great concept
rode my first Spyder at Biketoberfest the the year they came out. It was raining and with that short windshield and the jerky steering it was a bust, but I liked the concept. Talked with this guy at Americade who said he had just put 10K miles on his Spyder and loved it, but for the first 200 miles he thought he had made a huge mistake, then he realised he was oversteering and micromanaging it and then after that things sorted out. Later I saw his picture on this board, turned out to be Lamonster. I steered a friend towards a Spyder, he was wanting a trike because of health reasons and I thought the Spyder a better concept than a trike, he now has over 62K miles on it, trouble free, lots of upgrades, Elka shocks, Glenda lights, brake light on the back of the topcase, BajaRon swaybar, no safety chrome and bull$***** bling. We took a 6K trip from Illinois to Tx, Ca, up the coast Or and Seattle,ND, SD, Nebraska, Yellowstone, Yosemity while it was snowing, road construction where the dust turned into mud during the rain and snow etc. Overall he had a much easier time than I did on my 1800 Gold Wing. I got to ride his RT numerous times and it shifted smooth as butter, front suspension so soft it doesnt see minor irregularities that would send shock to my wrists on the Gold Wing, no worries parking on a sloping gravel parking lot and once I realized not to micromanage the steering, it tracked like on rails. I signed up and followed this board for years. So now I have a new 6 week old 2014 RT, love the ride especially after adding the heavy swaybar, added some $900 worth of brake and running and turnsignal lights, in the process of adding Glenda fog lights and PIAA driving lights to augment/correct the woefully inadequate headlights since I travel a lot at night. No gas fumes, no issues [ I did have to re balance the front wheels myself] and hopefully will stay that way.
Andy
as you can see, I still dont know how to post a picture
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