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62k miles.... now you see it and.... now you don't
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o' boy, here comes a long post...
This past Sunday I was celebrating with the little lady on the back as we hit 62k miles, on the Spyder!
Every bike I have owned has received the same treatment. I just punish them with miles on some ugly roads in and out of the city. Some days are so hot that I pour water on myself while sitting in traffic. Some days are so cold, that it just makes peoples jaw drop when they see me on the parkway. My coldest day was in January 08' when for two days the temps were at minus 3 and 6 when I left to go to work. Even with Gerbings on my whole body and numerous other layers, the windchill at highway speeds for over an hour is just outrageous. those two days I had to pull over three times just to regain a little warmth. (this is all with the stock windshield) I even ran a 1k IronButt on 1/1/09 in temps that ranged 27 down to 5. To really spice things up I even rode a few days to work in the snow with great success.
The Spyder is what allowed me to continue commuting through those kinds of extremes. I just don't feel comfortable on two wheels when the temps drop below 20 degrees. I also don't like being on 2 wheels in full gear when it gets over 80 degrees and I'm in traffic. So the Spyder has brought me to a whole new dimension.
I have averaged 1k miles a week since pulling off the lot on 6/21/08. At my one year mark I had 50k miles and felt good about hitting 100k by the two year anniversary. There has also been a high level of excitement in not finding anyone that has more miles.
Monday night Doc posted his 50k miles. With only a 12k lead on him and seeing as he is down in FL and I'm CT. I started getting nervous that he was going to blow me out of the water by January.
But, that's all over now cause my miles are gone....
Tuesday morning as I toggled my display, I nearly puked when I saw that I only had 51 total miles. At some point Monday evening, my odometer reset itself. It just hit out of nowhere. All systems are running well, engine is doing great and no mods at all have been done for over 30k miles. All electronics are responding, no codes... just a destroyed dream.
I was in shock the whole day hoping that maybe after a few reboots, it would just return to normal... but it hasn't... and they are gone....
/ tear
o' boy, here comes a long post...
This past Sunday I was celebrating with the little lady on the back as we hit 62k miles, on the Spyder!
Every bike I have owned has received the same treatment. I just punish them with miles on some ugly roads in and out of the city. Some days are so hot that I pour water on myself while sitting in traffic. Some days are so cold, that it just makes peoples jaw drop when they see me on the parkway. My coldest day was in January 08' when for two days the temps were at minus 3 and 6 when I left to go to work. Even with Gerbings on my whole body and numerous other layers, the windchill at highway speeds for over an hour is just outrageous. those two days I had to pull over three times just to regain a little warmth. (this is all with the stock windshield) I even ran a 1k IronButt on 1/1/09 in temps that ranged 27 down to 5. To really spice things up I even rode a few days to work in the snow with great success.
The Spyder is what allowed me to continue commuting through those kinds of extremes. I just don't feel comfortable on two wheels when the temps drop below 20 degrees. I also don't like being on 2 wheels in full gear when it gets over 80 degrees and I'm in traffic. So the Spyder has brought me to a whole new dimension.
I have averaged 1k miles a week since pulling off the lot on 6/21/08. At my one year mark I had 50k miles and felt good about hitting 100k by the two year anniversary. There has also been a high level of excitement in not finding anyone that has more miles.
Monday night Doc posted his 50k miles. With only a 12k lead on him and seeing as he is down in FL and I'm CT. I started getting nervous that he was going to blow me out of the water by January.
But, that's all over now cause my miles are gone....
Tuesday morning as I toggled my display, I nearly puked when I saw that I only had 51 total miles. At some point Monday evening, my odometer reset itself. It just hit out of nowhere. All systems are running well, engine is doing great and no mods at all have been done for over 30k miles. All electronics are responding, no codes... just a destroyed dream.
I was in shock the whole day hoping that maybe after a few reboots, it would just return to normal... but it hasn't... and they are gone....
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
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o' boy, here comes a long post...
This past Sunday I was celebrating with the little lady on the back as we hit 62k miles, on the Spyder!
