What did you do to your Spyder today?

[pidjones]

Yesterday, I sacked up two drowned chipmonks and took them to our county "convenience center". I rode the Spyder for this. First time I've been in the saddle since late June (prostate and then shoulder surgery). Felt good!

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

Put the Route 129 shield on. It's a bit early for the Winter shield but it's done.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Did the same thing myself last week, it was a chilly ride back from Raleigh last week especially once the sun went down and I still had about 80 miles to go.

Gauge spoiler came off and the blue ridge windshield went back on for the winter.

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

Rode up to Ripshin Ridge just South of Roan Mountain TN to put some Flags on my ole Buddies grave. I forgot it was a gravel dirt road and it's hunting season.
Got 'er done though.

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

Washed it after the adventure ride I went on yesterday. NO more muddy gravel roads for me.

 

[Lee0123]

Took advantage of a warm morning to run some errands and to do the coming week’s grocery shopping on the Can Am.

 

[Yabbadabbadoo]

Over the last few days I rewired my accessories (Garmin GPS, Carupride Android Auto screen, front/rear camera system, add-on heated grips elements) to work off of relays tied to the accessory circuits of the bike. Now I don't have to worry about anything being left on and draining the battery. Also I installed the Lamonster vibration dampener arm and roller. I previously just had the roller on the OEM arm. Readjusted my drive belt tracking too.
Yesterday my ryding friend came over with his F3-S and I installed all new front and rear Stage 4 Elka shocks he bought from Lamonster. After that we went for a good 100 mile ryde and he loved them! Makes the bike feel much smoother and refined.

 

[troop]

Began the transition to winter hibernation

 

[jzeiler]

I went out to get my very first gas fill up on my new RTL. Then I came home and ripped off body panels to run a high current power line from the battery to under the rear seat for my heated gear harnesses. See my post in "RT Shop Talk" about what I found under the rear seat.

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

JKMSPYDER and I met up in Stoney creek TN and rode hwy 91 up to Shady Valley where we stopped and had coffee. After that we rode the Snake (hwy 421) back down to Bristol and home.
Good times.
We had fun and sat around and shot the bull for a couple of hrs.

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

Watched the odometer go over 9,000 mi.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

JKMSPYDER and I met up in Stoney creek TN and rode hwy 91 up to Shady Valley where we stopped and had coffee. After that we rode the Snake (hwy 421) back down to Bristol and home.
Good times.
We had fun and sat around and shot the bull for a couple of hrs.

I liked Route 91 even though it was raining when I went through that way, I was on the BRP in Thunderstorms and bailed out late in the evening before it got dark and I still had 200 miles to go to Roanoke - no way I was going to make it in the dark and storms on the BRP with the way rain was coming down.

Bailed out on 321 and took 421 and Ended up Catching 91 in Mountain City after stopping at Mcdonalds to dry out and eat dinner, and then I rode that up to 58 to catch 81 to Roanoke. Still ended up getting into my hotel room at almost midnight. I really regretted not taking someone here's advice and making my stop in Little Switzerland. I had passed that about an hour before I decided to bail out of the BRP. That was a nasty ride that day. It started raining right after I left Deals Gap on Moonshiners Highway, and it didn't stop until I was about 2 hours away from home on 81 the next day.

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

That's a nice ride for sure.

 

[kbirdsong]

I installed my new Elka front suspension.

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[weeneil]

Good luck you don't live in Scotland . Global warming seems to have missed us. Rain and wind are normal for us, we seem to find it hard to ride when it is "warm" here. A 300mile journey with torrential rain is not unusual but we kind of expect it, if not it is a bonus

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Got out for a short ride and a hike yesterday and went to Fort Duncan overlooking the Potomac River and Harpers Ferry.

 

[sandeejs]

Tried to install my new comfort seat. Almost got it done, the shop will tidy it up for me Thursday.

 

[Albec]

Changed the oil in my Spyder for the first time ever yesterday.

I put my F3 up on my homemade ramps, just the first step on the ramps, which is only 1.5" front and back. Just enough to get the drain pan underneath and have a bit of working room.

That's a weird drain plug for the engine. As soon as I loosened it, just a lil, the oil started coming out. No way to continue unscrewing the plug without making a mess, and that I did with oil running all down my forearm. The clutch plug wasn't like that at all.

Am I missing something? Is that engine drain plug always like that? A mess I mean.

Then the filter. Holy hell. There's barely enough room in that area to pull the cover off, with that protrusion attached to the underside. I managed though and the next time I'll be better prepared to deal with the mess.

 

[bikerbillone]

I can sure relate to that; I'm buying some pig mats - getting it off non coated concrete is nearly impossible.

 

[Albec]

I can sure relate to that; I'm buying some pig mats - getting it off non coated concrete is nearly impossible.

I was working in my garage as it was getting dark outside when I got started. I took the F3 for a fill-up (93 octane) and dumped in 3oz of Sta-bil. Brought her home and made a mess.

I still gotta get out there and finish the cleanup. I spread some sawdust over the oil spill and that's what needs to be cleaned up.

I didn't get around to dumping the new oil in yet. I just put the drain plugs in, with new seals, and the filter/cover, with new O-rings of course. Then pushed the F3 back into its corner of the garage so that I could get my Miata back inside.

I'll get out there today and dump the oil in and finish with the cleanup.