Manditory read!!! do yourself a favor.

[beemerboy]

:dontknowo you smell a lot of gas fumes? poor gas milage? Dash air temp gauge read a lot higher than it is outside, and climbs real high in traffic? rough running in traffic? I sure did and fouled two spark plugs in 1200 miles.
:2thumbs: A 1 minute inspection needs to be done. Go to your bike right now, stand in front of, and looking at the hood, look into the front small air intake hole on left side, do you see a 10MM headed bolt holding a sensor or just a open slot?
If you see the bolt, look else were for your problem, Maybe wires, If not, your dealer did not unwrap the AAPTS (ambient air pressure and temp sensor) from around the frame and laying right on your coolant over flow bottle. This needed to be done when the trunk was installed at the dealer. Bikes are shipped with out trunk up front.
:bowdown:While sitting on bike "R" side now, remove CAN-AM black cover and then front black cover with air duct holes, (with trunk open remove plastic computer plug cover, just pull it up) The plastic button holders come out easy, carefully remove center button with needle nose plier and then the outer will pop out. Look at, and rapped around coolant recovery tank and frame, you will find this sensor and wire harness, unwrap and sacure wire harness in 2 green clips on side of trunk and sensor intake fits down in slot and the main body of sensor stays on top. at this point you need to sacure it, factory hardware was long gone, I slid a 5/16 flat washer in slot and put a 1/4-20 X1" bolt up from bottom, through washer, through steel sleeved hole of sensor and sacured with lock nut, assemble and enjoy!
:2excited::yes:My bike went from 30mpg to over 40:yes:temp gauge seems accurate compaired to bank sign temp, no more gas smell! Really smoothed out every thing, Easy low rpm control. SMOOTH SMOOTH SMOOTH.:thumbup:
10/13/08 I double checked milage today, easy riding through the Carolina country side got me 35/36, 40 was a guess as I checked it against my wifes SPYDER with the senser in the wrong place. Never the less its running much better.

 

[NancysToy]

This was a problem with a number of bike delivered last Spring. With all the new ryders recently receiving their machines, and all the new dealers out there, perhaps we need to find a way to list or ressurect some of the issues that have come up previously. The purpose would certainly not be to bash BRP, but to educate the newbies as to what to look for if difficulties arise.
-Scotty

 

[kma10-4]

my sensor were all in the right places when pdi was done. and in the heat temp always around 5 and higher in stop & go.fan works properly. and i've never seen above 35 mpg since i had it as nov 28 i will have it a year

 

[bjt]

Anyone getting 40 MPG is on the extreme upper end of what most of the reported mileage figures have been. I've gotten 30 MPG consistently since I've gotten my Spyder, highway, city, stock exhaust, Hindle exhaust, stock windshield, aftermarket windshield.

 

[bone crusher]

question...

Does the hindle or other after market exhaust (yoshi anyone) get you better or worse mileage?

I know you get a bit more pep with a few more hp, but mileage rules for me...

Also, preferences between pipes...Hindle or Yoshi?

 

[Putt-Putt]

I checked my sensor and it is apparently in the right place. You can see it in the right side hole where the fog lights go. I get 33 to high 36 mpg regularly riding single or double makes no difference. But the temp seems to be with in a couple of degrees of banks etc.. Just takes a long time for temp. readings to change from being parked.

 

[Arachnid]

Yes sir, my bolt is in there. Another plus for my dealer.:thumbup:
Thanks for the tip.
I do smell gas sometimes but it is probably from over-filling it.
The gas hose at the station pumps really fast.
It is hard to get it shut off before "gas baptism" occurs.

Mike