People asking to take spyder for a ride

[WackyDan]

I just tell them that a $500 non-refundable deposit is required for the ride.

Similar here... I tell them for either the $18,000 I have into mine or the $16,200 MSRP I'll let them ride it.

I only have let one non spyder rider ride it, and that was my former co-worker. He was gone a while.

My brother and my best friend hasn't even ridden it.

Forest and my wife are the only other ones to have ridden my Spyder.

[fastfraser]

I like to take my friends wifes and girlfriends for a ride. I get them on the back and tell them to put there arms around me and hold on tight the whole ride.

My wife will sometimes fall asleep on the back with-out holding on !

[bone crusher]

When some one asks to take the spyder for a ride, I ask them if they have a motorcycle license. Most say they do. Then I tell them that they can take it.
Now they are all excited about riding the spyder. Here is where I drop the BOMB.
I ask them if there license has an endorsment for driving a three wheel motorcycle. They say they didn't know that you have to have a special license.
I say because of the INS. they can't ride it.
Try it sometime.

Why go through all of that work? If I ride with someone, they can take the spyder out for a spin. If I don't know someone, I certainly am not going to let them take my bike out for a ride as certain as I wouldn't let them take my car out for a spin either...to me, someone 'taking a spin' on my Spyder is a matter of common sense...

I don't find lying about needing a 'special' license to be worth the trouble... anyone with a motorcycle license can ride a three wheeler...it's the other way around that is not permitted...

[jmcbow]

I just tell them the bit about a motorcycle being like another mans wife, if they don't get the hint, then I just politely say no.

[BajaRon]

Tell them that they can borrow the Spyder if you can borrow their wife.

Not necessarily a good trade. The way you can tell right away is if the guy agrees!

I used to think it would be ok because the Spyder is so easy to ride. That is until I saw a Demo Spyder get loaned to a guy at Alcoa Good Times. He promptly gunned it and steered right into a large flat bed trailer sitting in the storage area! Don't know what he was thinking but it tore the snot out of the front fender and busted up the trunk real good.

He probably rode all of 40 feet, if that far.

[qasamm]

I've had my spyder for about 2 months and I've had at least a dozen people ask me to drive it. I started with carefully worded excuses but now just resort to "no".

I do let ladies sit on it though- mostly to see my wife roll her eyes and remind me I could be their father. However, I would have never raised a daughter to talk to the likes of me!

[Tom in NM]

When some one asks to take the spyder for a ride, I ask them if they have a motorcycle license. Most say they do. Then I tell them that they can take it.
Now they are all excited about riding the spyder. Here is where I drop the BOMB.
I ask them if there license has an endorsment for driving a three wheel motorcycle. They say they didn't know that you have to have a special license.
I say because of the INS. they can't ride it.
Try it sometime.

. . . . . for all of us.

Well, almost anyone that asks to take somebody else's' Spyder (car, truck, motorcycle or boat) for a ride is most likely clueless and in my book, disqualified from doing so. A smile and a polite "no" can work wonders, as mentioned above. Informing them of licensing requirements and skills ( if you have the time and inclination ) is a nice thing to do, as well as telling them where they can get a test ride. Moving them from Clueless to On-Track is a Good Thing™, in my book.

But, jerking someone around to get them "excited" and then dropping a "BOMB" on them, pushes the Attitude Gauge from "Playful Tease" through "Smart A$$" to "Raging A$$hole". If that was the effect you were aiming for, I think you nailed it.

One benefit though, I don't think you have to spend time checking the mailbox every day waiting for that Spyder Ambassador pin to arrive.

Tom

[bone crusher]

. . . . . for all of us.

Well, almost anyone that asks to take somebody else's' Spyder (car, truck, motorcycle or boat) for a ride is most likely clueless and in my book, disqualified from doing so. A smile and a polite "no" can work wonders, as mentioned above. Informing them of licensing requirements and skills ( if you have the time and inclination ) is a nice thing to do, as well as telling them where they can get a test ride. Moving them from Clueless to On-Track is a Good Thing™, in my book.

But, jerking someone around to get them "excited" and then dropping a "BOMB" on them, pushes the Attitude Gauge from "Playful Tease" through "Smart A$$" to "Raging A$$hole". If that was the effect you were aiming for, I think you nailed it.

One benefit though, I don't think you have to spend time checking the mailbox every day waiting for that Spyder Ambassador pin to arrive.

Tom

Tom...well said! Some around here need some other hobbies/outlets...

[MackeyMouse]

i have athe PERFECT solution to the ??? of can I drive it?. On my back fender I have a sticker that says 'YES IT'S FAST........NO YOU CAN'T DRIVE IT!!!!!!!!!" When the question comes up I point to that rear fender!!!! Takes all the fun outa their faces!!

[kytten]

I don't have a problem letting someone take my Spyder around a parking lot provided they're familiar with motorcycles.

If they're not, the answer is no. No taking it out on the road either. My dealer has a Spyder they can test ride more extensively if the parking lot ride isn't enough for them.

It's just a toy, not a sacred and holy object or a person I trust, love and respect.

[QuadManiac]

My rules for lending:

1) Never lend your bike to anyone

2) Read #1

3) If you made it here, you didn't follow directions. Go back and read #1!


I follow this for my quads (with a few pre-determined exceptions), my scooters, my bikes and ESPECIALLY my . Doing otherwise just ends in problems.

[BajaRon]

down here if you allow someone to take your ride and they get hurt You pay!! Know I man that let someone use his bike the person got killed. the owner lost it all cause the wife sued.
I dont need to work they rest of my life because some flake wanted to go for a ride. bad things happen to good folks

Whatever happened to personal responsibility? These days when something goes wrong everyone tries to make money on it.

Did they sue the people that saw it happen too? What about the bike manufacturer for making the machine and the people who paved the road to make it possible to ride?

Land of the Free and home of the Brave?

[COOLMACHINE]

I've offered to let a few people ride my spyder. Never a stranger. Had one taker who was my neighbor and a very experienced biker. He said he had a blast. Imagine that.
I don't have a big problem with letting someone take it out for a spin. Especially if they have a bike. I ride their bike and they ride my spyder. I want them to experience the fun.

[QuadManiac]

Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

Personal responsibility has died a slow, PC death, along with rational thinking, work ethic, and reward for individual success. We are now ALL responsible for each other... remember - It takes a villiage!

Where's my barf bag?

[BajaRon]

Personal responsibility has died a slow, PC death, along with rational thinking, work ethic, and reward for individual success. We are now ALL responsible for each other... remember - It takes a villiage!

Where's my barf bag?

Go to any place that opperates on the village level and see how much better it is. Thach yourself a hut and see if things improve for you.

I thought we were moving FROM the village environment because it doesn't work nearly as well!

When is the last time anyone received disaster aid from a village? What village has helped to free a nation from tyrany? Village based medical break throughs? Feats of engineering? Crop improvements? Space travel maybe?

Ok, off topic, I'll be good from now on! No, really, I will!

[bone crusher]

Go to any place that opperates on the village level and see how much better it is. Thach yourself a hut and see if things improve for you.

I thought we were moving FROM the village environment because it doesn't work nearly as well!

When is the last time anyone received disaster aid from a village? What village has helped to free a nation from tyrany? Village based medical break throughs? Feats of engineering? Crop improvements? Space travel maybe?

Ok, off topic, I'll be good from now on! No, really, I will!

Burn the village! Here's to the power of individuality, hard-work/ambition, care for fellow man, freedom, and liberty for all! Now stop taking all my hard-earned money and no, you can't take my Spyder!