Originally Posted by
Fatcycledaddy
First off, welcome new Spyder owner!!
Think of it this way. I am married to a wonderful woman, but she has her faults. I know what her faults are and am willing to live with them to get all of the good attributes she has.
Just because I know her faults doesn't mean that someone I just met can bad mouth her and start talking about her faults, and how they should be changed. Something that is important to that person may not mean a thing or matter to me at all.
You being a new owner and new to the board with hardly no miles or experience with your Spyder, bad mouthing your bike, the company, and wanting to tell BRP all the things they are doing wrong, "wanting to get there attention" rubs people who have had a Spyder for more time, ridden more miles, the wrong way.
My opinion is that AM radio sucks, no reason to even have it on a spyder, and as far as that goes, In the 3 years and 31,000 miles I have ridden, the FM radio has not been on for more than 10 min. I have all the music I want to listen to available VIA the 2,000+ songs on my GPS, Pandora, and if I want to listen to static free radio, I use Iheart radio. If I wanted to complain about it, I would ask that BRP eliminate the radio all together and add those apps to the bike somehow.
That is a totally different opinion than others out there, so who is BRP supposed to listen to?
I purchased my Spyder from Jason at Imotorsports in Chicago area. Jason explained many of the things you have questions about, that is the dealers job, to make sure you understand what you are buying. I was told how to open the Frunk or seat while the engine is running or off, how to lock the glove box by turning the handlebars all the way to the right or left then the key, how the floorboard under the brake pedal falls away under hard braking and how to reset it, and many other things that took about 60 min to go through.
Now think about the dealers who have a salesman go through all of the training of BRP to learn the in and outs of the Spyder, but then they may only sell 3 or 4 per year. Do you really think they are going to remember everything they learned and then remember to pass it on to you? SO how is it BRP's fault if things were not explained to you properly, would that not be a dealer problem? Have you gone back to the dealer and talked to the people there and had them help you with any of the things you are having problems with? Did you find out if it was a problem with the Spyder, or a problem with you not understanding what you purchased or how to make it function properly yet?
Even after spending 60 min with Jason going over all the things he did, it took me three more phone calls to him to learn some of the things he covered with me. He was always more than happy to go over any questions I had, and was willing to have me come back in so he could teach me how it worked.
Don't complain about everything, take a deep breath, call the dealer you bought it from, work with them, pick their brains, then if it truly is a problem discuss it.
