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Owners Poll: RT or RS?
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Yeochief
New member
RS/GS
I'll be three score and ten my next birthday, but I refuse to grow up. I sat on a 2010 RT before I sat on my 2009 GS and there was no question in my mind, the sport model was for me. It fits me, and I couldn't be happier. From the crowd at Daytona last Saturday, I seem to be in the minority, but I'm loving it.
I'll be three score and ten my next birthday, but I refuse to grow up. I sat on a 2010 RT before I sat on my 2009 GS and there was no question in my mind, the sport model was for me. It fits me, and I couldn't be happier. From the crowd at Daytona last Saturday, I seem to be in the minority, but I'm loving it.
tamijacobs1963
New member
RT absoluely!
only on an RT my buddy! :doorag:
only on an RT my buddy! :doorag:
SpydermanCT
Member
I have an RT SE5 and with the exception of some very minor issues it has been trouble free ! !
tamijacobs1963
New member
pushing 40?
I'm 48 and I chose my RT for more reasons than my age demographic! I love all the bells and whistles and I don't have to velcro, ducktape, bungie or glue on anything to get it all either! Love my RT! I've been on every kind of bike, to include Harley's and nothing is better than my RT! Ride is smooth and awesome and I get the speed of a smaller sport bike. Best of both worlds.
I'm 48 and I chose my RT for more reasons than my age demographic! I love all the bells and whistles and I don't have to velcro, ducktape, bungie or glue on anything to get it all either! Love my RT! I've been on every kind of bike, to include Harley's and nothing is better than my RT! Ride is smooth and awesome and I get the speed of a smaller sport bike. Best of both worlds.
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arntufun
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tamijacobs1963
New member
Wink
What makes you think I don't get that now?
hyea: I was told just last weekend I don't look like a woman who could have a 27 year old daughter! and the girl that said it was in her 20's. Note I said "Girl" because if a guy had said that I would have wondered, "what the hell does this guy want me to buy?" LOL
If you were on an RS, people would swear you were 32.
What makes you think I don't get that now?
hyea: I was told just last weekend I don't look like a woman who could have a 27 year old daughter! and the girl that said it was in her 20's. Note I said "Girl" because if a guy had said that I would have wondered, "what the hell does this guy want me to buy?" LOL
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Who are you calling mature? :roflblack:
CMA Cowboy
New member
Sat on an RS, sat on an RT, bought the RT
kevorama
MOgang Member & Pyro-Man
I have not had many issues with my RTS. I think that I've had three limp mode/check engine warnings since my purchase in July of 2011. All three happened after filling the gas tank and leaving the station. Even though I have cut into perfectly good wiring and cut off under belly parts that weren't meant to be, it has pretty much, been a flawless vehicle. I am also very happy with the matching RT-622 trailer.
MikeinGA
New member
Both GS and RT models will have problems but it's the dealer service and dealer knowledge that makes your ownership experience good or bad-- JMHO
:agree: The dealer I bough mine can't do an oil change right. The tech told me he did not like working on them.
SilverSurfer
RT-S PE#0391
To the Question
I don't think I've seen an answer to the original question yet. SteveMac didn't ask which model we prefer. He asked if we percieve more problems with the RT vs. the RS, or is perception because of percentage of owners (reading btwn lines: because the RS was out two years before the RT).
I have been an RT owner for over two years and have read all of the significant threads regarding things going wrong with either model. I will discount the wild-swinging reports about self-emolating Spyders and the ones that were just toodling along and suddenly swerved in one direction or the other. These reports were never bottomed out beyond mystery. I have followed the reports on SE5s where suddenly the machine goes into limp mode ... only to learn the the probable cause was unintentionally riding the brake.
