Little Blue
SpyderLovers Ambassador
I hope you wear military shoes and shorts.
Oh well, different stuff for different reasons.
Oh well, different stuff for different reasons.
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There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.
What did you do to/with your Spyder today?
- Thread starter Mazo EMS2
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I totally agree. Guess I kinda overlooked the area because it is my backyard. It's a day ride for me.
Deanna777
Well-known member
I go over to Lake Placid, Plattsburgh whenever I get a chance to. I used to go over to Lake George, New York for the Spyder Quest.
Deanna
Elqueso2
Member
OMG, hail storms are horrible; I feel for you! The last one my wife and I got caught in, it was like following a gravel truck! We stayed under a freeway overpass until it stopped. I always have to laugh about getting caught in the rain. We rented Harleys on the big island of Hawaii and got caught in a nasty rain storm near Hilo. By the time we pulled over and tried to get our rain gear on, we were soaked.
Also inevitably, you finally get your rain gear on and ride for maybe 10 minutes, then it stops and you have to take it all off again! 
Removed the critter/rodent proof panel across the opening in the covered area where I park the Spyder for the summer, or when we are gone for any length of time. Riding season has returned after the blistering hot Arizona Summer. Going to have to be very careful removing the cover, because along the front and left side, there are large chaotic spider webs running from the cover to the walls. Webs like this are typical of Black Widow spiders. I do find them in various protected places in the yard every year. Even let one lovely lady live and raise kids in my cactus garden. She nested down inside a cactus where I'll NEVER stick my hand. As I like to say: "Everything here wants to hurt you." Rule number one I learned shortly after moving here. "Don't rake backwards without looking behind you first."
CloverHillCrawler
Well-known member
Out on the Dragon and Skyway today. Almost got taken out on the Dragon by an idiot in a BMW. I was a safe distance behind him and he was acting like a fool. Then a sports bike came up behind me, so I pulled over to let him through.
He tailgated the BMW, the BMW pulled over and let the sports bike by, and as I went to pass him, he just pulled out in front of me and cut me off, almost taking me out so he could chase down the sport bike, but realized he wasn't going to do that, then slowed down to almost nothing to mess with me after he'd almost killed me.
I let him have it once we got into Deal's Gap. Most likely the video will be posted from someone there. I went off on a rant for about 20 seconds then turned my attention to what appeared to be some type of foreign group that were all wearing the same outfits. They were really nice. And I felt awful that they'd probably seen me at my worst possible moment. I felt a little better that they still wanted to talk to me, but I was so embarrassed about losing it, I just thanked them and pulled around the corner on 28 to a spot where I could decompress for a few minutes. The appetite that I had brought with me for lunch had left, so I continued on to the Skyway. I'm still upset at myself for losing it with that asshat. I'm going up to Clingman's Dome early tomorrow, after driving through tornadoes and hail to get down here and then all this today. I am hoping tomorrow will be at least one good day here before going home.
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He tailgated the BMW, the BMW pulled over and let the sports bike by, and as I went to pass him, he just pulled out in front of me and cut me off, almost taking me out so he could chase down the sport bike, but realized he wasn't going to do that, then slowed down to almost nothing to mess with me after he'd almost killed me.
I let him have it once we got into Deal's Gap. Most likely the video will be posted from someone there. I went off on a rant for about 20 seconds then turned my attention to what appeared to be some type of foreign group that were all wearing the same outfits. They were really nice. And I felt awful that they'd probably seen me at my worst possible moment. I felt a little better that they still wanted to talk to me, but I was so embarrassed about losing it, I just thanked them and pulled around the corner on 28 to a spot where I could decompress for a few minutes. The appetite that I had brought with me for lunch had left, so I continued on to the Skyway. I'm still upset at myself for losing it with that asshat. I'm going up to Clingman's Dome early tomorrow, after driving through tornadoes and hail to get down here and then all this today. I am hoping tomorrow will be at least one good day here before going home.
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CloverHillCrawler
Well-known member
I don't think so, it gets even better today. I came to Pop's place to get some biscuits after seeing sunrise up by Clingmans Dome and my shifter is dead. All of my stuff is on the other side of the Dragon, two and a half hours away. Even if I get the shifter working, I don't even know if it would make it all the way over there, much less home. I'm hoping Ron has some appointments open, as I may need to throw it up to Greenville for them to look at it. It will shift into Reverse and go back into Neutral when I start it, but it won't shift up anymore. There is no damage underneath. I did find a cable clamp loose on the handle bar, but no crimps or exposed wire, and everything else is working.
CloverHillCrawler
Well-known member
Yep, I think I may be DIW. Last ditch attempt at disconnecting the battery and hopefully something will reset or stop shorting. Other than that, I guess I'm calling U-haul so I can rent a truck or trailer to get back to Dragon City to get my stuff. I may even try opening the shifter to see if there's any moisture in there from when I came down through the storms the other day. I wasn't going to do it before because I was afraid it may fall apart, but at this point now, I don't have any other choice, nothing else is working.
CloverHillCrawler
Well-known member
Called Ron, he walked me through some steps, and it looks like my control cluster is hosed again. But right after I talked to him, I think I got it working. It's at least in First gear, so I'll find out if the others work. At least I can move to get back to the hotel. I'll be with all my stuff, although it may be a slow trip. Once back at the hotel, I will not worry as much. Wish me luck, I'm getting ready to do the Dragon to get back there with a s***** shifter.
NorwegianRT
Active member
Took it to the gas station, filled it up with 98 octane, and then did a one hour round trip to get the fuel through the system.
This up-coming weekend it is time for putting it away for the winter. Our 98 octane fuel is better for winter storage, but I normally run on 95 octane.
My car will be happy getting back in the garage again.
This up-coming weekend it is time for putting it away for the winter. Our 98 octane fuel is better for winter storage, but I normally run on 95 octane.
My car will be happy getting back in the garage again.
CloverHillCrawler
Well-known member
Well, I never made it to the dragon. It didn't even make it to Cherokee before it went down the first gear and wouldn't go back up I had to stop for gas in order to try to make it back but even then the shifter just went dead. I called around looking for something everything was taken except for this so it's an expensive ride back. I still got to run by O'Reilly's or someplace and pick up some ratchet straps to secure the spider down better he had two ratchet straps but just one loose one so it's on there now it's secure and I had to pull the windshield off so it didn't get blown off on the way home. I still got to drive from Cherokee back over to dragon City but with how big this pig is I'm not able to take the dragon so I have to go all the way south on 74 and come back up through tellico plains with this thing so I can pick up my stuff at Dragon City which I'm never going back there again. I've been calling all afternoon trying to tell somebody that I was stuck in Cherokee and I may not be back tonight and tonight was my last night and that I was even willing to pay for a room just to hold my stuff till I can come back and get it but they're not answering the phone they even had a voicemail picking up and when I called back a second time she switched the message to that the phone was disconnected. or even responded any text for me right now so I'm just picking up my stuff and going seeing as with this thing I can't even park it there anyway. My apologies about the grammar but I'm doing voice on the phone right now on the side of the road and I still haven't had any biscuits yet. I don't even have breakfast yet I left from there at 4:30 this morning to go up to clingmans dome and I had my hopes up for pops I didn't realize that they were closed on Wednesdays. 
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