Pennyrick
05-10-2014, 12:20 PM
Earlier I posted observations noted during our trip to and from Spyderfest after logging over 36,000 miles on RT's.
Here are some more thoughts....
- Buying a hood to make the Garmin 660 easier to view is a waste of money. Unless the day is completely overcast nothing is going to make that screen visible. To make matters worse I wear transitions prescription sun glasses. When they are dark, the screen is completely invisible to me. If I take them off the information is too small for me to read... assuming it is correct which it often is not.
- The Ultimate seat is the best addition I have made to my Spyder, bar none. 2,100 miles is lot of seat time and my butt doesn't have some of the internal padding it did in my youth. The Ultimate saved the day.
- A toothbrush makes a good tool to remove the debris of dead bugs from around the headlights and fairing on the RT's.
- Highway 14 from Ava to West Plains, MO is a nice stretch to run early on a Sunday morning. So too is Highway 160 to Doniphan.
- Alabama Highway 67 south and then southeast on Alabama 278 is another neat route to run.
- Tennessee Highway 64 from Savannah to Lawrenceburg is also pretty good.
- Not everyone in the wind gives a wave. I don't care, I wave at everyone on two or three wheels.
- Mid-Alabama gets the 'most dead Armadillos' prize with western Georgia a surprising second.
- Baker Air Wings sure do cool down your legs.
- Eighteen wheelers that install lower shields on their trailers don't displace as much air as those with open wheels so the Spyder is not affected nearly as much.
- The cruise control on my RT will not match with the cruise on my wife's RT. If I am set at 59 mph she is gaining on me at the same setting. If I set mine at 60, she falls behind. I guess I need a 59.5 setting to match up with her.
Here are some more thoughts....
- Buying a hood to make the Garmin 660 easier to view is a waste of money. Unless the day is completely overcast nothing is going to make that screen visible. To make matters worse I wear transitions prescription sun glasses. When they are dark, the screen is completely invisible to me. If I take them off the information is too small for me to read... assuming it is correct which it often is not.
- The Ultimate seat is the best addition I have made to my Spyder, bar none. 2,100 miles is lot of seat time and my butt doesn't have some of the internal padding it did in my youth. The Ultimate saved the day.
- A toothbrush makes a good tool to remove the debris of dead bugs from around the headlights and fairing on the RT's.
- Highway 14 from Ava to West Plains, MO is a nice stretch to run early on a Sunday morning. So too is Highway 160 to Doniphan.
- Alabama Highway 67 south and then southeast on Alabama 278 is another neat route to run.
- Tennessee Highway 64 from Savannah to Lawrenceburg is also pretty good.
- Not everyone in the wind gives a wave. I don't care, I wave at everyone on two or three wheels.
- Mid-Alabama gets the 'most dead Armadillos' prize with western Georgia a surprising second.
- Baker Air Wings sure do cool down your legs.
- Eighteen wheelers that install lower shields on their trailers don't displace as much air as those with open wheels so the Spyder is not affected nearly as much.
- The cruise control on my RT will not match with the cruise on my wife's RT. If I am set at 59 mph she is gaining on me at the same setting. If I set mine at 60, she falls behind. I guess I need a 59.5 setting to match up with her.