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What did you do to your Spyder today?
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Thank you for this. Really good info!
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CloverHillCrawler
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There were some large cracks forming around the mount points on my blue ridge windshield from the deer strike I had a couple of months ago.
Since I was not using my cowl I traded it for a gauge spoiler and continued on with my "color scheme" of metallic blue highlights on certain parts of the F3.
I rattle canned my lug nuts,axle nut covers, the coolant reservoir cover since one of the posts were broken so it's a test subject with the black plastic before I do some other black plastic pieces.
And since my access covers were all scratched up and I didn't want to spend $50 for two pieces of plastic to stick over them (wraps). I did it all in metallic blue. If it takes ok on the broken reservoir cover I'm going to do the belt guard and the other plastic piece on the drivers side.
I'm enjoying the spoiler now with the heat as it allows more air over my mesh armour but I think I will be putting the windshield back on for winter.
The CloverCrawler is sporting a whole new look now.
Update 7/28 : after taking it out in the heat and letting the engine heat bake in the paint and after gently cleaning the spoiler and panels I removed them and sprayed it down real heavy with the Rain-X graphene wax and buffed it out and man it really looks nice and no more fingerprints when I take off the panel and put it back.
This rattle can really surprised me and it's just a can of behr interior/exterior metallic blue glossy from home depot. I just made sure they were clean and wiped them down with 99% iso alcohol before painting them to make sure there were no oils on them.
Since I was not using my cowl I traded it for a gauge spoiler and continued on with my "color scheme" of metallic blue highlights on certain parts of the F3.
I rattle canned my lug nuts,axle nut covers, the coolant reservoir cover since one of the posts were broken so it's a test subject with the black plastic before I do some other black plastic pieces.
And since my access covers were all scratched up and I didn't want to spend $50 for two pieces of plastic to stick over them (wraps). I did it all in metallic blue. If it takes ok on the broken reservoir cover I'm going to do the belt guard and the other plastic piece on the drivers side.
I'm enjoying the spoiler now with the heat as it allows more air over my mesh armour but I think I will be putting the windshield back on for winter.
The CloverCrawler is sporting a whole new look now.
Update 7/28 : after taking it out in the heat and letting the engine heat bake in the paint and after gently cleaning the spoiler and panels I removed them and sprayed it down real heavy with the Rain-X graphene wax and buffed it out and man it really looks nice and no more fingerprints when I take off the panel and put it back.
This rattle can really surprised me and it's just a can of behr interior/exterior metallic blue glossy from home depot. I just made sure they were clean and wiped them down with 99% iso alcohol before painting them to make sure there were no oils on them.
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Went for our first 2 up ride. It was a 99 mile ride on secondary roads taking it easy as we were still in the break in period. Now have 250 miles on the bike.
The next morning I sat on the bike and went over all the controls again.
Ordered all the bits and parts to be able to mount my Zumo XT on the bike. There are lots of good ideas and helpful information here on the forum on how to mount the GPS. Thank you for those posts.
The next morning I sat on the bike and went over all the controls again.
Ordered all the bits and parts to be able to mount my Zumo XT on the bike. There are lots of good ideas and helpful information here on the forum on how to mount the GPS. Thank you for those posts.
RapidSpyder
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Added Lamonster’s highway pegs before our Yellowstone trip. Worth it!
Tonight I took the bodywork off of the front right in prepartion to wiring in my GPS. Tomorrow wire it up and put everything back on.
Next day:
Finished up installing the GPS. That has to be the easiest addition to a motorcycle I have done. So much room under those panels. A convient switched power source as standard on the bike. Add in the custom cable from Lamonster Garage and you are done in a jiffy. The longest part of the job was looking for the little nut I dropped that is used for mounting the Zumo XT to the ball mount.
Next day:
Finished up installing the GPS. That has to be the easiest addition to a motorcycle I have done. So much room under those panels. A convient switched power source as standard on the bike. Add in the custom cable from Lamonster Garage and you are done in a jiffy. The longest part of the job was looking for the little nut I dropped that is used for mounting the Zumo XT to the ball mount.
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Changed the engine oil/filter/o-rings on the ‘17 Daytona, and added Show Chrome drain plugs while I was at it. Also, in prep for our upcoming 2-Spyder trip from south Texas to NW Arkansas, I also added a Lamonster IPS Pack Rack, as well as one of their Monster Mounts for accessories above the instrument cluster. Then added a phone mount, twin USB charging socket, a weatherproof 12V cigar-type socket (for powering a plug-in volt meter, and my tire air compressor), and a ball mount for adding a GoPRO Hero 5 - all these behind my Route 129 windshield. Now - to work on the wife’s ‘15 F3-S ... new Vredestein front tires to replace the original 2015 Kenda’s, and an engine oil change.
Yesterday we went for a leisurely Sunday morning ride out around some parks working our way east to the Delaware River. From there we followed the river north for awhile before turning inland and making the loop for home. A beautiful morning for a ride. 3 hours, 106 miles.
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WRCLVR
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Took both Spyders to N. Georgia Saturday to visit Gibbs Gardens. Beautiful place !! Ate lunch at the lunch restaurant in Gibbs Gardens ...uses local produce and the best home made bread :2thumbs: ever......
Drive up we trusted Google Maps and it took us in a long round about way along some tiny 2 lane (barely) roads thru farmland and up and down dale. Great fun , went really slow in places 20 mph as everything was blind and very tight curves with 15-20 mph limits posted. Reminded me of roads in Northern England/ Scotland
Drive up we trusted Google Maps and it took us in a long round about way along some tiny 2 lane (barely) roads thru farmland and up and down dale. Great fun , went really slow in places 20 mph as everything was blind and very tight curves with 15-20 mph limits posted. Reminded me of roads in Northern England/ Scotland
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