Oh no...wife said she preferred taking the GL1800 instead........

[Luckyme]

We are doing a ride up into Ohio for a few days July 6-8. Hocking Hills, Amish Country, and our central Ohio Hometown areas. We will be riding with good friends for which we have rode our Goldwings together on several trips. Now that I have the Spyder, I planned to ride it, of course. I still have my 2007 GL1800, and I've equipped the Spyder RT Ltd. with all the similar goodies to the Wing.
My dear wife asked if we would be taking the Wing, because she has experienced getting "car sick" when riding the twisties on the Spyder. :yikes: I love her dearly, and want her to enjoy riding every minute with me. Never before on the 2 wheelers over the years, even riding twisties in the mountains, Tail of the Dragon, etc. has she had this issue.
She said as a passenger, the sensation in cornering is so much like in the back seat of a car, it makes her feel ill. She also rides a smaller 2 wheeler, and has never had this issue in 25+ years of riding with me.

I advised her that the roads we will be taking in Ohio are not as twisty, and I'll take it easy so we can take the Spyder.
Do others that have a passenger ever had this issue. If they get "car sick", do they take a remedy before riding?

 

[prmurat]

My wife had the same problem the 1st time we rode our RT... I was going to fast on a twisty road and she felt motion sick..... Try to get it slower for a while and she should adapt... Hopefully?!

 

[Knarfoh]

We are doing a ride up into Ohio for a few days July 6-8. Hocking Hills, Amish Country, and our central Ohio Hometown areas.

I advised her that the roads we will be taking in Ohio are not as twisty, and I'll take it easy so we can take the Spyder.

My first "LONG" ride was to the Hocking Hills, specifically because I wanted to drive the "TWISTY" roads. As you are probably aware, the Hocking Hills are a destination for motorcyclists. Maybe the rest of your trip is not on "TWISTY" roads, but I know once you are inside the Hocking Hills it is pretty "TWISTY".

My previous motorcycle was a Goldwing and as the driver I think I would prefer the Spyder over the Goldwing for the Hocking Hills. I have now ridden both there. I cannot contradict your wife because I have no passenger experience though and only she can tell you what and how she feels.

By the way - I was surprised I could not find the GPS co-ordinates for the major Hocking Hills destinations. I used a website called poieditor.com to program them into my GPS. Because of the way that website works, it was impossible for me to precisely locate the entrances to all of the locations I wanted to visit. It got me close (sometimes exactly and sometimes just close) but on my visit, I entered the exact co-ordinates into my GPS.

If you are interested and want to PM me I could send you the Point of Interest file (POI) for you to load into your GPS if you plan to use one. Just tell me the brand of your GPS.

The Hocking Hill locations I have a POI file for are the following:

Ash Cave
Cantwell Cliffs
Conkles Hollow
Rock House
Old Mans Cave
Cedar Falls

That is all the biggies.

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Actually, let me just add the co-ordinates to the post here. But you can still ask me for the file if you want it.

LOL. The above is a IMAGE FILE. Someone sent me a PM and said they couldn't cut and paste the co-ordinates into their computer GPS program. Sorry. You have to type them in yourself.

 

[Bob Denman]

Take it easy and let her acclimate herself! You sure don't want any... :barf:
Good Luck!

 

[vrodrjs]

Bonine

My wife gets sick if I back down our driveway to fast. She always takes Bonine before we go on a boat dive (SCUBA). It isn't supposed to make you tired like dramamine will. Works great for her as she has never chummed while diving.

 

[Knarfoh]

You Are Welcome

Knarfoh,

Thanks for the great information. I will definitely use it. I have the Spyder Navigation, and I've not tried downloading the places to see yet.

Dennis & Lisa XXXXXX

Once inside the park, these points are fairly close together. Everything is rolling hills and left and right. That is why I understand your wife's plight. I am also a scuba diver and I see one of the responses suggested a motion sickness remedy that is non-drowsy. Those work well

I do not own the Garmin system (mine is the TomTom Rider 2 that I transferred over from my old motorcycle), but Garmin uses CSV files to create Points of Interest files (POI). I have owned Garmins in the past and it is very simple to create your own POI files. HERE IS THE LINK ON GAMIN'S WEBSITE CLICK HERE ON HOW TO USE THEIR FREE SOFTWARE TO CREATE POI'S.

If you read carefully - there is an article you can link to about CSV files and how to create them. Or I can email you my file. Just PM me if that is the case. I have it for the Garmin already.

The other good thing about using a GPS is by creating your own custom POI file, you can go from closest location to closest location once you are there. You will not find yourself hopscotching around the Hocking Hills but can do it in a systematic way. Believe me, your wife will appreciate you taking the shortest and most convenient routes from one place to another.

 

[Luckyme]

My wife gets sick if I back down our driveway to fast. She always takes Bonine before we go on a boat dive (SCUBA). It isn't supposed to make you tired like dramamine will. Works great for her as she has never chummed while diving.

