What Did You Do To Your RYKER Today?

[geosar]

In addition to the db buster for my two brothers exhaust, I recently installed a keyless ignition system from Digital Guard dog. The system is nice and the customer service is superb. Also installed a max mount upon which I placed my old EMGO top box. Also bought a locking fuel cap.

So far the 900 ACE is a great ride, fun to accessorize with excellent youtube tutorials.

 

[Spygoat]

I bought a windshield for my 2021 Ryker Rally Edition today now I have to put it on or pay someone to to do it for me. This is the bike and the windsheild that's oing on it.:cheers:

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We have the same one on my wife's bike. Very easy to install, should take you all of 20 minutes with hand tools.

 

[Spygoat]

Axle cap and wheel bearing kit arrives today from SlingMods. I will be installing it after work!

This is something CanAm should have done at the factory.

 

[lokiryker]

Added some teeth.

 

[ziggy]

:b2b: Ryker looks better with teeth.:cheers:

 

[Spygoat]

Axle cap and wheel bearing kit arrives today from SlingMods. I will be installing it after work!

This is something CanAm should have done at the factory.

They came today and they are installed!

 

[Beanz1]

Added some teeth.

Wow I love the teeth,absolutely awesome!:congrats:

 

[lokiryker]

I drove around for a bit over the long weekend and got at least a half-dozen thumbs up from people. Was pretty cool.

 

[Spygoat]

I drove around for a bit over the long weekend and got at least a half-dozen thumbs up from people. Was pretty cool.

Whenever we go somewhere, my wife's Ryker gets more looks than my Road Glide..lol.

 

[ziggy]

Today I installed a T-rex jockey shifter. FYI, changes have been made to its design and the online installation instructions (none in box) have not been updated. But I know anyone here would be able to figure it out. :cheers:

 

[Markubis]

I made my own jockey shifter. Actually made a month ago but I wanted to make sure it worked well before I posted. No issues with it and I love it.
Total cost was around $45. The handle and linkage were made from a piece of 3/8 dia steel I got at Home Depot for $6. The Heim joints on the linkage were around $4 each off mcmaster carr. The frame mount is the same that everyone else has been using.
I went with the 3/8 dia rod because it's close to 10mm and it allowed me to use a 10mm die to thread the end of the shifter for a standard knob.
My Heim joints are 1/4-28 male so I tapped the ends of the linkage for them. Looking back now it would have been easier to use the 10mm die and buy 10mm female Heim joints instead. The end of my shifter handle I flattened by heating it up and pounding it with a sledgehammer to get a flattened , flared out end for my mounting hole.
The trickiest part to figure (since there is no welding) was the joint where the linkage connects with the shifter handle. I ended up finding a shaft to shaft clamp that was metric (10mm hole x 6mm hole) that I opened up to fit the shifter handle and a 1/4-20 bolt for my Heim joint on the linkage.
Creative bending came next. I also add a slight bend in the linkage to help everything line up better.

 

[ziggy]

:clap::firstplace:

 

[Beginner]

I made my own jockey shifter. Actually made a month ago but I wanted to make sure it worked well before I posted. No issues with it and I love it.
Total cost was around $45. The handle and linkage were made from a piece of 3/8 dia steel I got at Home Depot for $6. The Heim joints on the linkage were around $4 each off mcmaster carr. The frame mount is the same that everyone else has been using.
I went with the 3/8 dia rod because it's close to 10mm and it allowed me to use a 10mm die to thread the end of the shifter for a standard knob.
My Heim joints are 1/4-28 male so I tapped the ends of the linkage for them. Looking back now it would have been easier to use the 10mm die and buy 10mm female Heim joints instead. The end of my shifter handle I flattened by heating it up and pounding it with a sledgehammer to get a flattened , flared out end for my mounting hole.
The trickiest part to figure (since there is no welding) was the joint where the linkage connects with the shifter handle. I ended up finding a shaft to shaft clamp that was metric (10mm hole x 6mm hole) that I opened up to fit the shifter handle and a 1/4-20 bolt for my Heim joint on the linkage.
Creative bending came next. I also add a slight bend in the linkage to help everything line up better.

Please don't take this as some type of attack, because it isn't. I just don't understand why people make these things, unless they have short legs or leg issues to deal with. Can you explain it to me? Is it just for decoration? The thing I see the most from videos is that people try to pull it straight back and have a hard time. It travels on an arc and once you move your foot on the arc it moves easy peesy. I see people grabbing it with their hands in videos and I can't figure that out, unless they are missing a leg or the leg doesn't work right. Out side of leg issues I can't fathom why, maybe you can enlighten me.

 

[ziggy]

Hi Beginner , I'll answer this for me. I have leg issues, that's why I have a Ryker. Others maybe, because it looks cool....That's A Fact Jack....:cheers::b2b:

 

[Markubis]

Please don't take this as some type of attack, because it isn't. I just don't understand why people make these things, unless they have short legs or leg issues to deal with. Can you explain it to me? Is it just for decoration? The thing I see the most from videos is that people try to pull it straight back and have a hard time. It travels on an arc and once you move your foot on the arc it moves easy peesy. I see people grabbing it with their hands in videos and I can't figure that out, unless they are missing a leg or the leg doesn't work right. Out side of leg issues I can't fathom why, maybe you can enlighten me.

Same as above....knee issues ( three surgeries between the two knees), but also, it was annoying to have to stick the left foot out, find the shifter, and then pull it back. From a mechanical engineers perspective it looks like it was an after thought.

Plus, it's easy and fun to just reach forward and work the jockey shifter back and forth when turning around or backing up.

 

[delkhouri]

I finally got around to putting led headlights in. I bought my bike secondhand and the original owner had these that he never got around to installing. They are the beamtech.

 

[Spygoat]

Please don't take this as some type of attack, because it isn't. I just don't understand why people make these things, unless they have short legs or leg issues to deal with. Can you explain it to me? Is it just for decoration? The thing I see the most from videos is that people try to pull it straight back and have a hard time. It travels on an arc and once you move your foot on the arc it moves easy peesy. I see people grabbing it with their hands in videos and I can't figure that out, unless they are missing a leg or the leg doesn't work right. Out side of leg issues I can't fathom why, maybe you can enlighten me.

We put the jockey shifter on my wife's Ryker because she has knee and back issues, hence why she rides a Ryker and not a bike.

However, even if she didn't have physical limitations, I would have installed it. It is a fairy trick piece of kit and you don't see them every day.

If everything in life was strictly utilitarian, the world would be pretty boring.

 

[Beanz1]

I stopped being lazy and took about 10 minutes of time to put my windshield on my Ryker Rally today. I have had it a month.:2thumbs:

 

[Beanz1]

I purchased a Tank Bag and a Ram Mount X Grip for my phone yesterday.

 

[KnurledNut]

Finished a DIY top case rack.