14000 MIle Check Up

[8 LEGS]

Just trying to see if people are doing the whole complete check, adjusting valves, replacing plugs, wheel bearings and the list goes on for this check up.

[naillz]

My spyder RT has about 24,000 miles and i haven't taken it in for its various check ups yet. Just regular oil changes and regular cleaning of the K&N air filter. I'll probably take it in sometime next year.

[Bob Denman]

I'm fuguring that my next oil change should be at 15,000 miles. I'll have the dealer follow the suggested schedule of events. I hope that I can sell enough blood in between now and then to help pay for all of it!

[ARtraveler]

IMO: valve checks are not needed at 14,000 miles. I had mine done at 28,000 and they needed no adjustments. I do not drive my hard. I am a speed limit plus 5 kind of driver.

When you do the valve check/adjustment it will add about $600 labor to the bill.

[SpyderAnn01]

I paid for it at 12000 miles at my old dealer and I'm not 100% sure that they did anything.

[Bob Denman]

That would make me just a bit more than merely mad...
I think that I'll crawl up under the Tupperware and mark the covers so that I'll know if they've been pulled.

[Dudley]

On our first Spyder, a 2008 SE5, I rode it 43,000 miles and never had the valves checked or adjusted. When the tech checked him for resale they were all in spec. The 2010 RT SM5 has almost 33,000 miles and has never had the valves checked or adjusted. I know of one rider that was shown by my tech that his valves had never been checked after a dealer had done a service that required checking the valves. There are a couple of exterior things that MUST be removed and replaced to do the check and are hard to identify. For most of us riders, we will never know what a shop does on our Spyders when we bring them in for scheduled maintenance. I have used Royal Purple 10W40 Automotive Synthetic on both Spyders from the beginning after break-in and have NEVER had any oil issues.

[TuckMiddle]

Just trying to see if people are doing the whole complete check, adjusting valves, replacing plugs, wheel bearings and the list goes on for this check up.

My 12,000 was done under the "old checklist". At 18,000, I took it in and they switched to the new checklist and caught up on all the things that were due at 14,000 now and anything else. I have a 3 year maintenance plan and it's more than paid for itself, if you want to keep all that stuff up to date per BRP. The valve check was done at 12,000 just to be sure it was recorded on the computer, even though it was a 6,000 insp in the old system. I still have 2 more big inspections at about 27,000 and 36,000 that will be covered and some bearings, etc at some odd mileage. Also, one or two oil changes. I will start my own oil changes around 40,000 and continue the 9400 or so mile inspections at the dealer. With lots of back/arthritis operations, etc, I am unable to do the major stuff myself. I have normally had the dealership do the major things, as I want to be sure another pair of eyes looks it over while it's "apart." Lots of different views on the mx requirements, and so far, at 75 years, I've only been stranded where I couldn't ride, one time - on my Road Glide 5 years ago when the stator caught fire. Luckily, It was local and not in the middle of nowhere, with the nearest shop 400 miles away.
Tuck