Fly By Wire Potentiometer

[Craniac]

With the air box out of the way, it is easy to see the Fly By Wire Potentiometer that controls the throttle body. It is the black thing with the silver lable on the right.

 

[Chupaca]

Interesting..!!

we have hard cables. But good to know where it is though from what you are indicating with the stock airbox you can't reach it...:thumbup: Thanks for the pic...

 

[Craniac]

With the stock air box you can't even see it.

 

[Bob Denman]

Question: The deeper that you dig into these bikes; are you feeling better , or worse? :shocked:

 

[Craniac]

Question: The deeper that you dig into these bikes; are you feeling better , or worse? :shocked:

Overall the bike is engineered very well. I am impressed by some of the thought that went into the design. But then it seems they ran our of money or good ideas and just slapped the last few things on.

The exhaust routing is horrible. I think it could have been routed down and below the bike. The gas tank could have been moved back and inch or two. The pipe near the Master Cylinder has some heat shielding but not enough. The heat tape is a poor "fix".

The evap canister mounted a half inch away from the engine and an inch or so from the exhaust was just a cheap way to mount it.When BRP "fixed" mine (before I owned it) they didn't even put the canister back in the mounting plate. It was just sitting in there loose, bouncing around.

I'm not an engineer but I could design a better air intake in my sleep. It is obvious they took an off the shelf air intake and adapted it to the Spyder instead of starting with a clean sheet. I'm not happy with my fix for the air intake but I don't have the machine shop (or skills) to do what I really want.

 

[Bob Denman]

I appreciate, and agree with your assessment! :thumbup:
Sometimes; economic realities, can hamstring a perfectly great idea! :banghead: