Looks like it was 16 degrees off today

[Lamonster]

Made a run into town today and I went by a bank that is pretty much right on with the temps they display and the Bank said it was 37 degrees out and the Spyder said it was 53 degrees out. I really wish the Spyder was right because it was pretty darn cold.

On a side not I got the Spyder insured with State Farm for a little over 50 bucks a month. That was the same as my other bikes.

 

[Dilbertian]

Lamont,

Having a temperature guage that is that far off is totally useless. The guage on my wife's Prius is dead-on based on my observations and it's extremely vital that I know that the temperature is 34 degrees vs. 32 degrees. This sounds like a major flaw in their location of the temperature sensor and is something that needs to be corrected before I will be satisfied. One of the major reasons I bought this bike was to drive it in colder weather. I hope BRP addresses this soon.

Funny, I don't recall the temperature guages on the prototype/demos I rode back in the summer being significantly inaccurate like this so it must be a change they made to the production models like skimping on the quality of the sensor or changing it's placement or the airflow that feeds it.

 

[LittleJohn]

Lamont,

Having a temperature guage that is that far off is totally useless. The guage on my wife's Prius is dead-on based on my observations and it's extremely vital that I know that the temperature is 34 degrees vs. 32 degrees. This sounds like a major flaw in their location of the temperature sensor and is something that needs to be corrected before I will be satisfied. One of the major reasons I bought this bike was to drive it in colder weather. I hope BRP addresses this soon.

Funny, I don't recall the temperature guages on the prototype/demos I rode back in the summer being significantly inaccurate like this so it must be a change they made to the production models like skimping on the quality of the sensor or changing it's placement or the airflow that feeds it.

I wonder if it has anything to do with how they changed the airflow to relive the heat on the legs. Perhaps the redirection of that airflow is causing a "dam" or backflow that sends warmer air in the direction of the sensor...???? Just thinkin out loud.