Some posts mentioned scuba diving. I'm a diver as well (not for several years now) and I too get sick on a tossing boat. I recall being fearful of chucking through a regulator. Only 1 time it was a close call, but we got in the water and down fast, the sickness disappeared when under the water (until we got back on the boat!)

Wife would not dive, or go out in the boat.

She will take some motion sickness pills for the next Spyder Ride. Now that she knows how it effects her.

 

[spyder3]

Some posts mentioned scuba diving. I'm a diver as well (not for several years now) and I too get sick on a tossing boat. I recall being fearful of chucking through a regulator. Only 1 time it was a close call, but we got in the water and down fast, the sickness disappeared when under the water (until we got back on the boat!)

Wife would not dive, or go out in the boat.

She will take some motion sickness pills for the next Spyder Ride. Now that she knows how it effects her.

That would be a shame if you had to trade her in. She sounds like a nice lady. :roflblack: opcorn:

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: It's always tough to break-in a new one anyway! :shocked:

 

[ARtraveler]

It sounds like they have you covered. I have had no experience with passengers getting "car sick" when riding on the back of the :spyder2: in twisties or otherwise. The suggestion to take some meds prior to the trip sound like good advice also.

The keep it slow and get acclimated suggestion is what I did with my passengers at first alsxo.

 

[d.o.spyder-rts]

I agree with what has been suggested-promise to take it slow and she may buy off on taking the spyder. Your fortunate to have 2 excellent choices for your trip. Whichever you choose, have a safe and enjoyable trip. Dale

 

[arntufun]

My wife din't enjoy riding passenger on the Spyder as much as as a 2 wheeler. The Spyder pillion does tend to toss a passenger around more than a motorcycle, requiring more attention and reaction. She found that it was not as relaxing for her.

:agree: Holly says the same thing.

 

[FrankPa]

Bonine or Drammamine...

In this case, Drugs Are The Answer !!
:thumbup:

 

[vtspyder]

Lisa and I only rode 2-up a couple of times. The last time I tried to throw her off the back going up the mountain like a bat outta h#!! in Stratton. She said go get your own Spyder after that! Works every time!:yes:

 

[kawakii]

I'd suggest some type of motion/ nausea prevention medication as well but consider having her visit her PCP and ask for a recommendation on what she should consider using, and to use it on a shorter ride around home before doing so on a long ride because the side effects of bonine, and some prescription motion/ anti nausea medications wouldn't be pleasant to encounter on the back of a bike. Would want to be local to home in case she did have dizziness, tiredness, etc occur. I take motion/nausea medication before we go for long rides commonly but take a prescription one but we did shorter rides to make sure it didnt effect me adversely before doing longer/more strenuous rides.

 

[elixermixer]

Time for a new wife? :thumbup:
Juuuuuuuus kidding... Kinda

 

[800steve]

We are doing a ride up into Ohio for a few days July 6-8. Hocking Hills, Amish Country, and our central Ohio Hometown areas. We will be riding with good friends for which we have rode our Goldwings together on several trips. Now that I have the Spyder, I planned to ride it, of course. I still have my 2007 GL1800, and I've equipped the Spyder RT Ltd. with all the similar goodies to the Wing.
My dear wife asked if we would be taking the Wing, because she has experienced getting "car sick" when riding the twisties on the Spyder. :yikes: I love her dearly, and want her to enjoy riding every minute with me. Never before on the 2 wheelers over the years, even riding twisties in the mountains, Tail of the Dragon, etc. has she had this issue.
She said as a passenger, the sensation in cornering is so much like in the back seat of a car, it makes her feel ill. She also rides a smaller 2 wheeler, and has never had this issue in 25+ years of riding with me.

I advised her that the roads we will be taking in Ohio are not as twisty, and I'll take it easy so we can take the Spyder.
Do others that have a passenger ever had this issue. If they get "car sick", do they take a remedy before riding?

Years ago when I was taking flying lessons, I got sick as a dog. Instuctor said no drugs. Did some reserch and found that ginger capsules are a great subsitute for comercial motion sik drugs. You can get them at any health food place, and they really did work for me.

 

[johnnyg]

All the sugguestion are good. I know because I have had to ride B--- while CJ drove on our trip from MO to Toledo. I never felt motion sickness, because I was sleeping to much. that tells me right there that she is a good driver and doesn't jurk me around:roflblack: . When we got back to FL she decided she wanted her own ride, My response to your thread of how to deal with motion sickness for the passenger is sell your wing and buy her own :spyder2:. We have alot of fun now that we have our own. I have the RT :spyder2: and she has the RS :spyder: and use the G-4 head sets so its like we are on the same bike talking. My wife said that she does get car sick in the back seat but never did on RT. But I'm not a fast driver in twisties, she trained me well. :bdh: