them call a tow truck. I rode the forest without any problems. Sweating out the next place to find gas once, but made it to a fishing village that had a pump.

:yikes:

E

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

slightly off topic but --with my 17 F3T SE, neutral gear is achieved how?-- when i just want to roll it a few feet in and out of my garage , (late at night without engine on/loud)--ive searched everywhere on here and can't locate anything--is it harmful to roll it rearward in First gear??

Rolling it forward is going to be pretty hard …… When you stop the Spyder , click it into Neutral ( green light ), DON'T activate the Brake …. then just shut it off. … It will BEEP for about 10 seconds, and then stop beeping ….. Nothing will be affected except it will roll More freely ….. Mike hyea:

 

[canamjhb]

I regularly roll mine in and out of the garage without the engine running. Just turn the key on, release parking brake, and roll on. It rolls easy. No need to start the engine. But, you will not have steering assist so turning, even a little, is a chore..... Jim

 

[Gwolf]

I roll mine out without the engine running too. Got a fairly steep concrete ramp going up into the shop. It rolls right on back once it gets on the ramp. When it is rolling the steering is not that difficult even without the engine on. The trike I had before the Spyder did not have a reverse gear at all. If it is neutral with the parking brake released, I don't see what harm it would do to move it a short distance. If you plan to tow it for several miles, that might be a different matter. I would not tow it with another vehicle without removing the belt at least. You may not have very good brakes towing one without the engine running. It would be easy to find youresef in a dangerous situation