Spyder/Cycle Questions

[DannyS]

welcome If you have never ridden a bike you hear more than in a cage. This tends to alarm new riders but that is normal. If you put a big windshield on you will hear new noises that you could not hear before also. This is also normal. You do need to find the source of the noise to make sure what it is. Believe me though when you hear a noise that is NOT NORMAL you will know it. Just ride and enjoy all an all it sounds like BRP is good on warranty issues so you have two years to sort the noises out. Best thing is to find a experienced Spyder rider and let them check it out as far as noise goes. Me I am getting deaf as a post so they all sound good to me.:congrats:

 

[NFLEagles1]

The noise just bugs me because I can assure all of you, that you'd hear it easily. Its not hard to hear at all. You can hear it as someone driving it pulls up next to you or drives by. If it was normal, everyone here would know exactly what I'm talking about. Again, I'll just keep driving it through break-in. As long as the dealer knows that it is continuing, then I know they can't blame me later on if it ends up hurting anything. I'll keep an eye on these forums to see if anyone else brings up the same thing and what fixed it.

 

[BLACK WIDOW]

Octane

Running regular octane is just fine on our spyders. As you mentioned there is a lot of debate about performance improvements, if any, of using premium fuel. I guess if the extra money per gallon does not bother you or if you sleep better at night when you use premium then please do so.

I tried both and did not notice much difference. (And I am not trying to start the debate over again!!!)

As for fueling, I usually put the nozzle right at the opening so that it does not shut off automatically. I will then slow down when I see gas reaching the top, let it come down a bit and top it off just a little more. (That allows me to get the little tiny bar on the gauge).

I won't run anything except 91 octane because it is obvious to me that my Spyder runs better.nojoke Others may have different results/opinions and that is OK since it would be a dull world if everyone thought alike. I am not starting a octane war--just expressing my opinion and results of my experience with the Spyder. Yes 10.8:1 compression would be considered high compression.IMHO:spyder:

 

[BajaRon]

I won't run anything except 91 octane because it is obvious to me that my Spyder runs better.nojoke Others may have different results/opinions and that is OK since it would be a dull world if everyone thought alike. I am not starting a octane war--just expressing my opinion and results of my experience with the Spyder. Yes 10.8:1 compression would be considered high compression.IMHO:spyder:

It is interesting that people have different experience with different octane in the same machine (mods aside).

I think part of it is seat of the pants perception (which has been proven suspect at best), riding style, fuel type available (ethonol - which degrades performance, as opposed to ethonol free), and possibly the subtile difference that is not immediatly evident as soon as you pump premium into your tank.

It's not like the instant, dramatic effect you get from installing the swaybar or other mods.

Hard, empirical data is all in favor of premium fuel in the Spyder but it doesn't seem to be as simple as that.

When I first got my Spyder I tried the different grades of fuel and did not see any real difference. But it wasn't a good test as I wasn't running any one grade (except regular) long enough or under the same circumstance to really know. Premium didn't jump up and kick me in the butt so I figured why waste the money?

It was my trip to CA and back. 5,500 miles of just running down the freeway at 70~85mph all day, every day that convinced me Premium was worth the extra money.

 

[Smylinacha]

:congrats:welcome

 

[irish2themax]

GREAT week in G'burg

I am so glad I made the trip to Gatlinburg this year despite the rainy ride there and back. Staurday was 55F and a torrential downpour all the way to Wytheville VA where I met an old friend for dinner. Rode the entire way with my flashers on and never got above 50 mph. Two hours after getting there, my fingers were still wrinkled!

I met some of the most fantastic people...far too many to mention except for some jerk named BMXGene. What a tool that guy is!! :roflblack:

Looking forward to meeting more on the Covered Bridge ride in PA next month.

My sincere thanks to Lamont for being such a gracious host for the BBQ. I've read several posts that likened it to a family reunion and they are spot on!! SpyderTalk may call it a Spyder Nation but it will always be a Spyder family to me.