Geosik
11-03-2013, 04:12 PM
I just read a post from a soon to be Spyder Owner who is giving up his 2 wheel Honda and it prompted me to relate my experience.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?60089-New-owner-to-be-question
I purchased a Yamaha Vstar 950T in May of 2012 after not riding a cycle for almost 50 years. I took the MSF motorcycle course and put 4,200 miles on it before putting it away last winter. I love to ride and "lean" on two wheels but unfortunately I could not get my wife to ride with me on two wheels. I have been married to Karin for 41 years and really wanted her to ride with me and learn to love the riding experience as much as I did.
This summer I started to work on her to ride a Trike, I had a friend take her for rides on a two in the back trike and also on a cycle with the Voyager conversion. About the middle of July we then went and test rode a Honda GL1800 Trike conversion, she was liking it.
On the way home from the Honda Trike ride we went past A CanAm dealer, in the next week I went for two short test drives and she went for two short test rides. I went to another dealer and they let us take a test drive/ride of an hour and a half the rest is history.... On September 18 we picked up our 2013:spyder2: RT Limited and have put on over 1400 miles riding together.... She is hooked and will be getting her MC permit and hopefully her license....:clap:
I kept the Vstar and still go out and lean but less frequently. The Spyder was in the shop for a week getting a new seat installed and a purge valve replaced. we really missed "Baby".
Hoping to get in a few more rides before our upstate New York winter sets in.
I still ride on two but I am not sure for how much longer as I am loving the Spyder more and more.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?60089-New-owner-to-be-question
I purchased a Yamaha Vstar 950T in May of 2012 after not riding a cycle for almost 50 years. I took the MSF motorcycle course and put 4,200 miles on it before putting it away last winter. I love to ride and "lean" on two wheels but unfortunately I could not get my wife to ride with me on two wheels. I have been married to Karin for 41 years and really wanted her to ride with me and learn to love the riding experience as much as I did.
This summer I started to work on her to ride a Trike, I had a friend take her for rides on a two in the back trike and also on a cycle with the Voyager conversion. About the middle of July we then went and test rode a Honda GL1800 Trike conversion, she was liking it.
On the way home from the Honda Trike ride we went past A CanAm dealer, in the next week I went for two short test drives and she went for two short test rides. I went to another dealer and they let us take a test drive/ride of an hour and a half the rest is history.... On September 18 we picked up our 2013:spyder2: RT Limited and have put on over 1400 miles riding together.... She is hooked and will be getting her MC permit and hopefully her license....:clap:
I kept the Vstar and still go out and lean but less frequently. The Spyder was in the shop for a week getting a new seat installed and a purge valve replaced. we really missed "Baby".
Hoping to get in a few more rides before our upstate New York winter sets in.
I still ride on two but I am not sure for how much longer as I am loving the Spyder more and more.