possible rear tire solution...

[Aussie spyder]

cost of brp rear tyre in australia .aus$ 330. one aus$ is us$0.92
greetings.henk

[WaltH]

$74.00 to mount a tire!? I'm in the wrong business!

Ron: I agree with you however, because you do your own wrenching you have lost touch with reality somewhat. Maintaining the Spyder is very expensive. The BRP engineers don't have much of a grasp on this either. When my first Spyder was brand new the official maintenance schedule called for an inspection of the valve clearances at 600 miles. BRP was asking us to check to see if they made a mistake in production and to do it at our expense. That was pure insanity. Very shortly, they eliminated the inspection at 600 miles. They still require the inspection every 12,000 miles. This also is nonsense. This is overkill at our expense. If it is alright with you I will bring my Spyder to your place for some of that free maintenance.

[Firefly]

Ron: I agree with you however, because you do your own wrenching you have lost touch with reality somewhat. Maintaining the Spyder is very expensive. The BRP engineers don't have much of a grasp on this either. When my first Spyder was brand new the official maintenance schedule called for an inspection of the valve clearances at 600 miles. BRP was asking us to check to see if they made a mistake in production and to do it at our expense. That was pure insanity. Very shortly, they eliminated the inspection at 600 miles. They still require the inspection every 12,000 miles. This also is nonsense. This is overkill at our expense. If it is alright with you I will bring my Spyder to your place for some of that free maintenance.

I believe the '600 mile valve inspection' was started by a misprint either online or in the manual. Mine is an early 2008 PE and the manual says first valve check @ 6,000 and then every 12,000 thereafter (or 2 years).

I had mine inspected @ 6,000 - but would have been fine waiting until 12,000.

[Lamonster]

Ron: I agree with you however, because you do your own wrenching you have lost touch with reality somewhat. Maintaining the Spyder is very expensive.

So when did Ron start doing his own wrenching????

[bjt]

So when did Ron start doing his own wrenching????

Comments like this make me want to move to Greeneville, TN.

[Putt-Putt]

Comments like this make me want to move to Greeneville, TN.

DITTO!

[txknight67]

This was the reason I was searching for a Spyder message board/forum in the first place. I didn't know if there was something different in the bead for the motorcycle tire vs. car tire. OEM tire is $149.99 + mounting and balance at my local Can-Am dealer. Debating between the BFG's and the Sumhito (sp?) on TireRack now.

[krb1945]

getting a minimum of traction A and temperature A when you get your replace tire. When your sailing down the interstate at 80 you sure wouldn't want it to break loose or blow out due to heat.

Friends ride 'em safe! /Ken (krb1945-OEM discount Spyder oil change kits)