4/19/11*54F*ThunderStorm'n
This is get'n a lil on the scary side. I know many of us talk & somewhat kid about be'n "bitten" by the Spyder bug. I think I'm WAY past that point:yikes: you might say, my Spyder Bite is infected, cause I'm loosing control.
Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL DAY, & I of course rode in to work. Luckily, I was asked to come in early, so I got to avoid the masses in the parking lot with a million questions about what happened to TEDDY's :ani29: & why I now have a :spyder2: although ppl still sought me out to ask;) After work, I took the long way home again, was so nice. Something I noticed upon entering the Highway, I kinda found myself feeling like I was a little bounced from side to side on the byke. This was an unfamiliar feeling that I hadn't experienced on Teddy's 2010 RTS with stock shocks. It could have just been the pavement, maybe it had ripples I didn't notice on it, but that was the feeling I had. Real quick like bouncing from left to right, left to right in quick succession for about 20 seconds and then it stopped. Was a lil unsettling, cause if I hadn't remembered to keep a light grip, I'm sure it would have made me swerve or maybe even loose control:yikes: but again, with a lite grip, nothing transferred to the handlebars and all was well once it stopped bouncing me. Again, maybe just the road, or maybe I just need to get more acquainted with these Awesome Elkas:thumbup:
My aforementioned infection lies in the fact, that even tho I just put on roughly 1300 miles between the 2 Spyders over the weekend on our road-trip to Cowtown, (my butts ok, back a lil sore) and I planned on working on TEDDY's new :spyder2: and add the GloRyders & get the Camper all set up with it'd new rig, I couldn't do it. Literally, garage open, Beautiful Viper Red :spyder2: half out the garage door for better light to work with & I was stuck there, just staring at the Beautiful Beast, mesmerized for I know, at least 15 minutes. I even moved the :spyder2: all the way out of the garage so I could hook up the leaf blower & give the garage a quick Spring Cleaning. From my vantage point in the garage, I could see TEDDYS new :spyder2: glaring at me from around the pillars of the garage. Once I caught it's glare, I once again couldn't look away. This thing is mesmerizing. I actually had a moment of fear:yikes: or shock while staring at this beautiful creation. Staring head on, with all the lights on the front of an RTS along with the Bright Viper Red color and then the accent painting that Danny Farris did, this machine looks Menacing, EVIL even :yikes: Besides a moment of fear, it was followed by a glimps of doubt:dontknow: I'm NOT cool enough to be Ryde'n this byke :lecturef_smilie: Lucky for me, it's not my byke, it's Teddy's & he IS cool enough for this byke:clap:
But alas, the infection is setting in & I didn't do anything I had planned. Instead, I geared up Teddy & we took his new :spyder2: out & the only time we stopped was for me (or other ppl) to take pics along the way. If you noticed, I promised to post pics when i got home. Well, I posted the pics about 4:30 this morning cause thats about when we got home. & I had to be here at work at 5am this morning. I've already got over 700 miles on the OD of TEDDYS new :spyder2: in only what, 2 days :helpsmilie: I think I got it bad :helpsmilie:
Side note. There's another forum member that posted some Can-Am jackets for sale, & some ppl were wondering if the seller was legit or not cause I think it may have been their first post or something. Well, I ordered one of the jackets at a great price, everything went without an issue & I woulda received it on Friday but wasn't home when they tried to deliver & couldn't get them while we were in Cuba, so on our trip yesterday, we swung by the post office & picked it up, & WOW, very glad I did. Its an awesome Ryding jacket, zip out liner and all, brand new condition. So, overall, a very good experience:thumbup:
Luckily today it's storm'n, so maybe, just maybe, besides need'n sleep badly, I may be able to start on some of those mods to Tedsters new :spyder2::2thumbs:
Its almost midnight, I should be sleeping
But what are Teddy & I doing, we're gearing up for a quick ryde before the Storms start kicking our butts again. Man oh man, I got it bad. I cant stop myself
HAPPY 21st Birthday Teddy
:joke:Well, to be exact, it's his 3rd Birthday in our years, but my lil guy is all grown up & legal now:joke:
Yup, born on 4/20/08, & he adopted me on 6/20/08 at the ripe ole age of 8 weeks. Wow, & I thought those were good times:thumbup:but they pale in comparison to our lives together with the :spyder::2thumbs:
:yes:HAPPY BIRTHDAY Buddy:yes:
:roflblack:I guess y'all can figure out what his Birthday present was this year :spyder2:
Yup, when we get back to Cowtown for SpYderFest
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Originally Posted by
bullant12
I thought Cowtown SE :spyder2: had Utopia backrests?:dontknow:
You are correct bullant, but I picked Teds Red Sled up a week early and before the back-rests arrived at Cowtown, so I still have a few mods left to be installed (:firstplace:Len is AWESOME to work with:bowdown:)
So I still have the Utopia BackRest, Lamonster IPS & also the SpYderFest Insignia Plaque to be mounted yet :2thumbs:
:yes:& this byke already looks AWESOME!!! WOW, Can't wait for the rest of the goodies :yes:
4/20/11*Teddys 3rd Birthday*56F*Dry now, Partly Cloudy
:lecturef_smilie: I Find myself in a position Ive never experienced before :lecturef_smilie:
The sun peeks out & its almost 60 & I find myself (Teddy as well) ansy to get our daily :spyder2: fix :thumbup:
But then, I experience what I can only call "Hesitation/Fear even".
