So now we're going to fast forward a couple of years from when I got Teddy in 2008 and we find ourselves in April of 2010 and I'm leaving work after a long day of slaving away at the plant. It was an ordinary day like thousands of others that had come before it, that is til something flashy catches my eye in the parking lot.
"What the hell is that thing? Looks like someone souped up an ATV and lost one of it's wheels." Is what I was thinking to myself as I laid my eyes on the very first Spyder RS that I had ever seen. At this time, I hadn't even seen a commercial nor had ever even heard about this crazy looking, three wheeled machine that totally caught my attention. I had no clue even what that crazy looking contraption was called, and I only saw it for a few fleeting seconds as it tore out of the parking lot at work, taking with it my desire. So, as soon as I got home that night, I started searching the internet for any and all information to help educate myself about the contraption that had totally captured not only my interest, but also my imagination as well. Any rational person would have thought I had an addiction, like an internet porn addiction, as I couldn't help myself. Every night after work, I was glued to the computer trying to find more and more information, pictures, whatever I could get my eyes on, I just couldn't get enough, I was totally enthrawed.
A little backstory here for you to help explain how the Spyder became my first "bike" ever. When I was about 19, I had a buddy (also 19) who had a crotch rocket and thought himself the "Evil Keneval" of his day, and I have to give it to him, when he wasn't show-boat'n he seemed to really be able to handle his bike. Then one day, he's out showing off like a "normal" 19 y/o young man does, trying to desperately impress the girls and he ended up making a terrible mistake and laying his bike down at 60mph. Luckily he was wearing his full gear, and that saved his life, but sadly, not his left leg. At 19 years of age, my buddy had to have his left leg amputated right below the kneecap. Talking about changing a persons perspective, and not in a good way. After the accident, he
Damn it, this work thing is taking too much of my writing time. Sorry folks, once again, TBC..................