PistonBlown
03-19-2015, 06:50 AM
We tend to get a few posts here of the bold lettering and/or CAPITALS type, normally threatening legal action, trial by ordeal, wraith of chosen deity etc. I thought I'd offer something different.
Four weeks ago I did an endurance event that I've written about in another post. Last weekend I finally got around to servicing the Spyder - the intervening weekends have been spent decorating, my 'payment' for doing the endurance event (and so marital bliss is maintained:-)).
Now my Spyder suffered quite a lot of abuse on that trip. On one day alone the engine was running 16 hours, the only time it got switched off was when I stopped for petrol. The entire time it was driven hard around twisting roads. Constantly going up and down through the gears, breaking hard and dancing with nanny in the corners.
The whole time the Spyder was impeccably behaved and when I gave it a full check over last weekend everything was fine as well. Even when I changed the oil what came out was not far off the colour and consistently of what had gone in.
Early on in the event I'd hit tar and gravel and had damaged my belt, yet checking the manual I found the damage came under the category of 'monitor'. So I don't even have to worry about replacing that yet. I'd also hit in a possum while going full kilter around a corner with no ill affects - well not to the Spyder, the possum needless to say wasn't so lucky. (Possum: about the size of a tom cat but shorter legs, known as natures speed-bumps)
The Spyder gave me the power to get past anything quickly and safely, even the tourists from a certain country who seem to want to drive their campervans in convoy leaving no space between for people to pull in. It also got me out of trouble when I met escaped livestock and the cattle truck driver who forget what side of the road they were supposed to be on. Any of these events could have had a different outcome if I'd been on 2 wheels, and those who read my other post will know that I met three reminders of that as well.
At the end of the event I still felt relatively fresh and could happily have continued riding.
So thanks BRP for building my Spyder, I think you did a great job.
PS Just for the record I do think BRP made mistakes with the 2013's though.
Four weeks ago I did an endurance event that I've written about in another post. Last weekend I finally got around to servicing the Spyder - the intervening weekends have been spent decorating, my 'payment' for doing the endurance event (and so marital bliss is maintained:-)).
Now my Spyder suffered quite a lot of abuse on that trip. On one day alone the engine was running 16 hours, the only time it got switched off was when I stopped for petrol. The entire time it was driven hard around twisting roads. Constantly going up and down through the gears, breaking hard and dancing with nanny in the corners.
The whole time the Spyder was impeccably behaved and when I gave it a full check over last weekend everything was fine as well. Even when I changed the oil what came out was not far off the colour and consistently of what had gone in.
Early on in the event I'd hit tar and gravel and had damaged my belt, yet checking the manual I found the damage came under the category of 'monitor'. So I don't even have to worry about replacing that yet. I'd also hit in a possum while going full kilter around a corner with no ill affects - well not to the Spyder, the possum needless to say wasn't so lucky. (Possum: about the size of a tom cat but shorter legs, known as natures speed-bumps)
The Spyder gave me the power to get past anything quickly and safely, even the tourists from a certain country who seem to want to drive their campervans in convoy leaving no space between for people to pull in. It also got me out of trouble when I met escaped livestock and the cattle truck driver who forget what side of the road they were supposed to be on. Any of these events could have had a different outcome if I'd been on 2 wheels, and those who read my other post will know that I met three reminders of that as well.
At the end of the event I still felt relatively fresh and could happily have continued riding.
So thanks BRP for building my Spyder, I think you did a great job.
PS Just for the record I do think BRP made mistakes with the 2013's though.