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RT Shocks or Sway Bar?

aka1004 said:
if anyone is looking to get anti swaybar and free flowing muffler, Evo is having a sale. 595 bucks for bar and the leo vince muffler. a really good deal. wish that was offered couple of weeks ago:mad:
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That does sound like a good deal. I will have to look again, and see how much the sway bar actually is now as well. I also need to start prepping for the Myrtle Beach trip in a couple of weeks. That is supposed to be another great place to play golf, but that is one game I never got into.
 
aka1004 said:
you could play cheap golf or expensive golf. i choose cheap most of the time. i just came back from hawaii and kapalua was best course ever and that WAS worth all of 160 bucks.

if anyone is looking to get anti swaybar and free flowing muffler, Evo is having a sale. 595 bucks for bar and the leo vince muffler. a really good deal. wish that was offered couple of weeks ago:mad:
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Where did you see that deal????

The leo is usually like $695 by itself......:yikes:
 
RShrimp said:
Just for reference:
I just got back from the mountians (First time on the Spyder)
I have shocks maxed and sway bar. Stock tires. Got plenty of practice.
I was happy with the coner speed but this thing is no sport bike. I venture to say I could not have kept up with a good rider on a Gold Wing.
When I got back I ran this test and it will geve perdictable results so I can compare as I mod.
We have a traffic circle in town. It is a small circle as circles go.
My bud on his GXSR1000 can take it (round and round) at 85mph constant speed.(He is a knee dragger)
I tried it last night. I used to race 4 wheelers on a dirt track.
I was hanging off to the max and could get hit 55mph for a second or 2 before it lifted a wheel and shut me down. I could maintain 50mph like my budy maintained 85mph.
This should give some perspective of the potencial. Can you improve the handling? Sure ... but it anit no sport bike....
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I'm missing something...why the heck would you want to go 55mph or 85mph around a traffic circle? I have them all over the place here and doing that would likely get me killed as most people have no clue as to how to drive in them...

I appreciate great handling and speed, but buy a sport bike if this is what you want. The Spyder is not meant for this no matter what you do...it's a roadster...more like a sports cruiser...you can out-duel most cars and you're fast at 4.5 to 60 outa the box, but this isn't a premier sports car or sports bike...I think there is a point where pushing the limit too far might lead to undesired consequences...
 
We have a few up here too-- and if you go around them more than like 2-3 times during a 1 hour span you'll get a ticket...


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I can't find that deal on the evoluzione website......

Wouldn't mind buying it and then selling the swaybar out here for a discount to someone.
 
Firefly said:
We have a few up here too-- and if you go around them more than like 2-3 times during a 1 hour span you'll get a ticket...


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I can't find that deal on the evoluzione website......

Wouldn't mind buying it and then selling the swaybar out here for a discount to someone.
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call him in the morning. he said he had couple of them left and that was today.

more i thought about it, i am not that upset about this.:D
i did get a good deal for two bros and like them very much without the tip. i feel bad for my neighbors but there are couple of loud harleys here too so.:dontknow: two bros seems to be a bit free-er flowing than leo and sounds better/louder but leo is way better made than two bros. quality just woozes out of leo.:D other than unhappy neighbors and having to force-feed commuters around me my taste in music because i have to have it loud for me to hear the music, i am pretty happy with two bros.
 
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aka1004 said:
call him in the morning. he said he had couple of them left and that was today.

more i thought about it, i am not that upset about this.:D
i did get a good deal for two bros and like them very much without the tip. i feel bad for my neighbors but there are couple of loud harleys here too so.:dontknow: two bros seems to be a bit free-er flowing than leo and sounds better/louder but leo is way better made than two bros. quality just woozes out of leo.:D other than unhappy neighbors and having to force-feed commuters around me my taste in music because i have to have it loud for me to hear the music, i am pretty happy with two bros.
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Never heard the leo live and in person. Might want to switch my hindle out with something that's easier to repack and doesn't have cheap rivets that come loose!
 
