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I'm curious about the milage you getting on spyders before any major maintenance requirements.. I was recently told by Harley Dealer, at about 35,000 miles, valve jobs were an issue. Mybe for 993, but didn't the 1330 engine resolved the high dollar maintenance issue?
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Your Harley dealer is full of ! Read your operator's guide, specifically the service schedule at the back of the manual. The 1330 engine has hydraulic valve lifters that require no adjustment. If you have a 1330 engine, once you get 3,000 or so miles on it, also that's when your first service is due, you should notice improvement in mileage depending on how you treat the fun handle.
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Hmm.. a Harley Dealer said that Spyders were high maintenance??
Well, it is true you need to maintain any conveyance, but I wouldn't consider our Spyders to require any more than our Harleys did, especially now with the 1330 platform. Hondas were the least in our experience. JMO. Tires and Oil with a 9300 mi change interval (best so far), and tires according to your preference for wear and performance and you're good to go.
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You do not need any valve adjustments on the 1330 triple engines. Oil changes are now at 9300 or a year for that engine and the only item that need special attention at 28,000 miles it the transmission filter which now internal but easy enough to replace. Ryde and enjoy and stop asking Harley folk for maintenance advise on Can Am Roadsters...
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major maintenance requirements.....
Just did my 28k service on my 1330. The major requirement is a young body to do all the stooping and bending that's required. That is, if you don't have a lift.
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Originally Posted by akspyderman
The 990/998's say to do valve jobs at 14K.
No they don't.
They say to do a valve lash inspection and adjustment.
The term "valve job" implies removing the heads and grinding the valves and seats or other major repairs.
Using the right words is important.
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Originally Posted by Easy Rider
No they don't.
They say to do a valve lash inspection and adjustment.
The term "valve job" implies removing the heads and grinding the valves and seats or other major repairs.
Using the right words is important.
Respectfully disagree--it's the semantics. What I refer to as a valve job--required inspection of the valves (what you refer to as a valve lash inspection) to see if they needed replacing or shimming. In both cases, they were looked at and nothing needed to be done. Hence, my mention that $800 (a labor intensive process) was spent each time for nothing.
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Originally Posted by Easy Rider
No they don't.
They say to do a valve lash inspection and adjustment.
The term "valve job" implies removing the heads and grinding the valves and seats or other major repairs.
I've always thought of a valve job as having them ground or replaced.
I had air cooled VW bugs in the past and valve gap setting was a regular thing to do on them because of wear.
Without hydraulic lifters it's a necessity to keep the valve gap proper or a valve job will be needed because of the valves getting burnt.
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Millage
Thanks for your inputs. How many miles are on your spyders? I have a 14 RT-S with 10,000 miles and have done nothing but 3000 mile check-up and yearly Dealer oil changes.
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You're doing just fine. Stick to the maintenance schedule in your operator's guide and you should have no problems. Do check with your dealer though and see what they say about the fuel filter change interval. On our '14s it says 19,000 but in 2016 they extended the interval to 28,000 for exactly the same filter by part number. My dealer said doing it at 28K intervals would be fine.
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Originally Posted by akspyderman
Respectfully disagree--it's the semantics.
You can disagree all you want.....and you can call it what ever you want but........
The simple fact IS that if you walk into 99.999% of the vehicle repair shops around the world and ask for a "valve job" they will not understand what you THINK you are saying.
Proper semantics is important.
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Service work done on 15 RTBase SE6 in first 2 1/2 years - 36,000 miles
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3/30/2016 |
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BRP SYN |
betw. Changes |
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4/21/2016 |
2604 |
BRP SYN @ Fremont 1st Service |
2604 |
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7/16/2016 |
9520 |
Shell Rot T6 Syn |
6916 |
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8/5/2016 |
12500 |
Replace rear tire with Kumho Ecsta |
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9/10/2016 |
13910 |
60% Oil Change - Shell Rot T6 |
4390 |
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3/14/2017 |
19610 |
Shell Rot T6 Syn |
5700 |
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6/20/2017 |
24810 |
60% Oil Change - Shell Rot T6 |
5200 |
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8/18/2017 |
28500 |
Mount new Solus Front tires |
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8/23/2017 |
29481 |
Shell Rot T6 Syn & HCM Filter |
4671 |
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10/25/2017 |
33217 |
Sent 15 RT to Fremont- blank Cluster |
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Had Fremont flush brake fluid & |
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Change Fuel Filter |
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12/6/2017 |
33230 |
Replace Spark Plugs- Fremont |
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12/11/2017 |
33290 |
Shell Rot T6 Syn & 556 Filter |
3800 |
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5/5/2018 |
34950 |
LaMonster Garage- GelMat Battery |
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5/15/2018 |
36000 |
General Altimax R |
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05/16/18 |
36100 |
Rons EBC Pads |
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