Spyderlady Linda Had A Spill Today

[Oldmanzues]

I will add my best wishs and prayers for a full, fast and total recovery for you and the pups.
I had never considered what Nanny would do in a hydroplane situation. Something to think about.
Oldmanzues

 

[kevorama]

Heal up soon my spyder friend. Makes me wonder if I really want to put a "possum pusher" on my bike. Hmmmmm............Len might be the one that could verify that.

I don't think that's going to make much difference adding the bump skid. I'm still installing mine today. The bottom will still be smooth and only 1/2" closer to the ground at most. Not having it could cause the water to possibly rip or crack some of your fairing pieces. Compare the price of what BRP wants for panels to the price of Pop's Bump Skid. The key thing really, is to just watch out for high water, especially in road dips or hill bottoms when there has been a lot of rain in a short period. Of course speed makes a big difference as well.

 

[Yazz]

Linda, Hubby and I are wishing for a speedy and full recovery for you and your dogs.

Hope you're good to go by Spyderfest, cuz we don't want last year's leader doing a repeat performance...

 

[Hawk Eye]

Aslong as she is OK everything else will fall into place. We will keep you in our prayers.

Hawk Eye :yes: :yes: :doorag: :doorag:

 

[SpyderLady]

SpyderLady is NOT a bull rider.... LOL and Spyders do NOT turn over.

First of all thank you everyone for the thoughts, wishes and prayers. I am okay a banged up elbow that yesterday looked like I had an egg on it, but this morning it has gone down and is just really sore as is most of my body. Now for the details: I had my two little dogs in a carrier in the passenger seat all strapped in. The parade we were in was lots of fun and everyone loved the Spyders and especially the dogs. During the parade it started to POUR and I do mean POUR. We tried to wait it out, but finally decided to start home. John was not with me as he was taking my girlfriend home (she had rode behind him in the parade). At times it was raining so hard I had trouble seeing. Glasses were fogging up and raining to beat the band. More than once I thought of pulling over, but the dogs were getting soaked and I wanted to get them home (my bad.... should have stopped). I was doing about 35 mph and had already hit one bit of a large puddle and the bike plowed right on through with no issues. Then it started to rain HARDER and I pulled my goggles down onto my nose so I could see better and try to find a place to pull off (gas station up ahead). All I can remember is all of a sudden the bike was floating turning to the right and I was saying to myself OH SH**. (The water over the road was at least 8 inches deep)then the spyder was spun very, very fast to the left and the right wheel was coming up..... that is about all I remember... I do remember flying off the bike and hitting the ground very hard (at least that is what the people were telling me that stopped... I hit my head really hard.) DOT helmet has a good scrape and dent in it. I remember laying in the road and looking to see if a car was coming that was going to run over me. Then I spotted my dogs a good 30 feet from me and all I wanted to do was get to them. To be honest as I was getting up I expected to see my spyder laying on her side and to my amazement she was right side up, only damage being the left mirror was missing.

Bikers are all neat people as we all know. A guy whose house backed to the road looked out at the commotion, recognized me and the purple bike and immediately came over. I had people from my subdivision stop and they took the dogs and the pieces of the mirror home, the guy took me to his house and drove my bike to his house then he took me home. This morning I went and got my baby, she is home and getting cleaned up.

Len from Cowtown being the super guy he is wants to come up and pick her up. He wants to go over her and check everything out before I ride her very far. Hopefully my incident has helped everyone else avoid any heavy rain issues. I will say the SENORS DO WORK.. Take care and ride safe.

 

[aka1004]

I once hydroplaned at about 80 and spyder did really quick adjustment and straightened itself and I continued on.
There was no time to react on my part as adjustment was very quick and light without any harsh braking.
All I had time for was to say "ohhh shi~~~~" and it was over.
I wonder if I just got lucky or her vss didn't work right...

In any case, heal well and quick.

 

[Mr. White]

I am glad all is well with no serious injury. However your experience is a great learning curve for all Spyder ryders. I re read your last post...and while we don't have a lot of rain in South Texas, we do have quick, hard downpours and "flash floods" as they call them. A dry dip in the road one moment and two minutes later 5 inches of water...

