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Spyder or 1980s Hyundai

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Electro_cat

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I traded my 2010 gold wing for a 2008 rs spyder. The spyder has 5000miles on it... My thought was that it would be an all weather bike. Rode this bike for 2 weeks and one day it just died out right in the alley way. Had to push it 1/4 mile back to the house.Had them pick it up. They got it to me a week later . Now the dps ..fss and anything else this thing can come up with is popping up. And I have some kind of orange gecko looking thing on the speedometer side ...it goes into "limp home mode"...I hate this motorcycle now . And it has seriously screwed with my life. ! So now I'm stuck with an undependable-1980s Hyundai of a motorcycle...how can I make this thing work for me? So far I think getting one of these was an EPIC MISTAKE ..and seriously , I am even considering taking the hit and voluntary repo ing it...I am disgusted and hate these motorcycles now.
 
Sorry to hear of your woes. It truly sounds like you are the perfect candidate for divesting of the 08 Spyder. Even at any cost or repossession as you mentioned.

I am not offering much advice since it looks like you have your mind made up and just wanted to do what we call a rant post.

It does sound like you bought someone's cast off.
 
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Electro_cat said:
...I am disgusted and hate these motorcycles now.
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I'm sorry you are having problems, but aren't you being a little harsh . . . you bought a machine with 50,000 miles on it, don't know what is wrong with it (could be something minor . . . or not) . . . and you now hate them all? Dad always referred to buying a used vehicle as "buying someone else's problems."

What did the dealer say?
 
Hayfield said:
I'm sorry you are having problems, but aren't you being a little harsh . . . you bought a machine with 50,000 miles on it, don't know what is wrong with it (could be something minor . . . or not) . . . and you now hate them all? Dad always referred to buying a used vehicle as "buying someone else's problems."

What did the dealer say?
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Wrong . It has 5000 miles not 50k I would never buy a motorcycle with that many miles.
yes they are betas.
did you read my post ? Or skim it.? Smh ?
the dealer/scam artist told me it was a sensor...but they brought it back and now it is worse.
 
Hate to be mean, but what is the vaue of a 2010 Wing ? I would think it was much more then a 08 Spyder. the next thing with any motorcycle anymore, real low miles on a older machine. Some said, 50,000 I read 5,000 miles. Motorcycles sit around and things go bad. I seem to remember from somewhere, real low miles for older Wings usually result in $1,200 car rebuild.
But as said above, what is going on ? Step by Step. There are people on here that will try and usually do a lot ot help, if you give them the facts.Do you have owners manual ?

As a example, a lot of Spyderws will go into limp mode if you barely touch the brakes for a few seconds with using the. Fix: Shut off take out and wait five mins. Restart and watch you foot barely touch the pedal.
 
FIRST THEY GAVE ME A LOT FOR MY TRADE...
SECOND : I am a pilot , I am an electronics tech, I am an internet tech support rep. The reason I am saying this is because I don't need people assuming I am an empty head.
THIRD: I already posted what is going on.
Fourth : been on bikes 25 years. I know how to ride and I thus riding the brake is not something I do.
Fifth: repeating. Have some orange gecko indicator on the spedo side. Have no frakin idea what it is. Have scoured the net . No info on that. Have Vss ,dps ...no idea why. Shop said they fixed it. It is far worse. Bike was conking out. Now it in limp home mode.
All of this info was in my beginning post .
The LEMON HAS 5000 miles on it. NOT 50k
Lemony goodness...






Oldmanzues said:
Hate to be mean, but what is the vaue of a 2010 Wing ? I would think it was much more then a 08 Spyder. the next thing with any motorcycle anymore, real low miles on a older machine. Some said, 50,000 I read 5,000 miles. Motorcycles sit around and things go bad. I seem to remember from somewhere, real low miles for older Wings usually result in $1,200 car rebuild.
But as said above, what is going on ? Step by Step. There are people on here that will try and usually do a lot ot help, if you give them the facts.Do you have owners manual ?

As a example, a lot of Spyderws will go into limp mode if you barely touch the brakes for a few seconds with using the. Fix: Shut off take out and wait five mins. Restart and watch you foot barely touch the pedal.
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I had 5000 miles on my spyder in less than 5 months of ryding. Sounds like you bought a disaster that may or may not have had the required recall work done on it. I will be over 20,000 miles by the end of the weekend and have never seen "limp mode".

Just sayin'............
 
