Lets face it there are A Lot of older people riding spyders, id say at least 75%, after reading a lot of posts on this site over the last year i feel like the youngest rider on here at 44. However i also still have my sport bike for when i am alone and i will keep it till i cant ride it anymore. i sold my Suzuki cruiser (no harleys for me i dont like to spend 25% more for bikes that last 40% less miles and will vibrate the teeth right out of your skull lol) and got the spyder because it was fun and i thought safer for me to take my wife and daughter on. And when you compare it to a cruiser its faster, handles better and dont have to worry about patch of sand or oil sending you flying. Doesnt really help more than two wheels if you get plowed by some idiot but thats the risk all riders take. I would have gotten a new ST if i could have afforded it but i could barely afford this used 2008 which brings us to my other point, you have to be old enough to be able to afford one of these babies so will never see a lot of 20 somethings riding them.
ooh sorry pictures are kinda big lol
Tony From Los Angeles
Current
2015 Spyder RT
2012 Yamaha FZ6R
Previous
2008 Premier GS #588
2005 Suzuki C50
2007 Susuki S40
I have had a good number of young people admire my F3, they do like it. The Spyder demographics are largely older because they are expensive, upscale machines. Look at 911's and Corvette drivers and most have gray hair. No one can dispute the cool factor of upscale cars, but they are 'Old People' cars.
If the F3 existed 20 years ago I would be just as attracted to it then as I am now, but I would still have been on my Nighthawk because the F3 would be out of my reach. So being older does have its perks.
I have had a good number of young people admire my F3, they do like it. The Spyder demographics are largely older because they are expensive, upscale machines. Look at 911's and Corvette drivers and most have gray hair. No one can dispute the cool factor of upscale cars, but they are 'Old People' cars.
The lawn fertilizing youngster was here today as I pulled in. "Cool bike," were his first words.
Had a 911. High performance driving school was a blast but nowhere else could I use it's power and speed without getting in trouble with Joe Higgins. Boy,was it expensive to maintain.
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I went to the Spyder because old leg injuries were making me worry when I had my wife on the back for long trips. I've come to love my Spyder and doubt if I'd go back to two wheels even if my legs were miraculously healed. And I'm very happy it's allowed me to keep riding...especially with my wife with me.
Phil
I may be old, but I got to see all the cool bands.
Nice post. Some time ago there was a poll in here asking the age range of Spyder ryders. Perhaps another poll asking why you chose the Spyder would be interesting and informative. Some ideas for categories:
1. Physical limitations or injury.
2. Wife won't join me on two wheels.
3. Am leery of my own ability to handle two wheels.
4. The Spyder is so Cool!
5. Others?........................
Add some more useful categories, then someone create the poll!
I am personally a 3, although I passed the course for 2 wheelers. I'm sure there are many other good responses.
I'm number 1 and 3. My back and legs either hurt or go numb.
I don't have any physical limitations, but for some unknown reason, over the last 15 years my Road King + wife just got very heavy. I still smile every time we come to a stop and I don't have to put my feet down.
I got mine because I was getting concerned about the likelihood of tipping over. I actually dropped my 2005 Goldwing 6 times in two years, once because I forgot to put the kickstand down when I came into the garage, twice because I was suffering from heat stress and didn't know it and went off the edge of pavement just as I was leaving a rest stop, twice putting my foot in a pothole while stopped, and once when my foot slipped on gravel on the asphalt almost stopped.
My 50 something nephew bought his because his wife said he could. She years earlier had forbade him to have a two wheeler. Her previous SO was in a vegetable state because of a T-bone on a 2 wheeler.
2014 Copper RTS
Tri-Axis bars, CB, BajaRon sway bar & shock adjusters, SpyderPop's Bumpskid, NBV peg brackets, LED headlights and modulator, Wolo trumpet air horns, trailer hitch, custom trailer harness, high mount turn signals, Custom Dynamics brake light, LED turn signal lights on mirrors, LED strip light for a dash light, garage door opener, LED lights in frunk, trunk, and saddlebags, RAM mounts and cradles for tablet (for GPS) and phone (for music), and Smooth Spyder belt tensioner.
I am 54 and I have been riding 2 wheels my whole life. I was riding as soon as I was walking and I had my first mini bike at the ripe old age of 7 and I progressed to bigger and better ever since. as of September this year i bought a RT but not because I'm crippled but i wanted something different and 6 months before my last crash i was thinking about a can am so here i am. Some people say i do a lot of riding as i travel 35,000 or more miles a year and so far i have dun it all on 2 wheels that was until this September now i will be doing it on 3. as far as riding on 2 wheels i still get a lot of miles as I'm a MSF Rider Coach and i teach every week some times 2 wheels other times 3 and yes we use the spyders, HD and sometimes things that shouldn't be on the road.
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
I bought it because the dealership happened to be the first place that I came to, after breaking out of the insane asylum. 
, i know i am cool my mommy says so.
