A wild ride!

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: By any chance, was he born under a bad sign? :dontknow:

 

[BUZZARD II]

Ah, this reads like a troll.

 

[Shifter]

Whys that Buzzard?
I did a search after posting, a search on heat problems and there seems to be some concern on the earlier models and talk of fans and heat deflectors.
Tommo's Spyder had heat wrap already on the exhaust and while I was riding it, some 8000kms in 3 months I found my leg got warm but then I wear jeans and motorcycle boots.
Shorts and casual shoes are not riding gear in my opinion.

 

[kep-up]

Another thing the urban speed limits here are 60 kph and 50 kph, to run at 60kph I'm in second gear at 5000rpm...sounds way too busy at those revs!...but according to the dos and donts thats the right gear for the speed.
open road limits 100kph and 110 kph, now running in 4th is cool at those speeds, but second around town sound like its thrashing it!


Ridden two wheels for 40 years, current 2 wheeler Kawasaki GPZ900R and Victory Vegas, world's apart but the Spyder is a whole new Universe!
After reading the above on revving I've marked the tach at 5000 and trying to stay above that.
It feels manic and like an old RD350 2-stroke riding like that, just rode up twisty Springbrook mountain and then Beechmont mountain and stopped at the general store and I'm exhausted!.... Gotta be 100% on the ball, I've got the handlebar action and weight shift happening. Picking lines into corners that keep me in my lane....and it's hard work!

ps thanks for all your replys

Please stop worrying about the 5000rpm stuff. Unless you are looking for quick acceleration. Just ride it. Your experience will tell you where the tach needle should be.

 

[Shifter]

Please stop worrying about the 5000rpm stuff. Unless you are looking for quick acceleration. Just ride it. Your experience will tell you where the tach needle should be.

Yeah thanks mate, that's waaaayyyy back, thanks to advice from here I just started riding it like any other bike .
I had to give it back to the owner anyway (it's his bike, he paid for it after all) much as I've grown to love riding it.
With Tommo's latest burn injury and resultant skin graft I just may be riding it again for a while.