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Question about a sway bar
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Brian Kay
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Because you can, lol. It definitely helps reduce the twitchy feeling when on the highways
BigGuy66
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About that say bar
I like that first part - "because you can." I do like to add farkles (picked that up here on the forum) to my bike. Had my VTX 1800s with lots of stuff added and I don't think I can keep from doing that to our Spyder. Gonna check on Bajaron site for a sway bar.
I like that first part - "because you can." I do like to add farkles (picked that up here on the forum) to my bike. Had my VTX 1800s with lots of stuff added and I don't think I can keep from doing that to our Spyder. Gonna check on Bajaron site for a sway bar.
Copperman
Active member
I'm assuming you just bought your Spyder. Are you sure you don't already have one on it?
Chupaca
New member
Here's the thing....
if your new and under 1,000 miles you may yet have found the need for one. These machines are set up nicely for the normal passive ryder. You may be one of the many that find that comfort zone and feel they need some help in the handling department. You will know when the time comes...in the meantime make sure you get or have had a laser alignment. That helps a lot with the handling and the wear and tear on the front end....
hyea:
if your new and under 1,000 miles you may yet have found the need for one. These machines are set up nicely for the normal passive ryder. You may be one of the many that find that comfort zone and feel they need some help in the handling department. You will know when the time comes...in the meantime make sure you get or have had a laser alignment. That helps a lot with the handling and the wear and tear on the front end....
hyea:
bcer960
Member
Kudos to BajaRon
I am also fairly new, had my RT-S a month. I would ask if you ride with a passenger (2-up) or by yourself? When I first took mine out for the test drive, I had my wife with me. Her comfort was as important as anything I liked. We found the bike really squirrelly. The salesman who was riding with us made the rear shock as hard as possible. this made a huge difference to the control I had in the corners.
Having said that, we took the bike for a 3100 km ride. I still had some trouble in the corners with the way the bike would lean, and then sometimes "second" lean in the corners.
When I got back I ordered the bajaron bar. I put it on myself in a little under 2 hours.
I cannot explain the difference it made. I won't say the bike doesn't lean, especially around town where the corners are tighter, but on the highway, it's like night and day. It makes the ride a whole lot easier for me, and more comfortable for my wife.
I do want to say thanks for all the advice I have been given here on the forum, and to Ron, really easy transaction, good installation instructions and fast delivery.
Ray
I am also fairly new, had my RT-S a month. I would ask if you ride with a passenger (2-up) or by yourself? When I first took mine out for the test drive, I had my wife with me. Her comfort was as important as anything I liked. We found the bike really squirrelly. The salesman who was riding with us made the rear shock as hard as possible. this made a huge difference to the control I had in the corners.
Having said that, we took the bike for a 3100 km ride. I still had some trouble in the corners with the way the bike would lean, and then sometimes "second" lean in the corners.
When I got back I ordered the bajaron bar. I put it on myself in a little under 2 hours.
I cannot explain the difference it made. I won't say the bike doesn't lean, especially around town where the corners are tighter, but on the highway, it's like night and day. It makes the ride a whole lot easier for me, and more comfortable for my wife.
I do want to say thanks for all the advice I have been given here on the forum, and to Ron, really easy transaction, good installation instructions and fast delivery.
Ray
deer30084
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Peer pressure and supporting your aftermarket suppliers is the only answer I can come up with. Some will not like my answer. I don't care that others "think" they can take corners faster. Who cares? I'm not racing or competing with anyone. Ya know, come to think of it, I don't see the need to change my Chevy truck's suspension or shocks either.
deer30084
New member
Great answer. I checked mine and yep, there's one on my F3.
BigGuy66
Member
Good info to consider
I appreciate the words from experienced ryders. I will check to see if there is a sway bar on the bike - there may be one because the guy before had added some lights and other farkles. We typically ride 2-up and will pull our Bunkhouse often. I'll see how it goes without a bar for a few more miles. Thanks again.
I appreciate the words from experienced ryders. I will check to see if there is a sway bar on the bike - there may be one because the guy before had added some lights and other farkles. We typically ride 2-up and will pull our Bunkhouse often. I'll see how it goes without a bar for a few more miles. Thanks again.
They all come with a sway bar. The BahaRon bar is thicker and there are improved end links for some models.
Sway bars = less sway or roll when cornering.
Typically, aftermarket bars are thicker but often also include better/stiffer bushings such as urethane.
There are some exceptions where the bar is made from different steel and is actually the same size as the oem.
My lifted Jeep without a front sway bar would lift a rear tire during a sharp, slow turn in a parking lot.
Sway bars = less sway or roll when cornering.
Typically, aftermarket bars are thicker but often also include better/stiffer bushings such as urethane.