Every bike I have owned has received the same treatment. I just punish them with miles on some ugly roads in and out of the city. Some days are so hot that I pour water on myself while sitting in traffic. Some days are so cold, that it just makes peoples jaw drop when they see me on the parkway. My coldest day was in January 08' when for two days the temps were at minus 3 and 6 when I left to go to work. Even with Gerbings on my whole body and numerous other layers, the windchill at highway speeds for over an hour is just outrageous. those two days I had to pull over three times just to regain a little warmth. (this is all with the stock windshield) I even ran a 1k IronButt on 1/1/09 in temps that ranged 27 down to 5. To really spice things up I even rode a few days to work in the snow with great success.
The Spyder is what allowed me to continue commuting through those kinds of extremes. I just don't feel comfortable on two wheels when the temps drop below 20 degrees. I also don't like being on 2 wheels in full gear when it gets over 80 degrees and I'm in traffic. So the Spyder has brought me to a whole new dimension.
I have averaged 1k miles a week since pulling off the lot on 6/21/08. At my one year mark I had 50k miles and felt good about hitting 100k by the two year anniversary. There has also been a high level of excitement in not finding anyone that has more miles.
Monday night Doc posted his 50k miles. With only a 12k lead on him and seeing as he is down in FL and I'm CT. I started getting nervous that he was going to blow me out of the water by January.
But, that's all over now cause my miles are gone....
Tuesday morning as I toggled my display, I nearly puked when I saw that I only had 51 total miles. At some point Monday evening, my odometer reset itself. It just hit out of nowhere. All systems are running well, engine is doing great and no mods at all have been done for over 30k miles. All electronics are responding, no codes... just a destroyed dream.
I was in shock the whole day hoping that maybe after a few reboots, it would just return to normal... but it hasn't... and they are gone....
:yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes::yikes: Maybe they (BRP) didn't think the spyder computers would be able to compute so much mileage in less than 2 yrs so the puters hosed up on ya - now that would be a compliment huh?!:2thumbs:
docdoru
Doru the Destroyer-Spyder Photo Investigator
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Monday night Doc posted his 50k miles. With only a 12k lead on him and seeing as he is down in FL and I'm CT. I started getting nervous that he was going to blow me out of the water by January.
:gaah:
Try to ask a BRP mechanic to connect the B.U.D.S. to your Spyder and look into history tab. Also, can be a display malfunction with missing digits :dontknow:.
yup... 465 is my total miles as of tonight.
The cows are just the most current image on the site. Click to the let side of the image or the "previous" link towards the top left.
Some Guy
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Nick,
I'm sorry about your odometer problem! That said...could you stop by and do your "magic" on my car so I can sell it for way more than it's worth?! :roflblack:
Seriously...I'd be really :cus:-off if it had happened to me. I hope your dealer can help.
We all know you are the Spyder "mileage hero". :thumbup:
I'm sorry about your odometer problem! That said...could you stop by and do your "magic" on my car so I can sell it for way more than it's worth?! :roflblack:
Seriously...I'd be really :cus:-off if it had happened to me. I hope your dealer can help.
We all know you are the Spyder "mileage hero". :thumbup:
That's sick. We all know you've been riding it since the beginning; least we at home do cause we've read your post admiringly. That hurts. Couldn't it be plugged to a computer and you could get a reading? I'm simple with that type of stuff so pardon me, but I do remember a mechaninc hooking us up and telling us what our history of riding was. Still doesn't gain your readout back. What a bummer, my condolences. Great work anyway, you were/are an inspiration as to what our spyders can be but through.:clap::yes:
QuadManiac
New member
62,137 miles = 100,000 km - an interesting thought! Sounds like a typical software bug when changing from metric to english when the metric is the system used and the english is just converted from it - at 100,000 km they revert to 0 and don't keep a separate register for miles, they just do the km to miles conversion.
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docdoru
Doru the Destroyer-Spyder Photo Investigator
Nickcaro, you'r not the only one...http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/
After thinking about this just a little longer and letting the first cup of coffee get into my system 
This is an incredible feat.....you zero'd the odometer.:clap:
One of our more inspired artist types should gin up a roll-over patch and BRP should have a special award. nojoke
This is an incredible feat.....you zero'd the odometer.:clap:
One of our more inspired artist types should gin up a roll-over patch and BRP should have a special award. nojoke
Magic Man
Registered User
You did not say in your story, so how many actual miles does this engine have on it?