Essentially, the RT and RS are the same machines mechanically. Power train - same ... Electronics ... nearly the same. Both machines are substantially reliable. The engine is tried and true in multiple platforms. The can bus and electronics can be found in BMWs. There is a 227 pound dry weight difference between the RT and RS. Now that said, I noted what another contributor here said about the RS/GS ... that you can mod them all day long. It's true and I "sometimes" wish the RT series was as adaptable to modifications. However, I will also say that in my 2+ years owning a Spyder and riding with Spyders, reading a lot in the forums about problems and so on, and what I've personally witnessed, I sense there are a higher frequency of problems with modified Spyders than those that have been left at factory specifications with factory equipment. Since the most modified model is the RS, one would expect to see more so-called problems with that model. But again, it isn't because of the basic machine. It is because of either what some do to them, or because a recall bulletin wasn't applied. On one occasion, my Spyder developed a leak from a water pump seal - fixed under warranty. Otherwise, the vast majority of owners of both models, including myself, put 10s of thousands of miles on these little guys without a hitch. So in that regard, I don't see a greater rate of problems with either machine as they come from the factory, and in no case have I ever known of a problem (not covered by recall) that I would classify a recurring 'demon' indemic to the vehicle.
No mechanical device, car, plane, boat or Spyder are completely bullet proof. However, I find the majority of bugs ... and there have been relatively few over four years ... are resolved by a service bulletin, proper maintenance, and care when applying modifications.
My three wheels worth ...
~ Surfer
I don't think I've seen an answer to the original question yet. SteveMac didn't ask which model we prefer. He asked if we percieve more problems with the RT vs. the RS, or is perception because of percentage of owners (reading btwn lines: because the RS was out two years before the RT).
I have been an RT owner for over two years and have read all of the significant threads regarding things going wrong with either model. I will discount the wild-swinging reports about self-emolating Spyders and the ones that were just toodling along and suddenly swerved in one direction or the other. These reports were never bottomed out beyond mystery. I have followed the reports on SE5s where suddenly the machine goes into limp mode ... only to learn the the probable cause was unintentionally riding the brake.
Essentially, the RT and RS are the same machines mechanically. Power train - same ... Electronics ... nearly the same. Both machines are substantially reliable. The engine is tried and true in multiple platforms. The can bus and electronics can be found in BMWs. There is a 227 pound dry weight difference between the RT and RS. Now that said, I noted what another contributor here said about the RS/GS ... that you can mod them all day long. It's true and I "sometimes" wish the RT series was as adaptable to modifications. However, I will also say that in my 2+ years owning a Spyder and riding with Spyders, reading a lot in the forums about problems and so on, and what I've personally witnessed, I sense there are a higher frequency of problems with modified Spyders than those that have been left at factory specifications with factory equipment. Since the most modified model is the RS, one would expect to see more so-called problems with that model. But again, it isn't because of the basic machine. It is because of either what some do to them, or because a recall bulletin wasn't applied. On one occasion, my Spyder developed a leak from a water pump seal - fixed under warranty. Otherwise, the vast majority of owners of both models, including myself, put 10s of thousands of miles on these little guys without a hitch. So in that regard, I don't see a greater rate of problems with either machine as they come from the factory, and in no case have I ever known of a problem (not covered by recall) that I would classify a recurring 'demon' indemic to the vehicle.
No mechanical device, car, plane, boat or Spyder are completely bullet proof. However, I find the majority of bugs ... and there have been relatively few over four years ... are resolved by a service bulletin, proper maintenance, and care when applying modifications.
My three wheels worth ...
~ Surfer
wyliec
New member
The question was only what we own (the title of the poll), nothing else. It wasn't what we prefer or if we perceive problems with one model vs another. Any perception is what SteveMac and another member were discussing.
From SteveMac's original post:
"it will be interesting to see what the ratio of owners here on SpyderLovers is."
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ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
I voted for RT--my current ryde.
Also owned a GS and a RS. But they are history now.
I bought the RT because of all the touring amenities--age has nothing to do with it for me.
Wait until Subaru comes out with the new BRZ in July or August--will I buy one? :roflblack:
Also owned a GS and a RS. But they are history now.
I bought the RT because of all the touring amenities--age has nothing to do with it for me.
Wait until Subaru comes out with the new BRZ in July or August--will I buy one? :roflblack:
