Laila's Dad
08-25-2013, 11:29 AM
Hello all,
I hope that your weekend has been all that you needed it to be and that you are enjoying this day that we are all fortunate to see... I did a pre-ride yesterday to Austin, TX in preparation of my upcoming charity ride on 9-7-2013. Total I drove 420 miles in about 9.5 hours including stops and a lunch break so not too bad for me. It was a great ride, met a few spyder admirers along the way who had more questions than I had answers or time. Good news is the details for the ride are in place so it will be a wonderful time for all and benefit some good people. Here are a few observations I made along the way.
1) although I was driving 70 to 75 mph the majority of the trip, every motorcycle that I saw(mostly cruisers, not many sport bikes) passed me doing 10 to 15 mph faster. I kept thinking "am I going 75?". I know to "ride my own ride", but just found it so odd that my cruising speed was 15mph slower than the 2 wheelers.
2) gas mileage is pretty darn good on the highway for my 2012 RS-s. I didn't do the "Fuelly" app but I spent about 15 dollars coming back for gas which was great!
3) I must get a gel pad of some sort for any long rides. It was bearable but I was struggling a bit going to Austin. I stopped about 3 times in the first 200 miles to relax a bit. Only once coming home so I was able to position myself a little better.
4) although I am happy with me, I must admit that if I was about 5 inches shorter, the spyder would be a better ride. My rivco floorboards help out soooooo much, but I still wish I could really stretch my legs out sometimes. You may be thinking "get some highway pegs, dummy!" but when I stretch my legs out I have my feet on the front wheel covers and based on my small knowledge no pegs extend that far. :rolleyes:
5) I must be one of the few people to come through Austin on a spyder. People seemed to be amazed by it more than the usual thumbs up or "how does it run?" questions. One guy told me "you have a video bike".
6) I used the app "Glympse" that Lamonster used to show his progress when he went to Canada a couple weeks ago. It is great, my wife liked it a lot. It timed out a few times but worked pretty good for the most part.
I hope that your weekend has been all that you needed it to be and that you are enjoying this day that we are all fortunate to see... I did a pre-ride yesterday to Austin, TX in preparation of my upcoming charity ride on 9-7-2013. Total I drove 420 miles in about 9.5 hours including stops and a lunch break so not too bad for me. It was a great ride, met a few spyder admirers along the way who had more questions than I had answers or time. Good news is the details for the ride are in place so it will be a wonderful time for all and benefit some good people. Here are a few observations I made along the way.
1) although I was driving 70 to 75 mph the majority of the trip, every motorcycle that I saw(mostly cruisers, not many sport bikes) passed me doing 10 to 15 mph faster. I kept thinking "am I going 75?". I know to "ride my own ride", but just found it so odd that my cruising speed was 15mph slower than the 2 wheelers.
2) gas mileage is pretty darn good on the highway for my 2012 RS-s. I didn't do the "Fuelly" app but I spent about 15 dollars coming back for gas which was great!
3) I must get a gel pad of some sort for any long rides. It was bearable but I was struggling a bit going to Austin. I stopped about 3 times in the first 200 miles to relax a bit. Only once coming home so I was able to position myself a little better.
4) although I am happy with me, I must admit that if I was about 5 inches shorter, the spyder would be a better ride. My rivco floorboards help out soooooo much, but I still wish I could really stretch my legs out sometimes. You may be thinking "get some highway pegs, dummy!" but when I stretch my legs out I have my feet on the front wheel covers and based on my small knowledge no pegs extend that far. :rolleyes:
5) I must be one of the few people to come through Austin on a spyder. People seemed to be amazed by it more than the usual thumbs up or "how does it run?" questions. One guy told me "you have a video bike".
6) I used the app "Glympse" that Lamonster used to show his progress when he went to Canada a couple weeks ago. It is great, my wife liked it a lot. It timed out a few times but worked pretty good for the most part.