Yesterday the lady and I were just startng out from the Tampa area, headed for the Keys. Among other things, that route would take us west-east across the Everglades -- not exactly the sort of place where a flame out would be much fun. So, you can imagine my chagrin as we buzzed down I-75 at 70+ and I saw
"V55 Fault Code -- Limp Mode" scrolling across the gauge. Exiting at the first opportunity, I pulled up the My Spyder app on the phone to see what the error code excitement was all about. I eventually found two more codes showing, and -- much more useful -- the app gave me the phone number and address of the closest Spyder dealer. Luckily, Action Jet Sports in Bradenton was only about another 15 minutes south, and when I reached Shawn in the Service Department he calmly invited me to ride it on in so they could check things out for me.
As luck would have it, when I completed the call and re-started the bike, the codes no longer showed, it did not feel as if it were in limp mode, and we were soon enough sitting on a pair of BRP bar stools at the dealership while the bike was being checked out. Shortly, Shawn came back saying they had cleared the codes, the bike seemed fine, and that their analysis showed, well, er, um, .......would there be any possibility that just maybe I had accidentally allowed my right foot to hover a little too close over the brake pedal?
I'm a year and a half past having had a total right ankle replacement, and my foot is still a bit stiff/ sore and weak. I've modified the length of the brake rod so that I have a more natural feel of moving my foot over to the brake pedal as opposed to lifting my foot off the peg and pressing down on the brake pedal, so -- yes -- there was very definitely a chance that, distracted by all the fast-moving traffic on the interstate, I had accidentally been touching the brake pedal.
Shawn was totally unjudgemental in suggesting the cause of the problem, and made me feel confident the codes were unlikely to re-appear.................um, as long as I could re-train my foot to behave.
We got back on the road to resume the trip, and put in another two hours of riding in all traffic conditions with nary a glitch. Everglades? Bring it on!
BTW, the shop at Action Jet Sports didn't charge a penny. They had us in and out in less than an hour. Nice folk -- highly recommend.
Give them a shout at 941-745-9521 if you're ever in the area and need assistance.
It's been a while since I learned about and downloaded the MySpyder app on my phone, so I don't recall the name of our forum member who was so good as to create this aid, but thanks a bunch for your effort.
Pete
"V55 Fault Code -- Limp Mode" scrolling across the gauge. Exiting at the first opportunity, I pulled up the My Spyder app on the phone to see what the error code excitement was all about. I eventually found two more codes showing, and -- much more useful -- the app gave me the phone number and address of the closest Spyder dealer. Luckily, Action Jet Sports in Bradenton was only about another 15 minutes south, and when I reached Shawn in the Service Department he calmly invited me to ride it on in so they could check things out for me.
As luck would have it, when I completed the call and re-started the bike, the codes no longer showed, it did not feel as if it were in limp mode, and we were soon enough sitting on a pair of BRP bar stools at the dealership while the bike was being checked out. Shortly, Shawn came back saying they had cleared the codes, the bike seemed fine, and that their analysis showed, well, er, um, .......would there be any possibility that just maybe I had accidentally allowed my right foot to hover a little too close over the brake pedal?
I'm a year and a half past having had a total right ankle replacement, and my foot is still a bit stiff/ sore and weak. I've modified the length of the brake rod so that I have a more natural feel of moving my foot over to the brake pedal as opposed to lifting my foot off the peg and pressing down on the brake pedal, so -- yes -- there was very definitely a chance that, distracted by all the fast-moving traffic on the interstate, I had accidentally been touching the brake pedal.
Shawn was totally unjudgemental in suggesting the cause of the problem, and made me feel confident the codes were unlikely to re-appear.................um, as long as I could re-train my foot to behave.
We got back on the road to resume the trip, and put in another two hours of riding in all traffic conditions with nary a glitch. Everglades? Bring it on!
BTW, the shop at Action Jet Sports didn't charge a penny. They had us in and out in less than an hour. Nice folk -- highly recommend.
Give them a shout at 941-745-9521 if you're ever in the area and need assistance.
It's been a while since I learned about and downloaded the MySpyder app on my phone, so I don't recall the name of our forum member who was so good as to create this aid, but thanks a bunch for your effort.
Pete
