Techno-Spyder
New member
I have just taken delivery of my new RS and the urge to try it out was so great, that as I was waiving goodbye to the dealer, I was putting on my helmet and getting it started.
I hadn't gone more than half a mile when I realized it was over steering and wallowing at the back end, so I turned around and returned home.
I know it the responsibility of the rider to do a pre-ride inspection, but I thought a new Spyder having just had it's PDI would be OK to ride.
I found the fault was the tire pressures, front right= 29psi, left front= 23psi, rear= 18psi. So I corrected them and set off again, this time it behaved as the test vehicle I had tried prior to purchase.
Later that day, as the light was going, oncoming drivers kept flashing headlamps at me, I thought, "YEA LOOK AT ME, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THESE BEFORE", unfortunately this was not the case.
When I pulled up behind a truck I noticed the low beam was dipping the wrong way, (traffic driving on the right) and as you know we drive on the left here in the UK (the civilized way).
It was too late to contact the dealer, so I sent an email, the reply I got back was: "My apologies, i should have checked these things before your bike left us, we can get these things rectified for you when you are due for your first service. Sorry for any inconvenience caused". So, I am supposed to ride around for the next 600 miles blinding all oncoming traffic. If it wasn't for the fact that this dealer does the 600 miles service FOC, I would go elsewhere.
I my opinion as a retired Department of Transport Tech, all owners should be given a copy of the Pre Delivery Inspection checklist signed by the dealership, my first trip out could have gone so terribly wrong. :yikes:
I hadn't gone more than half a mile when I realized it was over steering and wallowing at the back end, so I turned around and returned home.
I know it the responsibility of the rider to do a pre-ride inspection, but I thought a new Spyder having just had it's PDI would be OK to ride.
I found the fault was the tire pressures, front right= 29psi, left front= 23psi, rear= 18psi. So I corrected them and set off again, this time it behaved as the test vehicle I had tried prior to purchase.
Later that day, as the light was going, oncoming drivers kept flashing headlamps at me, I thought, "YEA LOOK AT ME, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THESE BEFORE", unfortunately this was not the case.
When I pulled up behind a truck I noticed the low beam was dipping the wrong way, (traffic driving on the right) and as you know we drive on the left here in the UK (the civilized way).
It was too late to contact the dealer, so I sent an email, the reply I got back was: "My apologies, i should have checked these things before your bike left us, we can get these things rectified for you when you are due for your first service. Sorry for any inconvenience caused". So, I am supposed to ride around for the next 600 miles blinding all oncoming traffic. If it wasn't for the fact that this dealer does the 600 miles service FOC, I would go elsewhere.
I my opinion as a retired Department of Transport Tech, all owners should be given a copy of the Pre Delivery Inspection checklist signed by the dealership, my first trip out could have gone so terribly wrong. :yikes:
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