I called a dealer about getting a sway bar installed and the parts guy did not know what it was. He asked one of his cohorts and he said they don't do that. Is the sway bar strictly Aftermarket? I've had my Spyder for two days and from what I've read and how this thing feels, I need one.
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Sway Bar install
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Chupaca
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Little checking..
Many shops install the BajaRon sway bar but I guess some don't...like yours...may need to find another shop if you can not do it yourself. Two days is not long enough to know if you really need the change but it is your choice. I would start with a laser alignment and ryde some more and see if you still feel the need...:thumbup:
Many shops install the BajaRon sway bar but I guess some don't...like yours...may need to find another shop if you can not do it yourself. Two days is not long enough to know if you really need the change but it is your choice. I would start with a laser alignment and ryde some more and see if you still feel the need...:thumbup:
Fatcycledaddy
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If you have only had it 2 days you might just need to get more accustomed to it before you make changes. I rented one before I purchased and for the first 50 miles I hated it, was all over the road, twitchy, felt like I was going to either run off the road in the corners, or roll over to the high side.
Read all the do's and don'ts on this site and learned I was overthinking, over gripping, over stearing, and a lot of other information. Learned how to ride it like it was meant to be ridden and fell in love. Bought one the very next month and love ridding it. I would recommend you ride it and get comfortable before you spend money on modifications or you might be disappointed when and if the modifications do not fix how you feel riding it. Just my opinion
Arion
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Excellent advice in my humble opinion. With only a few days under your belt it would seem you may - just may - be a little too eager to change. Give it a few hundred miles or so, and then change stuff!
In the end, you'll probably spend a lot on stuff for your Spyder whether it's essential or not. That's the fun of ownership!!
BajaRon
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You do not need to have the sway bar installed at a Spyder dealership. Any decent mechanic can do this job. Thousands have done it themselves.
The Spyder does come from the factory with a sway bar. A stronger aftermarket bar kit will stabilize the Spyder in turns, crosswinds, and when passing large trucks at higher speeds. It gives you a much more planted feeling. The bar keeps you flatter in turns and eliminates the need to correct the steering angle while in a turn as the suspension loads and unloads (over-steer/under-steer).
The more aggressive you ride, or the more heavily loaded you are, the more an aftermarket sway bar will work for you.
But it can be good advise to ride for awhile. Once you get proficient at riding the Spyder correctly you will be in a much better position to decide what you need to make the Spyder handle the way you want it to.
Contrary to some. Not everything 'Aftermarket' is a scam. Lamont does a great job of keeping poor quality products and vendors off of this web site.
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Tazzel
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It is an easy install if you have the right equipment any mechanic and do it. I took my F3 to my Scooter shop and he did it in less then 30minutes not having ever worked on a Spyder. I would say away from any Spyder dealer that did not know what a sway bar is. All stock Spyders comes with a swaybar but you can swap them out for a more heavy duty one's like the BAJA Ron's
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