No 1330 Engines

[Bob Denman]

What's a BWM?

:dontknow: A BMW owner with dyslexia? :dontknow:

 

[WellsboroSpyder]

Curious as to how these reliability polls are calculated. It's seems if there was accuracy in the numbers, all the reports would be the same. As we all learned from the election, polls can be influenced in any direction poll taker sees fit. Just my opinion.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: I don't trust them, and I don't participate in them... nojoke

My Grampa Denman used to always say that:
"Figures don't lie... but liars can figure."

 

[r1100rider]

Wow... that totally sucks and is BS that BRP thinks you should wait 3 or more months for a new engine.
I'd turn the heat onto HI right away. Why can't they have the tech steal an engine from a floor model and then let that Spyder wait 3 months for the new engine?

They should get a new engine in yours ASAP and just send the broken one to Wisconsin for further evaluation. Doesn't really matter much to you what they find.. you just want a new engine and to get back on the road!

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to buy floor model as new that had been apart for an engine removal then put back together 3 months later would you knowingly buy that bike at full price

 

[CA Railwhale]

Anything can break

Anything mechanical can and will break. Expecting something to work perfectly every time you get on it is foolish. I'm on the far side of sixty and I can remember always carrying a toolkit with me in case of "minor" mechanical car problems. Ride to enjoy, if you break down, deal with it as part of the adventure. I see a lot of people here with tens of thousands of miles on their bikes without any major problems and a couple with problems right out the door. Cars can be the same way, I've had cars with bad reputations that were stone reliable, and Hondas that were hanger queens.

 

[fatboy]

parts

parts are parts they have failures get over it and go ride your machines

 

[MikeT]

JC,
That may be but far fewer Hondas breakdown than spyders. I have owned many Hondas over the years and I've never had any warranty issues with any of them

Are you comparing apples to apples, or apples to oranges??? Not exactly fair to compare a 2-wheeler to a trike. Having had 2-GL1800 based trikes(a 2006 Champion SA & a 2009 Hannigan), I can tell you that trike kits are not the same quality as the GL1800 that they are mated to. Like the Spyder, who puts them together is VERY important to the riding experience.
From what I've seen in various publications, the Honda reverse trike will be a Sport model; not a Touring model. That is if it really comes to market.
Mike

 

[Bob Denman]

Anything can break...

Or burn!

 

[900Dave]

What Problems?

If it were not for Spyderlovers I would not even know there were issues. Second Spyder & no issues other than the darn Buck I hit with the STL & it still ran good after the deer hit. Now 13000 mile on my F3 Limited and all is good.

You read about one issue on here and in a week some individuals make you think every machine Can Am sells is faulty.

Forget about it and ride on!

 

[CA Railwhale]

old days

Somewhat accurate about the toolkit but in the old days, besides a spare qt of oil, all you needed for the H-D was one tool... a BAW (big ass wrench) which was alternately named a BAH (big ass hammer)

I didn't ride bikes back then, but I owned a Ford and carrying a can of WD40 was a necessity it wet weather since Ford couldn't seem to design a waterproof distributor cover, VW Beetles were the same way. The distributor would get wet from puddles and you'd have to pull the cap and spray and spray the inside of the cap and the points with the WD40 to clear the moisture so the engine would fire.