Rincon, if you follow the Forums & websites on
ANY new/modern vehicles, it won't take you long to realise that they
ALL have some issues (yes, even Honda gets bagged for reliability & their products inherent faults!) but in the overall scheme of things, the modern stuff, including the offerings from BRP, actually have relatively few major problems & far better reliability than was the norm & expected just a decade ago! Sure, our machines might not have reached the stellar heights achieved by those manufacturers who've been around for decades longer, but they are catching up & getting there quickly! However, in this modern age of the internet, sound bites, youtube clips, & instant gratification, the owners of those vehicles with said problems, be they major or minor or even just the owner's lack of understanding about what their vehicle does/how it behaves, want perfection and they want it
NOW!! And if they don't get it within 2 minutes of posting up about it on a Forum tha isn't ever going to be a direct link to the manufacturer then they want the whole world to suffer with them & commiserate at the appalling conditions & service they are being subjected to - so they are out there posting madly away telling as many people as they can... repeatedly & at length & often on multiple sites & even with multiple usernames, while the silent majority of satisfied owners/operators are still out there quietly getting on with enjoying their machines & often the features that get others so riled!! :dontknow:
The facts about reliability on modern vehicles vs older vehicles are inarguable & clear; the modern stuff is faaaarrrr more reliable across the board than the stuff they've superseded, even if there are a few people/vehicles who may have distressingly drastic problems or work with Dealers who are just after improving their bottom line rather than developing repeat custom!! The longer service intervals on the modern gear generally means you get to spend more time in the quiet enjoyment of your vehicle; the quality of servicing & repairs is generally far greater than it was 50 years ago or even 20 years ago; and the economy & performance we get fron our vehicles is far greater than we got from their equivalents back then too,
IF there even was an equivalent!! Most of those amongst us who've been ryding & driving for more than 5 or 6 decades should be able to recall the preparations & trepidation that went along with heading off on a 1000 mile trip, & how most of those doing so would've been called very brave (or simply stark raving mad!) for even considering ryding across the country to go to what was effectively a 'birthday party' - and if there's some who seriously can't remember all that then they want to hope that there are some major advances in Alzheimers medication soon!! :shocked:
Sure, there are some with real problems; sure,nthe Kenda tires are crap; sure, there are some dealers who don't provide quality service or look after their customers; but hey, we get to ryde machines that weren't even possible 50 years back; most of us rarely have any issues; and few of us even hesitate at climbing aboard & heading off ryding every weekend or maybe even heading for Alaska or across the Country... how many rode to Valcourt & home again without any concerns?!? Sheesh, I wasn't even one of the very first pioneers to ride a motorcycle entirely around MY country when I first did it almost 5 decade ago no, but I recall the preparation & the planning & the family crying at how nuts I was to even think about doing it, let alone recalling the massive farewell & the months it took & the breakdowns & dodgy repairs we made along the way; & yet just last week an Octogenarian friend & I up & decided to ryde close to one full tenth of that trip
IN ONE DAY just cos we could!! No great preparation, no planning fuel stops along the way, no sending spares ahead, no weeping & wailing families & a mass farewell, no nothing; we just decided one Sunday that we'd go on a ryde the next Tuesday cos we could & we headed off on a 1000 mile trip!! And we did the entire ryde between breakfast & getting home in time for tea without
ANY concerns or worries!! :2thumbs:
So don't take all the the doom & gloom stories to heart,
MOST Spyder Ryders just get out there & enjoy their machines without any hassles or problems (except maybe putting up with those crappy Kenda tires - but hey, many don't even realise how bad those things really are!!) and for most of us, our Spyders are fantastic machines that let us continue to get our knees in the breeze & enjoy the miles of smiles despite our increasingly decrepit bodies with no concerns about reliability or falling over!! We just
RIDE MORE, & WORRY LESS - you probably should do the same too! It's really liberating & empowering!! :thumbup:
Or if you like, you could take all the doom & gloom & horror stories to heart as gospel for every single Spyder out there despite them happening to a tiny percentage & end up sitting at home worrying needlessly about something that probably something close to 100,000 other Spyder Ryders hardly give a second thought to! Your choice, but I know what I'm gonna do!! Want to join me on another '1000kms in less than 12 hours' casual ryde next week?
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