Firefly said:
Never heard the leo live and in person. Might want to switch my hindle out with something that's easier to repack and doesn't have cheap rivets that come loose!
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i had all three, hindle, leo, and two bros and two bros wins the performance category, leo for looks and quality, hindle... i don't know, wins the over-priced but looks like it belongs on spyder?:D
leo without the tip is louder than the hindle and just little bit better but if you put the tip on it's basically same as hindle in performance, according to ken.
 
RShrimp said:
Just for reference:
I just got back from the mountians (First time on the Spyder)
I have shocks maxed and sway bar. Stock tires. Got plenty of practice.
I was happy with the coner speed but this thing is no sport bike. I venture to say I could not have kept up with a good rider on a Gold Wing.
When I got back I ran this test and it will geve perdictable results so I can compare as I mod.
We have a traffic circle in town. It is a small circle as circles go.
My bud on his GXSR1000 can take it (round and round) at 85mph constant speed.(He is a knee dragger)
I tried it last night. I used to race 4 wheelers on a dirt track.
I was hanging off to the max and could get hit 55mph for a second or 2 before it lifted a wheel and shut me down. I could maintain 50mph like my budy maintained 85mph.
This should give some perspective of the potencial. Can you improve the handling? Sure ... but it anit no sport bike....
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Sounds like a "test"...can you make the introductions?
 
Let me work on that Doc ...... and by the way Bone Crusher. This circle is not very busy. No other vehicles are in it during our "tests".
 
aka1004 said:
i had all three, hindle, leo, and two bros and two bros wins the performance category, leo for looks and quality, hindle... i don't know, wins the over-priced but looks like it belongs on spyder?:D
leo without the tip is louder than the hindle and just little bit better but if you put the tip on it's basically same as hindle in performance, according to ken.
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Is the Leo easy to maintain (repack, etc.) ???

My main beef with the Hindle is I'll have to drill out the rivets.....
 
Firefly said:
Wouldn't mind buying it and then selling the swaybar out here for a discount to someone.
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You buy the package deal, and I'll give you $150 for the sway bar. :2thumbs:

We only have one place near the mall in a town about 1 hour away that has a traffic circle. I am thinking if I were to ryde there around midnight it might be rather interesting. :D

Sounds like there may be some new tests for next years SpyderFest now. :thumbup:
 
bone crusher said:
I'm missing something...why the heck would you want to go 55mph or 85mph around a traffic circle? I have them all over the place here and doing that would likely get me killed as most people have no clue as to how to drive in them...

I appreciate great handling and speed, but buy a sport bike if this is what you want. The Spyder is not meant for this no matter what you do...it's a roadster...more like a sports cruiser...you can out-duel most cars and you're fast at 4.5 to 60 outa the box, but this isn't a premier sports car or sports bike...I think there is a point where pushing the limit too far might lead to undesired consequences...
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Makes complete sense to me. I loved to ride the cloverleaf freeway interchange between I-8 and Magnolia Ave. in San Diego. We'd go there in the middle of the night when there was no traffic and ride lap after lap. It is a real workout too!

You don't race each other so the only one pushing you is yourself. You get in a groove and gradually increase your speed each lap until you max out your abilities or your machine (or both) without getting killed.

It doesn't matter if what you're riding is the fastest or the best. Just that you learn to maximize what you have to work with. We kept track of our single best lap time and we could try to improve it another day.

It was a blast! Same thing with the Roundabout except that there are no transitions like with our cloverleaf. Totally awesome when you give it a try.

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SpyderWolf said:
:2thumbs:

That would be an even better test Ron!
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Indescribable! Those were the days! Just enough straight to hammer the throttle and then slam the breaks to dive into the next clover. All right hand turns.

Up and over and then down and under. You could really hear the motor echo off the underpass.

Ok, I'm over it.... Well, maybe not completely!
 
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