Bought New 2013 Can Am Yellow RTS SE5

[MIKESZONE2]

Hello All
Just wanted to throw this out there. I have a 2012 RT SM5 and now just bought another Spider the new 2013 Yellow RTS SE5 for my wife. I drove the new one home last night and must say I am not impressed. I did not feel anything special on the new suspension or the new lower profile tires. I will give it some time but for me the ride on my 2012RT SM5 is much better. My wife had a spider since they first came out she had the first 09 and she knows how to handle them. She told me at 55 mph it pulls the right by itself and wiggles from left to right like a snake on the road. There is no way she is going on The interstate. I tried different air pressures in the tires but that did not help. We will bring in to shop Monday and have alignment checked as I read here somewhere a lot of these were shipped with a alignment problem. This is just a heads up to all. As for me I am keeping my 2012 Rt SM5 and I am grateful I did not trade it in for the 2013. If anybody has any ideas on this please let us all know. Thank you all

 

[harrypottar]

:congrats: on the new spyder, sorry for he issues your facing, like you say just take it back to the dealer, fingers crossed they can fix it right up.

harry

 

[MouthPiece]

Hello All
Just wanted to throw this out there. I have a 2012 RT SM5 and now just bought another Spider the new 2013 Yellow RTS SE5 for my wife. I drove the new one home last night and must say I am not impressed. I did not feel anything special on the new suspension or the new lower profile tires. I will give it some time but for me the ride on my 2012RT SM5 is much better. My wife had a spider since they first came out she had the first 09 and she knows how to handle them. She told me at 55 mph it pulls the right by itself and wiggles from left to right like a snake on the road. There is no way she is going on The interstate. I tried different air pressures in the tires but that did not help. We will bring in to shop Monday and have alignment checked as I read here somewhere a lot of these were shipped with a alignment problem. This is just a heads up to all. As for me I am keeping my 2012 Rt SM5 and I am grateful I did not trade it in for the 2013. If anybody has any ideas on this please let us all know. Thank you all

Would love to meet you in Okeechobee, Florida, with the other 60 some odd Spyder riders from Flarda, and compare notes. See ya there?

Chris

 

[bhfromme]

We'll be there Chris. Look forward to meeting everyone!

 

[shiney side up]

Sounds like it might be a front end alignment problem. There is another thread on this forum that talks about that in more detail. :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: I wish you the best of luck in working this out!:thumbup:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I hope you get things worked out.