Seek and ye shall find!
Well, well, well. I came here to see if anyone had a problem similar to what I experienced yesterday, and here it is! I do love this place.
Now, to begin with, on at least 3 occasions, my Spyder, Clyde, has died on me. Every time was after I had been ryding for a while, then stopped for a bit (10 minutes to a few hours), then started again. Every time, he died very shortly after starting back up, the first 2 times I only went about 30 feet or so. I took him to the shop a few weeks ago to have them check it out, where they performed my 3k service (early), and attributed the problem to the fuel filter, as they found no codes, and the filter had a good bit of crap in it. Clyde did run more smoothly, so I thought they were probably right. This last time he died, Friday night, I had gone about 3 blocks. Crap. I called the dealership Saturday and reported that the problem happened again. I spoke to both the service dept. and my salesman, telling them to all put their heads together and come up with a game plan before I bring the bike back, as it is about a 70-80 mile drive.
Went ryding Saturday, among mountains and curves. Braking and going into a curve, the tranny went haywire. It was trying to shift, I think, but couldn't. The engine was revving repeatedly, and it was stuck in 5th gear. I was able to dive into a small gas station, and pulled to a stop, still in 5th, the engine still revving wildly. I cut the engine and rolled out of the way. Restarted. Still in 5th. It refused to downshift manually either before or after the restart. Turned it off again, and waited a few minutes, while my panicked sister, who I had been following, zipped back to find me (quite a sight - a pink Spyder flying to the rescue). I told her what was going on, and she told me an odd thing - her Spyder had done something similar about a week ago.
Her bike stayed in 5th when she stopped at a light, and stayed at a high rev, not revving repeatedly like mine. Finally, she was able to downshift manually, and continued on without further trouble. What was odd was that she had her 3k service... exactly one week before mine.
After sitting for several minutes, I restarted Clyde again. He was still in 5th, but after several attempts, I was finally able to manually downshift. The rest of the ryde (about 80 miles, with 3 stops) went fine.
I wish I had thought to check the rpm gauge, but I have only been ryding since October, and wasn't able to ryde long before it got too cold, and, noob that I am, was a bit panicked.
So tomorrow, I will speak with both service and salesman, inform them about both bikes (both are 2009 models), and drag my unhappy butt back to the dealership and waste another day of my life having Clyde checked out. I think I will insist that they get all the needed parts before I make the trip, which I will have to make on a Saturday. So help me, if I end up doing this on my birthday, somebody is gonna suffer. :gaah:
ray:. What else?
