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Mazo EMS2
08-27-2016, 03:01 PM
Since I've gotten the Spyder, I've been the happiest riding motorcycle that I've ever been......HOWEVER, trying to do maintenance on the dam thing has also taken me to some of the most angry times I've had.....Some engineers really need a dose of reality. You can tell they've never turned a wrench on anything for maintenance. The latest.....the upper A-Arm grease fittings. Uhhhh, you put grease fittings there, but you can't get a grease gun on em.....WTF? Maybe I need a different tip for my grease gun, or perhaps they could have put 45* zerks in there?? I guess that would have made too much sense:banghead:
robmorg
08-27-2016, 05:22 PM
A lot of folks here have run into similar emotions. :sour:

I consider myself "very fortunate" that I don't have a very good selection of tools, and therefore have to take my Spyder to the dealer for such antics as "routine maintenance". ;)
Sam Mac
08-27-2016, 05:23 PM
See post #9 in this thread.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?97219-stupid!!!!!
Bob Denman
08-27-2016, 05:29 PM
Roger has called our "mystery engineer "Jean-Luc"...
If Jean-Luc had spent some time saying:

136650,

Perhaps some of the foolishness that we deal with; might never have happened! nojoke
Mazo EMS2
08-27-2016, 05:37 PM
Well, BillyBovine steered me in the right direction for a grease gun fitting in a similar thread started by another viewer...that has eased my blood pressure a bit...LOL...
Bob Denman
08-27-2016, 05:52 PM
:congrats:
You've got to admit: there's something satisfying about figuring out how to get around all of the land-mines, that Jean-Luc pitched into your path... :D
Mazo EMS2
08-27-2016, 06:05 PM
:congrats:
You've got to admit: there's something satisfying about figuring out how to get around all of the land-mines, that Jean-Luc pitched into your path... :D

:clap:Indeed
SPYD3R
08-27-2016, 06:21 PM
ON MY RS, I CHANGED ALL MY OUT AFTER THE 1st TIME I GREASED THOSE FITTINGS... :gaah:
BUY AN F3.... NO FITTINGS.... Hmmmmmmm, at least i have seen any....
i'm a retired engineer, and i agree with you 1000%... no typo, 1000...
SPYD3R
bmccaffrey
08-27-2016, 06:45 PM
Since I've gotten the Spyder, I've been the happiest riding motorcycle that I've ever been......HOWEVER, trying to do maintenance on the dam thing has also taken me to some of the most angry times I've had.....Some engineers really need a dose of reality. You can tell they've never turned a wrench on anything for maintenance. The latest.....the upper A-Arm grease fittings. Uhhhh, you put grease fittings there, but you can't get a grease gun on em.....WTF? Maybe I need a different tip for my grease gun, or perhaps they could have put 45* zerks in there?? I guess that would have made too much sense:banghead:

Lumax 90degree grease gun attatchment.

Works like a champ