Dirt Roads

[SPYDERGUY1]

my first and last experience was not a pleasant one, spydee all over the road. spoke with a guy earlier and he travels dirt roads from his house to hiway, about 5 miles and he claims he flies along about 45 mph, never seen it so can't confirm...

 

[joet82]

went down the Moki Dugway today, a part of Utah Hwy 261, aka the Trail of the Ancients, a 3 mile, 10% grade, 1100 foot drop gravel road, and granted i stayed in 2nd gear and coasted most of the way down, the Spyder held the road perfectly and the washboards tested the Elka's. i had no problem at all traveling on the road.

 

[WackyDan]

I have been on some pretty bad roads... broken pavement, dirt, gravel, mixed... Fresh deep gravel is horrible, but your average gravel road is fine and I've never had any stones in my belt and I also have no guards.

One short cut through caused me to bottom out the front hard against the skid pad, reminding me to slow down... I don't hurry down those types of roads anymore.

 

[Star Cruiser]

Last summer I rode a "Hiway" in Saskatchewan. The entire road was gravel, fairly loose. It was 35 km before I could take an exit so my RS was slippin' and sliding on the loose stone at about 80 km hour (50mph). The nanny kept sensing a "slip" and eventually I had to stop at the side of the road and let the default code (limp mode) go away. I was trying to stay in third gear, but thought there might be less slippage in 4th. 4th was lugging a bit and really not much better. so in a word - NO, the spyder does NOT handle the gravel (at least loose gravel) very well at all.

 

[Farmboy]

I highly recommend spyderpops bump-skid. I live on a gravel road, have to go little over a mile be for I hit pavement. My stock plate under the frunk was half gone! just worn away. If the road grader grades my road, he sometimes will turn up rocks so big that if I go over one, it will lift a front tire off the ground. The new bump skid protects the under side very well. http://www.spyderpops.com/

 

[dannymax]

I live on a dirt road, travel it everytime I go out with the RS, and no issues except for turning around once and getting the front wheels just a tad too close to the ditch....tried backing up and the rear wheel would spin, then the nanny would kill it! This happened again & again till I had dug myself in quite a trench, but finally rocked it out. Now there's a pothole there....hope the town fixes it soon!! :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

These things have no back-up traction at all if the front is pointing downhill a little bit. :banghead:

It doesn't look like a bad idea to get a belt guard tho....pretty cheap insurance. Does anyone have a link to them?

 

[Bob Denman]

Coincidences can be a scary thing. :shocked: I had a hunting club meeting last night, and one of our newest members asked everyone up to his house in order to kind of set the right tone to his membership. Yup! Dirt Driveway!! :yikes: Slow and gentle; watching out for the loose stuff and holes... No problem! :thumbup:


...And his home was AMAZING!! This guy has hunted all over the World; every wall in every room had mounts, horns or pictures! :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

 

[chisel_maker]

I live on a dirt road. One mile till I hit pavement. It all depends on the condition of the road. My answer is pictured in my profile. I grade my road myself. The county grades it one a year. I hit it every month. When its hard and smooth 30 mph. In the spring when the snow is melting. and its all mud 5 mph. The spider will do great if you use a little sense.

 

[dannymax]

I live on a dirt road. One mile till I hit pavement. It all depends on the condition of the road. My answer is pictured in my profile. I grade my road myself. The county grades it one a year. I hit it every month. When its hard and smooth 30 mph. In the spring when the snow is melting. and its all mud 5 mph. The spider will do great if you use a little sense.

Wow!! You got your own grader!! I'd kill for a grader! :bowdown: :bowdown::bowdown:

I have a friend who just retired to Evergreen....small world!

 

[mtbear]

I live two miles up a gravely dirt road and as long as I take it easy I am fine.
I also always check my belt after I get home to make sure no rocks have lodged in the belt.
Spyder much more stable than my two wheelers were on the same road.
mtbear

 

[Wattsmyname]

It's pretty obvious after about 100 ft, this thing is out of its element, mine sounded like the plastic was about to rattle/fall off and then there is the Belt to worry about. If there is a chance of any Dirt Roads, I'm taking the BMW GS, no BELT to worry about. Be careful on the Dirt Road

How does a spyder do on dirt roads?