I know Doc has all 50K on the orginal motor that has not ever been opened up.
But, after the first bearing repair they did to your motor went bad the second time, and BRP then decided to totally replace your engine, what was the mileage when that was done? (I know this as fact because the bike world is really very small when you know the right people at dealerships and BRP)
Kind of important facts to leave out of a story like this don't you think? I think people here might have assumed all 62K has been on the orginal "unopened" power train.
I think it's wonderful you have ridden the wheels off this thing and put on 62K already, it's just too bad it's not been able to be done on the orginal motor.
I think if it weren't for the darn speedo reset you would have been the first person in the world to have 100K on your Spyder for sure. :clap: :thumbup:
MM
I know Doc has all 50K on the orginal motor that has not ever been opened up.
But, after the first bearing repair they did to your motor went bad the second time, and BRP then decided to totally replace your engine, what was the mileage when that was done? (I know this as fact because the bike world is really very small when you know the right people at dealerships and BRP)
Kind of important facts to leave out of a story like this don't you think? I think people here might have assumed all 62K has been on the orginal "unopened" power train.
I think it's wonderful you have ridden the wheels off this thing and put on 62K already, it's just too bad it's not been able to be done on the orginal motor.
I think if it weren't for the darn speedo reset you would have been the first person in the world to have 100K on your Spyder for sure. :clap: :thumbup:
MM
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VIspyderman
New member
Hey Nick, don't feel bad. You can still hook up to BUDS and it should show the true milage. You're still the milage King!!! :clap:
/ tear
o' boy, here comes a long post...
This past Sunday I was celebrating with the little lady on the back as we hit 62k miles, on the Spyder!
Every bike I have owned has received the same treatment. I just punish them with miles on some ugly roads in and out of the city. Some days are so hot that I pour water on myself while sitting in traffic. Some days are so cold, that it just makes peoples jaw drop when they see me on the parkway. My coldest day was in January 08' when for two days the temps were at minus 3 and 6 when I left to go to work. Even with Gerbings on my whole body and numerous other layers, the windchill at highway speeds for over an hour is just outrageous. those two days I had to pull over three times just to regain a little warmth. (this is all with the stock windshield) I even ran a 1k IronButt on 1/1/09 in temps that ranged 27 down to 5. To really spice things up I even rode a few days to work in the snow with great success.
The Spyder is what allowed me to continue commuting through those kinds of extremes. I just don't feel comfortable on two wheels when the temps drop below 20 degrees. I also don't like being on 2 wheels in full gear when it gets over 80 degrees and I'm in traffic. So the Spyder has brought me to a whole new dimension.
I have averaged 1k miles a week since pulling off the lot on 6/21/08. At my one year mark I had 50k miles and felt good about hitting 100k by the two year anniversary. There has also been a high level of excitement in not finding anyone that has more miles.
Monday night Doc posted his 50k miles. With only a 12k lead on him and seeing as he is down in FL and I'm CT. I started getting nervous that he was going to blow me out of the water by January.
But, that's all over now cause my miles are gone....
Tuesday morning as I toggled my display, I nearly puked when I saw that I only had 51 total miles. At some point Monday evening, my odometer reset itself. It just hit out of nowhere. All systems are running well, engine is doing great and no mods at all have been done for over 30k miles. All electronics are responding, no codes... just a destroyed dream.
I was in shock the whole day hoping that maybe after a few reboots, it would just return to normal... but it hasn't... and they are gone....
No talk of a new engine here::dontknow:
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=116807&postcount=21
I dont get it...
His post wasnt about the reliability of the engine, its repairs, or breakdowns. Mearly talking about the overall miles and his experience. Your post seems a bit out of place... dont you think? Maybe its just me.
As long as your checking on everyones parts replacements with your vast array of industry contacts, can you please follow up on my wire harness and VCM replacement?
Thanks
JJ
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