There are some exceptions where the bar is made from different steel and is actually the same size as the oem.
My lifted Jeep without a front sway bar would lift a rear tire during a sharp, slow turn in a parking lot.
Michaelscs
Member
Peer pressure and supporting your aftermarket suppliers is the only answer I can come up with. Some will not like my answer. I don't care that others "think" they can take corners faster. Who cares? I'm not racing or competing with anyone. Ya know, come to think of it, I don't see the need to change my Chevy truck's suspension or shocks either.
Deer, you have an F3. The F3 corners much flatter and more stable than the RT of the OP in stock form. IMO
Peer pressure and supporting your aftermarket suppliers is the only answer I can come up with. Some will not like my answer. I don't care that others "think" they can take corners faster. Who cares? I'm not racing or competing with anyone. Ya know, come to think of it, I don't see the need to change my Chevy truck's suspension or shocks either.
Deer30084, I can only speak in my case but when I rode my F3-S home from the dealer, my expectations for less body lean were not met with the standard anti-sway bar. I began reading posts on this forum and noted that some had added an RT anti-sway bar that reduced body lean to some extent from the stock F3. There were others who considered it an additional step up to put on an anti-sway bar like the Ronbar which is reportedly thicker and stiffer than an RT's anti-sway bar. Since I already had a Harley trike that takes corners fairly flatly (I was taking gentle sweepers out West (Wyoming/Montana, etc. legally at speeds up to 80 mph) with its Panhard rod anti-sway bar, I wanted to have another trike that was significantly superior to my Harley. After comparative testing with both trikes stock on some very familiar roads around TLH, I then installed the Ronbar on my F3-S and found taking curves and the overall general handling to have been significantly improved. My comparisons were based on empirical evidence I gained myself rather than peer pressure or wishful thinking. If you would like to experience this yourself, PM me and I would invite you to come over to the house where I have private roads with cul-de-sacs and you can ride my F3 and compare it to your F3 on the same roads:thumbup:
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Pirate looks at --
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Yep
Given how universal this addition is, I would check to see if this has already been done!
Given how universal this addition is, I would check to see if this has already been done!
deer30084
New member
Well ya know Capt Bob, I guess ignorance is bliss. Since I've been reading these comments on this forum about replacing the sway bar, every time I take that curve on Williams Road I think, "Gee, if only I had a Ronjon swaybar, I could take this curve faster." Since I don't have that sway bar, I never will know as I have nothing to compare it to. And anyway, it's just not important to me. I just ride within my and by bike's capabilities as is. But that's just me.
Deer, Not a problem. Many of us buy these trikes for specific reasons and to explore capabilities that other bikes/trikes do not possess. This does not seem to be of particular interest to you and that is fine by me. Everybody gets to have what they want and nobody gets to judge the other person's wants/desires. Keep having fun with your Spyder!
KJWEB
New member
Yes, I do ride fast in the twisties. But here is another benefit I received when I put the after market sway bar on. The RT has what I would describe as the "spyder dance" going straight down the highway. A rocking back and forth from side to side. I felt a little sea sick after some miles like this. After much skepticism, I put the bar on. No more "spyder dancing" after the install. I now have a F3T. First thing I put on was the BajaRon Sway Bar and links.
It's funny but in the thread titled " Baja Ron Sway Bar Regrets" which is on this forum, the OP is lamenting that he had not installed a Ronbar in his two previous trikes after 37k of riding and only finally installed them on his third Spyder and was sort of verbally kicking himself. Someone suggested that "ignorance is bliss" and I can't quite agree with that philosophy when it comes to improving handling which should/could indirectly translate into a safer and more fun ride. As KJWEB observed, the Ronbar not only helps with cornering (with a flatter lean profile) for him but it also translates for some reason into less "twitchiness" for some folks which would then translate into less fatigue while riding the trike. I am not sure that I remember my F3-S getting more stable due to the Ronbar install? At the same time that I changed out to the Ronbar anti-sway bar and BajaRon billet heim links, I also installed the SpyderPop foam grips which greatly reduced my need to hold much of a grip on the handlebars which greatly reduced any rider-induced "twitchiness". As you more experience Spyder riders know, the lighter the touch on the handlebars, the finer the adjustments that can be made and the less over-correction that is introduced by the ryder. Again, not trying to have anyone "drink the koolaid" but just putting out my own personal experiences which work for me, YMMV.
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papanorm
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I'm curious if most be have had the sway are installed by a dealer or if they do it themselves? I am a DIYer and only reluctant to lifting the Spyder; the rest looks to be very straight forward. I suspect one way would be to drive the vehicle up on ramps and then lift the rest of the way by means of floor jacks.
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