What did you do to your Spyder today?

[BCNewell]

I also did my front and rear brakes, and once that was completed I did an oil change, then baby got a bath to finish it off for the

Did you use Martin’s rotors?

Yesterday, I competed in the Sportsman Motorcycle class at our local drag strip. Was the inaugural race for our track returning to NHRA sponsorship. Dropped my personal best passes to a 1.855sec 60’ time, 5.212sec 330’ time, and 8.054sec 660’ (1/8 mile) time. Had the only stock-ish bike amongst a group of full race bikes with delay boxes, trans brakes, air shifters, and wheelie bars. Took out the current track champion in round two, thanks mostly to a .011 reaction time. Had a good time, made some new friends, and didn’t hurt parts or rider.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Did you use Martin’s rotors?

Unfortunately no, I have had some unexpected expenses come up so I am holding off on those until next pad change.

I just did the front and rear pads for now. Those will probably hold me over until my winter maintenance next year and I'll revisit them at that time.

 

[Br549rick]

Moved my Spyder to the small side of the garage so I could change the oil in and rebuild the fuel petcock on my kz750B... all in turn.

 

[Deanna777]

My wife made made me rhubarb pie with large helpings of vanilla ice cream.

Ice cream is the best, especially vanilla.

Was going to go for a ride but it was 100°F again.

@mecsw500, try vanilla ice cream with maple syrup.

I put some vanilla ice cream in a dish, and pour some VT. Maple Syrup on it in the bowl with the ice cream.

This afternoon, I went for a ride, and on the return trip I got some ice cream.

After I had the ice cream, I had to pull over and put my rain jacket on.

Deanna

 

[mecsw500]

It was the high nineties again today. Just had a ten minute thunderstorm at 10:00 pm.

I tried the maple syrup on my ice cream when we went to Vermont. Went to a maple syrup farm and I tried it there. It was good, but I have to watch my sugar level.

Had more rhubarb pie and ice cream this evening and it’s all gone now. Still have wife’s blueberry muffins for dessert tomorrow and just bought more Farr’s ice cream.

 

[Albec]

It was the high nineties again today. Just had a ten minute thunderstorm at 10:00 pm.

I tried the maple syrup on my ice cream when we went to Vermont. Went to a maple syrup farm and I tried it there. It was good, but I have to watch my sugar level.

Had more rhubarb pie and ice cream this evening and it’s all gone now. Still have wife’s blueberry muffins for dessert tomorrow and just bought more Farr’s ice cream.

Good thing that you're watching your sugar intake!

I watch mine too, as I watch the ice cream disappear.

 

[blacklightning]

I let both my Spyders take the week off. Rode the BMW K1600 B to Bowling Green, Ky to ride with some old friends. One of my buddies did ride along with me on his 2020 RTL and another on his Harley RG3. Did a total of 1776 miles. The bike handled things well, but I will say the seat is better on the Spyder than that on the BMW.

 

[jdgretz]

Parked her in the garage for the first time since 29th of July when I took off on what ended up being an 8,000 mile ride (Ride report in the Ride Reports forum). Tomorrow will be general cleaning and then to the dealer for the (overdue) 9,000 mile service (it's currently at 12,869 miles).



jdg

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

I went ahead and pulled the trigger today on the GP Cycleworks 20 inch dark smoke grey with euro flip windshield.

I was attempting to repair/repaint my old Blueridge again that was hit by a deer a couple of years ago, but both me and the blueridge decided it was time to give up and put it to rest.

I am hoping it will get here before I go back down to the dragon, so I don't get beat up again doing 2000 miles with a gauge cowl on interstates, and that is not including the "playing" while I am down there.

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

I went ahead and pulled the trigger today on the GP Cycleworks 20 inch dark smoke grey with euro flip windshield.

I was attempting to repair/repaint my old Blueridge again that was hit by a deer a couple of years ago, but both me and the blueridge decided it was time to give up and put it to rest.

