Recently I blew my front tire on the Spyder. The pot holes in my area are bad. I will say even after hitting the pothole at around 50 +MPH the bike handle well and steered until I was able to pull off to the side off the HWY.
Now service is like any service cars, bikes etc. There only as good as the guy who services the vehicle. Not all are the same and times are changing, guys like myself are getting older and planning on retirement in the future. I am seeing the younger generation come in and miss a lot of the things I would notice and fix.
Everything now is stick your face in a computer or cell phone and ignore everything else.
Well anyway love my Spyder and will hang onto it a bit longer. May try a Slingshot or similar someday and see how I like driving it.