Is it safe to ride with a suspension fault?

[herring]

On a recent ride, I experienced a suspension fault. The error cleared and return approximately 3 times during the same ride. Following the directions in a previous post, I checked the connections for the ACS. Everything appeared to be connected correctly. I have since gone on a shorter ride without any issues. I am planning on a short trip next, just 200 miles total. If I experience the error during the trip, is there any cause for alarm? From what I have found in doing some research, the answer would be no but the bike should be taken to a dealer as soon as possible. All of my rides are with a passenger.

Thank you in advance for your responses.

 

[WRCLVR]

What fault code was showing?

 

[herring]

What fault code was showing?

There are no stored codes. The display showed the message "Suspension Fault" but cleared each time

 

[herring]

As a follow up to my original question, you can ride safely when you experience a suspension fault.

 

[Woodaddict]

you can, but possible bottom out on bigger bumps. Is the Spyder new? Many dealerships forget to attach the ride suspension arm to swing arm, totally disabling the intended function. Making the air compressor, pump all the time. The arm is under left side saddle bag, if its NOT attached and hanging, there is threads for a bolt to thread into the swingarm. AND possible the ride height has NOT been correctly in setup. Only a dealership can calibrate it with BUDS

 

[djh3]

Last year, when we left on our annual fall trip on my F3, I got about an hour from the house (to North Jacksonville area) and the suspension light came on. When I stopped, the upper connection on the arm had lost the bolt. I used a zip tie to get us by. Your problem could have been the arm was sort of wedged and it came free occasionally and set the light?!

 

[Peter Aawen]

In most cases, these 'Warning Lights' that come on and go off are just that - WARNINGS - and unless they drop you into Limp Home Mode, which btw, still allows you to safely ride on, only with some restrictions on revs & speed etc; or they Stop you riding completely by refusing to let the Spyder proceed; then they most likely aren't necessarily telling you that you CAN'T ride on, but rather just warning you to be careful, cos your suspension or whatever isn't working exactly as it was designed to, so ride accordingly!!

I've ridden for quite a few days/a couple of thousand miles with an ACS Warning showing, but I worked out early in the piece what triggered it, what it did, and I rode accordingly, without causing any more issues at all; then I fixed it when I next arrived somewhere where I could do that! And I've seen others do similar things with other Warnings showing, and seen reports of them doing similar here, so my advice whenever you see a Warning light that then goes off, is simply note it for future reference and in the meantime, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff! And btw, it's ALL small stuff!!

If it's a Warning Light, then sure, look at it, try and work out what's causing it and determine what impact it might have on your riding &/or any further damage it might cause, and if you can't immediately see anything, then maybe you should check your Owner's Manual, and if it says DO NOT RIDE - TRAILER YOUR SPYDER TO THE NEAREST PLACE OF REPAIR, or something similar, then you should probably consider doing that! But IIRC, there's not too many instances of that appearing in the manual, altho it does often say 'take to your dealer' or something similar, with no implied restriction on riding in the meantime, and as I mentioned above, even Limp Home Mode still allows you to ride on, just with some constraints!


So really, in addition to 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff! And btw, it's ALL small stuff!!' you probably also need to keep in mind

the single most important Rule of Motorcycling - 'Ryde More, Worry Less!'

 

[Mikey]

There are no stored codes. The display showed the message "Suspension Fault" but cleared each time

Did you find the Gremlin???