I am hoping it will get here before I go back down to the dragon, so I don't get beat up again doing 2000 miles with a gauge cowl on interstates, and that is not including the "playing" while I am down there.

Can't wait to see it installed.

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

I watched Willie & Waylon clean dead bug debris off the Spyder lol.
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[Peter Aawen]

I watched Willie & Waylon clean dead bug debris off the Spyder lol.

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I dunno Dasmo, I've actually seen dogs do that ^ one day, then this sorta thing the next:

Are you sure you want to encourage those two hungry & food driven singers of yours to go searching for food scraps on/in your Spyder's tupperware?

 

[Dasmoetorhead]

I dunno Dasmo, I've actually seen dogs do that ^ one day, then this sorta thing the next:

Are you sure you want to encourage those two hungry & food driven singers of yours to go searching for food scraps on/in your Spyder's tupperware?

OMG Brother, I just blew beer out my nose lol.

 

[RogerC60]

I've ridden my Spyder only about 3600 miles, so I'm still learning to ride it. Tonight's lesson: if I want some zippy acceleration, 4000 RPM is not going to cut it.

I was riding on a divided highway, about 60 mph in 6th gear. A doofus cage driver in front of me was behaving unpredictably, so I decided to take my first chance and zip around him to leave him in my mirrors. The chance came, and I downshifted to 4th gear and pinned the throttle open, expecting to feel a nice kick in the butt and the pretty quick arrival of 80 mph on the speedo.

Nope. Didn't happen. The tach climbed slowly from about 4000 RPM and I managed to get past the cager, but not the way I wanted or imagined.

My point of reference here is my BMW R1150RT which I've been riding for about 8 years. On that bike, dropping to 4th gear and going WOT causes me to quickly become just a memory to the driver I'm passing.

Afterwards I did experiment some with acceleration at various engine speeds. It seems like 5500 RPM is where the fun stuff begins to happen. Lesson learned.

 

[Deanna777]

Nothing. I hope to ride sometime next week.

Deanna

 

[Quickdraw]

I had to have the left-hand multifunction module replaced on my '21 RT. The left blinker was difficult to turn on and it was determined that the module had to be replaced. Beaucoup bucks for that part. All better now.

I also installed Pierre's left and right turn signal arrows that mount behind the front speaker grills. They were simple to add. I confirmed with Pierre that since I already installed his mirror turn signal lights, that all I had to do was tap off the red and black wires instead of running the harness he provided to the front fenders. That made the install easy and quick. Those blinker lights are awesome!

 

[Albec]

I dunno Dasmo, I've actually seen dogs do that ^ one day, then this sorta thing the next:

Are you sure you want to encourage those two hungry & food driven singers of yours to go searching for food scraps on/in your Spyder's tupperware?

Is that a rat the dog grabs at the end? Mmmmm, delicious.

 

[blacklightning]

I did nothing this while week on the spyder or the K1600B. I am hoping to get some riding on the spyders this weekend. We have early (8am) church service this sunday. So it seems like the perfect time to ride to church and then continue on and log on some miles.

 

[Elqueso2]

I put on the rider's highway pegs and found them to be very comfortable. After riding with it a bit; didn't care for the solid metal foot pegs that came with it and decided to change them out. Found a used pair of Kuryakyn Small ISO pegs without the adapter's (had them on my Road King) on eBay for $20. Less vibration and found them to be more comfortable on the ride. I bought mine with the adapter's and found that the adapter's made the foot pegs "too long", which made the foot peg interfered with the brake pedal on the right side. I found in that configuration, my foot would hit the peg at time when braking, never good

Install Note: The foot pegs originally had a 5/16 18 X 4" cap head bolt. You'll need to replace it with a 5/16 18 X 5" Head bolt. Put a lock washer next to the head of the bolt and install the bolt through the foot peg. The bolt head will suck down in the countersunk hole of the peg and the lock washer keeps it from turning when tightening it on the other side. The is enough room for a washer, lock and used a acorn nut (to match) on the other end. Used Loctite "blue" on the nut to be safe.