With Teddy's 2010 RTS I never once felt fear when thinking of going for a ryde. There were times it didn't work, but I understood going in, all of us doing so in 2010 are early adopters, and this pretty complex machine is bound to have some issues, its a given with any New to Market Product. But I never feared going for a ride in almost any climactic conditions. 2 trips to Indianapolis in 12F & 24F degree temps, no worries, no fear, be prepaired and enjoy the ryde. Thats what Teddy & I did, for almost 14000 WonderFul miles in about 11 months. I rec'on Teddy has logged close to 6000 miles himself:thumbup:
But now, with Teddy's new 2011 :spyder2:, that feeling is still alive & well, no doubt! But the difference is, I think I knew all along that the :ani29: wasn't mine. I had settled on something that wasn't what was agreed upon, but I couldn't stand to waste my friends time off work, nor mine, nor the 300 mile trip to get there, just to be told, "Sorry, I know I should'a called you last night, but I figured we'd surely have the "Error Code" corrected by the time you got here." 5 hours waiting later, "Sorry Dave, this unit (PE#0468) (or something like that) is't leaving here tonight. My options: Take a still in the box unit thats not a PE or go home wasting time & money not to mention "Personal Heartache" (I was bitten then too) & disapointment.
So yeah, give me the box. They rushed put'n it together, since they closed at 6 & it was now 9pm. I have to give him credit for try'n, just not the experience I thought I was in for, lets just say that. I had the SE5 Recall problem on my intial test ride. When we stopped to fill up :ani29: gas tank, I asked my sales person why it didn't work right the 5th time I used the "Thumb Shifter" & he told me, "You musta just not hit it right. It'll take you a little time, but you'll learn. Hmmmmm Mmmmmm, I learned all right. Got it home, enjoyed Teddy's :ani29: for 9 whole days. I swear, my face hurt SO BAD from the permanant grin on my mug :2thumbs:
Then, into the shop for 49days waiting on the recall parts. I missed everything last year, Lamonts BBQ, The BRP Owners Event in Chicago (Tho it sounds like We won on that one) & all the other stuff last year.
We got in one group ryde up to Hocking Hills & met up with the Newly Formed Ohio Spyder Ryders Club, I think we had 13-15 total. Teddy & I loved it.
WE were upset at BRPs handling of our experience at first. Many have said it on here "Carlo to the Rescue":bowdown:
Long story short, Len & Cowtown have Redefined for me what Awesome Customer Service truly is. Teddy & I experienced it first hand/paw :firstplace: I have FAITH AGAIN :yes:
I couldn't have asked for a better experience. I honestly thought for a few minutes if I could manage to move to Cuba MO :roflblack: But it did run thru my mind:dontknow: Its a Great Ryde'n Area with Route 66 right there thru the middle of town:doorag:
Anyways, this is Teddy's :spyder2:, this is what he was suppose to get the first time out. Everything he wanted & everything he was promised, and more even.
So I guess, now I'm scared to hurt it. The Bright Red Color is SO FAST & Mesmerizing, at least for me, its SO BEAUTIFUL!!! We were going thru the twisties up to Devou Park last night, about midnight. Temp. right b4 the tornado warnings got up to almost 80 with a full moon before the storm, we had to ride:clap: On the way up the hill, POP...... POP.. POP POP WTF !!! I immediately pulled over to check out what the sounds were. I ran over some gravel that washed across the road with all the rain earlier, & it was bouncing off the new tires of Teds Red Sled (lol) & hitting the underside of the fenders (which is what they were designed for) but it still upset me :gaah: It almost made me slow down :roflblack: going up the hill :roflblack:
So yeah, I knew the 2010 was going to be my daily driver & I had the same plans for Teddys new :spyder2: Im not rich enough to own a trailer queen, plus I need at least a Daily :spyder2: fix, or I'm not all that happy :( But I also..... D:cus:mn it, sorry......................... We gotta go ryde :yes:
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