Posts by Flybuddy

  • My Slingshot is History

    My Sling left its nest this morning for it's new owner in West Virginia. Very nice guy and he may take it to Maggie in August. The hauler he hired showed up with a high flat trailer and only 2 ramps. Thankfully I was able to borrow a few boards from the neighbors and use my drain field (and jacking the front of the trailer) to get it on. I've got a Tesla Model Y on order to replace (which doesn't need any boost).

    Everybody on this forum has been great and I'll miss you guys..take care, Tom/Fort Myers




  • The type of people we have on this forum.

    Quote from 123hotdog

    Went on an epic ride today in Maggie Valley. Great times. Really good riding. Thanks FunCycle for having the vision to put it together. Fast forward. On the way home Slingshot broke down. I did what I do every time something goes wrong in my Slingshot world. I called MACAWS. As always, Mitch was right there to help. He called Dave@DDMWorks and paved the way for me to call. I then called rabtech (who was out in the heat after riding all morning). He took the time and patience to trouble shoot it over the phone with me and let's face it, I'm no mechanic, it took awhile. I was 2 and a half hours from home but 30 minutes from where we were riding. Ghost called and said we'll bring the trailer, pick you up and take you home. That was a five hour round trip for them after they (Tim and Shirl) had been riding in their Sling all day. Of course Tim and Shirl would not take any money for fuel. These people were on their vacation and took them time to tow me from Maggie Valley to Bristol after a long day of riding. I will have to say as much fun as the riding in Maggie Valley was, the highlight of my trip was the windshield time and conversation with Tim and Shirl on the ride back trailering the Slingshot. Tim made a two hour trip seem like two minutes. This is just on snapshot in time of the kindness and generosity that pours out of this forum that I am so happy to be a part of. Bobby you put this forum together and brought us all together. For that I thank you. To cap it off this was the picture on the way home.

    Hopefully the Sling wasn't laying on its side when you took that pic ;) Glad you made it home and you're right about The Slingers on this forum being a nice bunch of folks.

  • Madstad vs F4 Windshield

    I've had both those windscreens..Both are good and you won't go wrong whichever way you decide. I stuck with the Madstad 11 and like it a bit more as it both let in more air while also reducing turbulence. The F4 looks better. It's a matter of choosing looks vs functionality.

  • well, ba-bye

    Quote from dcarhart

    I just traded my SS in for a BMW Z4. it just looked so lonely at the dealership.


    I'm sure I'll miss the SS in in the summer, which in northern Maine is from July 10th to the 19th


    Dave.

    Congrats, just one question though...during the 10 days of summer, how many does it normally rain?

  • Brake Help

    There was an issue with air that many resolved with the various aforementioned methods. Unfortunately, a lot of Slingers still had issues after the fact and were generally told by the successful bleed crowd that they were doing it wrong. After many novel and unsuccessful attempts I still had a double pump brake. I then ran a clear tube from each brake that dumped the pumped fluid back into the brake reservoir so that I could look for bubbles. Pumped brakes a thousand times with no bubbles visible. Did the recommended ABS bleeds with no luck. I then took off a brake caliper and pulled the piston out. I found that the piston was extremely tight and that it barely moved even without the seal in place. This was causing multiple pumps on the brake pedal to move the piston. I researched the calipers and found them to be very inexpensive and made in China. Alibaba had them for 10 bucks each if you bought 1000. Obviously quality control was an issue (who would have guessed with China) and the tolerances were too tight. I dumped the calipers and rotors and put on a big brake kit. After install, bled them once from the bottom and they were hard and firm. Obviously, the air in the ABS theory was not the issue in this case. Sling has stopped like a normal vehicle for the past 3 years since doing this with zero problems.

  • Thumbs down to Slingshotonly

    Quote from OrangeSlingFL

    https://www.slingmods.com/sing…justable-cotton-face-mask


    Slingmods offering the masks... for FREE

    One company trying to make a few hundred bucks profit off of an emergency risks losing tens of thousands in sales while another spends a few hundred bucks to show their moral fortitude and hopefully attract future customers. Even if you agree that SSO has the capitalistic right, you have to question their judgement, morals and devotion to making a buck if you plan on ever dealing with them in future.

  • OLD GUYS who are still riding

    Quote from adventure4me

    Love this story FunCycle ! I just turned 73 and reached 12 1/2 years of full time RVing on my own with a few exceptions. My first event was Maggie in 2016. I happened to get in line for the Tail of the Dragon ride before anyone else - didn't know any better - and I was definitely a rookie! I told everyone they could go ahead of me, but no one did. I just knew they were all thinking 'that gray haired woman will never keep up'. I think a few were surprised! :) Oh dang! Just realized this is a topic of 'Old Guys' :)

    You were number 2 in the group going down the Tail and I was behind you. I had trouble keeping up!

    Where I live we have a good size group of pilots in 70s through 90s that still fly multiple times a week, I hope that energy holds true for Slings also.