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Would You Go Back?
Well folks as the title suggests, would you go back to riding a bike??? Also why did you choose the Spyder???
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Originally Posted by Rossco068
Well folks as the title suggests, would you go back to riding a bike??? Also why did you choose the Spyder???
Would I go back?
Well if i could have my 20 year old body back I would probably have a two wheeler parked beside my spyder.
Why Spyder?
From the first time I saw this amazing vehicle going around a test track I knew I wanted one.
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If i had the money and room i would have a Goldwing plus the Spyder.I do miss the leaning in he corners and the torque of the Wing but also like the Spyder as you never worry about gravel or oil in a turn.Both are great in their own way.Plus the wife can ride the Spyder but not the Wing.
Bill
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I bought a new 09 GS six years ago. I rode it about six months then went back to two wheels. Now, with back issues I'm back on a Spyder. It appears I will be on three wheels from now on, and that ain't a bad thing!
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My knees went to hell in my 40's and I thought my riding days were over. At 65, my wife insisted I buy a Spyder - I had just retired and had time on my hands.
Not only do I love it, I don't think I'd go back, even if medical science could fix my knees. I've been in twisties, right after a thunderstorm blew through, where, as I leaned into a hairpin turn, I saw gravel all over the road that would have, most probably, put me down on a two-wheeler at the speed I was going.
Nope - my love affair with my Spyder is here to stay - no desire to go back to two wheels.
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No way would I go back. If I had to, I'd have to stop ryding. I never felt proficient enough to ride two-wheels very far, didn't like the Tri-Glide, so Spyder is it for me.
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Well....
Hard to say...I have been on two wheelers all my life, well until four years ago, and worked and owned shops in two continents. I sold it all and resigned myself to remodeling our house and starting over, caring for my mom and helping the kids get started. The wife is the reason I got the spyder. she said we live in this fantastic ryding area, the kids are off, we need to get back on the road. Saw a commercial for the spyder and that was that. Would I go back...Don't think so, well really I know so....
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If my body would go back to what it was 20 years ago, I'd go back to two wheels in a heartbeat.
Pam
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Well I guess I'm Lucky. I still ride leaners and even have a WR250R enduro racing bike which I still ride. I ride a new R1200R LC BMW a couple times a week. I have had knee replacements, severe neck and back problems and numerous surgeries, but will never give up two wheels even If I need to go back to a scooter which I started on in 1951.
I am 76 now and been riding since I was 11. (Cushman/Harley Hummer) Yea I know that's 65 years that I have never been without a two wheeled ride. It's in my DNA and I will never give it up. We are more comfortable on the Spyder when riding two up and use it for "Rally's" but at home and locally we mix it up with 2 & 3 wheels.
Jack
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I don't miss 2 wheels!! I first seen a Spyder upclose in '09 at a four wheeler event that Can Am had a trailer at. A GS went putzing by and I just looked and thought to myself that I was going to have one someday!! I bought one in 2013 and another in 2014 for my wife. We love them and won't have anything else.
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Ride three wheel and two wheel M/Cs [not at the same time] - as years go by, no doubt, more on three......
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Wouldn't go back
Nope even if someone gave me another 2 wheeler I wouldn't go back. I love the comfort and the fact that I am able to relax and just ride. I don't worry about the sand, stones, pot holes and wet roads anymore. Obviously I still have to keep an eye out but I can watch the landscape a little more and just feel free. I am in with the others that got bit on their first test ryde. No looking back. Cindy
2016 F3-L Special Series Triple Black
August 25, 2016
2014 ST-Limited
July 2, 2014
"Just going down that long lonesome highway" and now REALLY loving every minute!!
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no more two wheels
Always had a wing or other two wheelers since I was 15. I'm now almost 60, Have a plate in my left foot. So on long rides the foot gets to hurting and goes numb at times. So There's just no way to go back on two wheels. Besides my wife loves our rt to much. And she can drive it if she needs to if something happens to me.
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call me crazy, because i don't ride as much as i used to, and my bike is at the dealer on a consignment sale, but i would like to go back to two wheels. here is why, out of all the bikes i have had, i never owned a Harley. i was never comfortable on them with the floorboards, but i have always loved the looks and sound of them.
i went to see the VROD MUSCLE, in red, and fell in love with it. if i had the money for a bike i wouldn't ride too much, i would buy that bike in a heart beat.
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I did!
My intention was to get a spyder about 2-3 years from now. Well, in fall of 2014 I had a little incident on one of my 2 wheelers. My wife was against me riding again, so I showed up one day with my new spyder. Well, after a year and a half, I finally convinced her that I missed 2 wheels and I should purchase another. So, 2 weeks ago, I picked up another M109R to go along with my spyder. Now all is well again.
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I still have a 2 wheeler
Originally Posted by Rossco068
Well folks as the title suggests, would you go back to riding a bike??? Also why did you choose the Spyder???
I still have a two wheeler that I use for work and an occasional ride, but I get bored after 50 miles and go back to the
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I love my Spyder and I love to ride it. It is the most fun I've had since I left 2 wheels. Yes I would go back to two wheels if I could. Medical problems and my wife's refusal to ride on 2 wheels keep me on three and I am happy with the 3 wheeler I chose.
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Well that's a resounding no. Just as I suspected folks. I have some serious pondering to do over the next four years, mainly in regards to loosing 500cc's. On the other hand the Spyders milage and comfort puts my current ride to shame.
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In a nanosecond. Bought Spyder to keep us on the road without too much concern for low back follies. If I could hold up a new GoldWing ,or shucks, my '07 Wing, Spyder would be sooo gone.
Patrick
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2017 F150 2015 MINI Cooper S IBA 56167
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I still have two Harleys (1942 WLA, 1990FLHTC) and a Ural that I ride fairly regularly. And if my wife didn't ride with me I probably not have a Spyder now. But I am getting more used to it.
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Good question
I miss my two wheel days a lot. I had a st1300 Honda, yes I would go back if I could, The Rt-s is a good alternative for those like myself that have back issues.
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If my hip would permit, I would have two wheels in my stable, as well as a . I miss the lean on two wheels.
Currently Owned: 2019 F3 Limited, 2020 F3 Limited: SOLD BOTH LIMITEDS in October of 2023.
Previously : 2008 GS-SM5 (silver), 2009 RS-SE5 (red), 2010 RT-S Premier Editon #474 (black) 2011 RT A&C SE5 (magnesium) 2014 RTS-SE6 (yellow)
MY FINAL TALLY: 7 Spyders, 15 years, 205,500 miles
IT HAS BEEN A LONG, WONDERFUL, AND FUN RIDE.
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