sandeejs
07-31-2015, 11:59 AM
1. The bracket that raises my windshield up and down cracked and broke. I tried super strength epoxy, did not work, but I did not glue myself to anything. This means I broke even.
2. Using empty soda/pop cans as a temporary fix did not work.
3. Nice man at the new shop in town did a temporary fix for me, despite having his arm in a sling. Ordered the part, and I went happily off on a trip with my girl posse.
4. 2nd day out, an abrasive "beeping" starts when I parked the bike. Ran into the hotel and searched Spyder Lovers forums for the problem. Guessing that my parking brake was shot, maybe because I turned it on when I hadn't stopped yet.
5. Cruising around the next day, started to have what I thought were clutch problems. Difficult to get into neutral while the engine is on. Difficult to shift when warming up. The electronic readout would read 5, or E, or check engine (once). Once the bike was warmed up, returned (mostly) to the original state.
6. Yesterday, woke up, hopped on the bike and rode up to my Doctor's appointment. Returned, too. Later that evening I hopped on the bike, waited for the instruction to read the safety instructions, pressed the doohickey, turned the key and pressed the start button. No click, no sad "grr, gr". And the readout disappeared. So I hook up the charger, wondering why a 3 month old battery would fail. Bright blue flashes of the dumb ass lights under the bike that previous owner installed answered that question, or so I thought. In other words, I had inadvertently turned those lights on and left them on, causing the battery to run out. Turned them off, went to bed.
7. This morning, the charger said "charged", so I unhook, hop on and get the same reaction as #6.
8. Totally befuddled now. Got it on the charger.
:(
I know this is a long post, but hope springs eternal. Any suggestions? Last work done was installing Lamont's drink holder. I also used my GPS briefly, but unhooked it and all the wiring before this started.
~Sandee~
2. Using empty soda/pop cans as a temporary fix did not work.
3. Nice man at the new shop in town did a temporary fix for me, despite having his arm in a sling. Ordered the part, and I went happily off on a trip with my girl posse.
4. 2nd day out, an abrasive "beeping" starts when I parked the bike. Ran into the hotel and searched Spyder Lovers forums for the problem. Guessing that my parking brake was shot, maybe because I turned it on when I hadn't stopped yet.
5. Cruising around the next day, started to have what I thought were clutch problems. Difficult to get into neutral while the engine is on. Difficult to shift when warming up. The electronic readout would read 5, or E, or check engine (once). Once the bike was warmed up, returned (mostly) to the original state.
6. Yesterday, woke up, hopped on the bike and rode up to my Doctor's appointment. Returned, too. Later that evening I hopped on the bike, waited for the instruction to read the safety instructions, pressed the doohickey, turned the key and pressed the start button. No click, no sad "grr, gr". And the readout disappeared. So I hook up the charger, wondering why a 3 month old battery would fail. Bright blue flashes of the dumb ass lights under the bike that previous owner installed answered that question, or so I thought. In other words, I had inadvertently turned those lights on and left them on, causing the battery to run out. Turned them off, went to bed.
7. This morning, the charger said "charged", so I unhook, hop on and get the same reaction as #6.
8. Totally befuddled now. Got it on the charger.
:(
I know this is a long post, but hope springs eternal. Any suggestions? Last work done was installing Lamont's drink holder. I also used my GPS briefly, but unhooked it and all the wiring before this started.
~Sandee~