The first thing I'd suspect would be a bad battery, right after that, some serious corrosion in/on the battery connections. An '08 with only 5K miles was more than likely an occassional ride, and possibly not up to date in the firmware or anything else. Have the dealer check it out.

john
 
retread said:
The first thing I'd suspect would be a bad battery, right after that, some serious corrosion in/on the battery connections. An '08 with only 5K miles was more than likely an occassional ride, and possibly not up to date in the firmware or anything else. Have the dealer check it out.

john
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Had the dealer check it out. They said they fixed it. ..I feel like I'm spinning my wheels here. I had them check it out and they said they test rode it ten miles ..
 
otter28169 said:
I had 5000 miles on my spyder in less than 5 months of ryding. Sounds like you bought a disaster that may or may not have had the required recall work done on it. I will be over 20,000 miles by the end of the weekend and have never seen "limp mode".

Just sayin'............
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Well I hope you never see limp home mode. As it is. I'm hyper screwed . I have this POS and I have to eat it.
 
Yikes..!!

gotta say if this is the first incident seems a hasty reaction. Have you read any...on this site..?? You could have loose battery connections which will give you all the faults you are talking about. Did you pull up any codes..?? Your techy should be easy for you and the spyder code app will let you know what is going on and what to do about it. With all your credencials you above all should realize these are computer driven system with many possible problems. Give up if you must but in my opinion you did not give the 08 a fair chance...they are great machine if its what you want...:thumbup:
 
Chupaca said:
gotta say if this is the first incident seems a hasty reaction. Have you read any...on this site..?? You could have loose battery connections which will give you all the faults you are talking about. Did you pull up any codes..?? Your techy should be easy for you and the spyder code app will let you know what is going on and what to do about it. With all your credencials you above all should realize these are computer driven system with many possible problems. Give up if you must but in my opinion you did not give the 08 a fair chance...they are great machine if its what you want...:thumbup:
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Ok so I have no manuals on this lemon. I have no one telling me anything in here. ...I checked the battery cables . I checked the fuses . ..i do not know how to access the computer interface. Is it obd2 ? I could interface my Bluetooth obd2 and read the diags off my tablet . I HAVE ASKED QUESTION IN HERE . AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOWi...I have scoured the net . Nothing on that orange gecko light on the dash ...so yea I checked all the normal stuff . But nothing ! And this message board is of little help. You guys seem like a nice bunch. But I'm not finding answers here. Is it because I am a woman? I get a lot of static at flight school from guys...not sure why...it would for starters be nice to have a PDF a data sheet a tattoo off a drunken sailers ass. Anything! with some information on it. I need to access codes , what the lights mean on the dash . (The ones that are not obvious ) I could use more info. But it is not to be found! Yes I am a tech. Yes I am a pilot (student ) but even with the cessna skyhawk R model I have access to much information ...so I was under the apparent mistaken impression that I could ask and receive some kinda info. But the nerve damage in my right hand is getting aggravated from typing a book and getting no answers. ..and I'll be honest I'm getting a bit stressed and emotional . ..so lemony freshness. All this effort for nothing.
 
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I think the first thing would be to pull the codes. If you have an android phone go to the google store and search Spyder Codes. Download the app. Once downloaded it has a step-by-step how to pull the codes for your particular model. Once you have the codes, you can then go to the "codes" page in the app and it will tell you where to start. Hope this helps.
As for a maintenance manual, i bought off ebay from green manuals, was arouns $25 a couple years ago.

The app is also in the apple version as well.
 
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M109Dreamer said:
I think the first thing would be to pull the codes. If you have an android phone go to the google store and search Spyder Codes. Download the app. Once downloaded it has a step-by-step how to pull the codes for your particular model. Once you have the codes, you can then go to the "codes" page in the app and it will tell you where to start. Hope this helps.
As for a maintenance manual, i bought off ebay from green manuals, was arouns $25 a couple years ago.

The app is also in the apple version as well.
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Yea I will check it out . Do you know what that orange gecko indicator is?
 
Electro_cat said:
Yea I will check it out . Do you know what that orange gecko indicator is?
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I am guessing what you are seeing is the outline picture of the Spyder with the corresponding limp mode. That what it sounds like from you discription.

Whats the year make and model of you Spyder. I didnt catch that in the thread?
 
M109Dreamer said:
I am guessing what you are seeing is the outline picture of the Spyder with the corresponding limp mode. That what it sounds like from you discription.

Whats the year make and model of you Spyder. I didnt catch that in the thread?
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So I put all the info on my first post. Which nobody reads ...
 
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