How many miles can I expect before serious issues?

[1supra1]

hi there

I have a 2012 Limited Touring with 43,000 k (about 27,000 miles) on it, trouble free so far

Anyone out there with an idea of how many miles I can expect (on average) B4 I see any serious issues?

Love this one but wondering if I need to seriously look at trading newer when I really like the current ride.

Larry

[Peter Aawen]

How many miles??

There are more than 'just a couple' of Spyders out there with well over 150,000 miles already without any serious issues yet, so if you follow the service schedule & keep the maintenance up to it as well as ryde with a little bit of mechanical sympathy, but don't 'baby' it to death, then maybe you could expect potentially as many as half a million miles, maybe even more?!? There again, YMMV! - Who knows?

There's quite a few of us who are currently sticking with our older Spyders because the newer models simply aren't offering us anything that excites us more than what we have already! If the rest of those doing this are anything like me, they are not 'just settling' on their current Spyders either, but instead are so pleased with & enjoy their current rydes so much that BRP would hafta come up with something REALLY special to convince us to move to a newer machine.... And for many of us, that just isn't happening - in fact, for many, it looks like BRP is moving further & further away from the things that really got us aboard our Spyders in the first place!!

So, if what you've got is still doing it for you & you are able to keep up the maintenance & servicing, why change until you really need to? I LIKE my 2013 RT Ltd, it's got all the bells and whistles I need &/or want with all the frame & suspension upgrades the 2014's got without forcing the lazier motor on me, cos it's still got the revvier, peppier V-twin engine that now, after the ECU Upgrade & intake/exhaust mods I've done, will equal or better the 1330's in most if not all respects, and so far, there's absolutely NOTHING in the way of upgrades or price or servicing or performance etc that really gets anywhere close to being ENOUGH of an upgrade or improvement for me to give up on all the good things that I currently enjoy - and besides, I'm DEFINITELY not interested in moving to anything with a 'fully integrated digital dash' that barely works as a 'stand alone' dash let alone 'integrated' in the first place, NOR am I interested in anything that goes on from that failure to provide me as a ryder with less meaningful & useful info than my current dash & GPS suite does now, the current suite of dash & Garmin GPS being a combination that simply WORKS and does what it needs to do as designed every time!

Me, I'm sticking with my 2013 RT Ltd until something better hits the streets, and so far, IMHO, that hasn't happened yet - and from what I can see/hear, it doesn't really even look like it'll happening in the near future either!

[safecracker]

I have not had any serious issues with my 2011,RTS. I have around 80,000 miles on mine. Runs great. Do not plan on getting rid of it. I want to see how many miles i can put on it. Bruce

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Trying to give a definitive answer to that question is on par with saying how many clouds there are in the sky! Any answer could be right, but most will be wrong!

[canamjhb]

My experience is problems will arise the day AFTER the warranty expires. But that's just me. You are obviously doing better. If your machine is treating you right, and you keep up on regular maintenance, your bike will not have an expiration date..... Jim

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

hi there

I have a 2012 Limited Touring with 43,000 k (about 27,000 miles) on it, trouble free so far

Anyone out there with an idea of how many miles I can expect (on average) B4 I see any serious issues?

Love this one but wondering if I need to seriously look at trading newer when I really like the current ride.

Larry

Somewhere between zero and infinity ...... good maintenance practices should make a lot of difference ....................Mike

[Little Blue]

Service, Ryde and Enjoy. REPEAT...... Works for me. ......

[ARtraveler]

Most of the are very good. 40K and up is doable on the majority. When big miles get on them, they can be prone to something happening. Think "Murphy's Law."

We recently traded off an 2011 on a new 2019. That one had 42K trouble free miles. Just regular services, tires and a new battery or two.

Currently have a 2014 with 43K trouble free miles and still going strong there.

My problem is that I always get the bug for new. Will see what happens with the 2014.

[blacklightning]

I have a 2016 F3T with approx. 23k miles. Although it is not an older one, it is becoming long in the tooth compared to the 2020 RT and such. I absolutely love the 2020 RT, but after seeing first hand the cheaper quality on some of the bolts and nuts that are exposed (they rust), and the fact that the seats seem to absorb water, I decided to stick with what I have. I also like the larger rear sprocket and better acceleration that it has. I will possibly step up to a newer spyder, but it will be after they upgrade the drive train in some way. Until then, I will actually consider picking up an older RSS. I had a 2012 RSS and loved it.