I have learned a lot from your experience....and will pay close attention to water over the road. I am not a wrench and would never think of these controls kicking in and causing the scoot to jerk you hard enough to put you on the road.

I am sorry to say "thanks", but you experience will save others of a simular problem. Good luck!

:spyder2:

 

[Yazz]

Thanks for the update. Puts my mind at rest that you'll be o.k.

 

[Idaspud]

SpyderLady Linda hit a nasty, deep water, area today after her and John rode in the local St. Patty's Day Parade. The day started of nice and warm and went to hell after 12:00 noon. She had her two dogs in tow behind her. The underside of the Spyder will lift the wheels off the ground like the hull of a boat will. Once the wheels are off, the sensors kick in. That's not a good thing when hydroplaning. The long and the short of it: Her and the dogs are fine... a little road rash, bumps and bruises. The bike will need a little work to make it pristine again. Len from Cowtown is coming into STL on Sunday and taking her bike back to make sure that the damage was only superficial and not structural.

Give her a high five for being a trooper. I'm sure she would appreciate your well wishes.

So glad you are OK, bikes can be fixed:dontknow:

 

[SpyderLady]

I forgot to say THANK YOU to Kevin and Joanie who came over last night to check on me and let me wine a bit. Definitely helped me sleep and not notice the aches and pains. Love you guys!hyea:hyea:hyea:

 

[dancogan]

Let me add my thanks for posting the details of your incident. It does help all of us learn about the hazards of riding in the rain through water, and what to expect. The only times I've had an unexpected reaction from the Spyder was also on wet roads. Despite the 3 wheel stability, we need to learn to slow down in the rain. Thanks again, and glad you're mostly OK - and the dogs, too! Kudos to Len for taking such good care of you. :thumbup:

 

[epiphysis]

I'm a brand new Spyder rider and this is one of the reasons for forums like this......learning how to avoid issues........I'm glad, Spyderlady, that you are ok.......I'm sure, over the next few days, you will experience some pain in places you never thought of......most of that will be muscle weakness from spasms from the fall........do some basic exercises and you will be ok....if you are not sure what to do, pm me and I will send you some.........

 

[Cavman]

Glad to hear you are OK. Life is lessons learned. Hope your dogs are doing well too. If I see a small 'pond' in the road in the future, I will safely try to drop my speed, if I have no choice in going through it?

I once encountered black ice on the Interstate on a two wheeler. I saw it, :shocked: hit the brakes to drop my speed, released the brakes then stood up on the foot pegs a bit when I hit the patch. It was squirrely for a moment. The car behind me moved over several lanes. I stayed upright and avoided that spot in the future. There was a 'leak' in the road and it was Winter at night.

 

[TOPDOGJIM]

Sorry to hear this, glad for the most part things are ok. High 5 from CT and dog lover.

 

[michigal]

Glad you are okay

...and thanks for sharing this with us. We don't ride in the rain if we can possibly help it because hubby rides a two-wheeler, but we hadn't thought water would affect spydee in that way. This is good to know.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

Glad you are okay but I'm curious what type of gear you had on? I know you previously stated that if you were in a state with no helmet law you wouldn't wear one. How do you feel about that today?

 

[staysafeonline]

Glad you are okay and I am sure your Spyder will be fine too after Len and his crew look at it!

As I read your recap of what happened, became apparent that we ALL need to trust our intuition to stop when its tells us we should stop!

 

[Big Arm]

Glad to hear you are doing better. Here's hoping for a fast and full recovery for you and the dogs. Thanks for posting the update.
We can all learn from this incident.

 

[spyderbirds]

Glad the results were not worse. thanks for updating us. heal quickly.

 

[SteveMac]

Amen.

Thankful to God that Linda is OK. Beautiful Purple Spyders can be replaced, but there is only one SpyderLady Linda and I am thankful she is safe.

Linda, Connie and I send big hugs and prayers your way. I'll give you a real bear hug in April!