Cryin' the blues.

[fulltimer]

Have 2 good days running.

Everything seem just fine. I haven't done a voltage check but all seems fine.

We have really been enjoying riding in Vermont and New Hampshire. Boy do I like this 998 in country like this. We have been doing Vermont and New Hampshire in 3rd and 4th gear. The gears are so "long" that they just fit the local roads here.

I am having another issue that I want to run by all of you but I will start another thread.

 

[Bruiser37]

Can Am Spyder service technology ZIP

I hope you have better luck than we've had. After putting a new voltage regulator on, it still isn't charging correctly. They've been on the phone with Canada and checking lots of stuff out. Canada doesn't entertain the possibility of a new stator being bad and says it needs a new flywheel. I was there in person and talked to the service manager about it. I told him that I expected overnight shipping of the flywheel! :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

I told the service guy that I was trying very hard to be calm and that I didn't really blame them other than the screwup on the ordering but it is what it is. I also told him that I thought about boning up on my French but thought why waste my time. I'll just speak some Boilermaker to them and that I was pretty sure that they would get the meaning!:doorag:

This is getting to the point of total unacceptability!

Spyder service in majority of dealerships across USA sucks, all they know is how to change oil & filters... they take lessons from harley davidson service... excuses, excuses, all BS talk. The only true Spyder service tech knowledge comes from guys with experience on forums like Spyderlovers.

 

[BoilerAnimal]

Spyder service in majority of dealerships across USA sucks, all they know is how to change oil & filters... they take lessons from harley davidson service... excuses, excuses, all BS talk. The only true Spyder service tech knowledge comes from guys with experience on forums like Spyderlovers.

Well, we got our problem fixed and everything seems to be good. I can't say that it was the absolute best experience because of a couple of glitches of the human nature variety. Mistakes do happen. Add that to the fact that no dealers stock anything more than the very common, high selling items, which translates to, "It'll take 3-5 days to get that part as long as they have it in the US, if not maybe seven days". Of course these are business days, not calender days.

On discovering more bad parts needing replaced after installing a new part that means extra time. The extended warranty doesn't want to pay for any unnecessary parts, so it's one part at a time till it's fixed, unless it's obvious that several at once need replaced.

The best part was that it all got fixed at NO COST to us! World of Powersports in Peoria, IL, our dealer, didn't charge us for coming and getting our Spyder and us alongside the interstate or for the $50 deductible for the BEST warranty. I don't know how many others would have done that without being asked (I'm sure some would) but overall we are happy.

Here's a link to a post I put up about our experience: http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?107192-We-got-our-baby-back!

 

[jaherbst]

Hard to tell about batteries. Mine is going on 6 years, drained it several times (not myself but the kids play on it and leave things on) and this weekend I went to start it and barely cranked then nothing. Got out the jumper unit only to find it was not charged :banghead: hooked it up to my wifes mini and it would still not crank. Showed 12.5v ignition off but only 11.7v ignition on. Figured that's it new battery needed, one last try...hooked it up to my charger for a few hours and ...bam.!! Fired right up. Checked charging and alls good and we ryde on. Yuasa is a great battery used them in all my bikes...:thumbup: hope it will be only a connection problem or may be the rectifier...ray:

6 years is darn good for San Diego Gene. Changing mine out today after only 3 years. Pretty normal for everything around here. The heat kills batteries.

​(Would expect you to save Camille and I a seat at the RR rally again this year. )

​Jack