People wanting to borrow the Spyder. What do you say

[vrider]

Thoughts on letting someone else ride your Spyder. Family hinted the want to borrow my Spyder and I am thinking...... No way never

Have you been asked by family and how did you respond

 

[vided]

Let me ponder your question

.................... OK, THE ANSWER IS " NO"

 

[Dragonrider]

My son has been riding for 20 years, and I have let him take his wife for a ride (short) twice. Someday he'll have one. I have let both of my closest friends test ride my RT (one has his own now).

My daughter and her husband know better than to ask.

 

[Cruzr Joe]

Both my sons (mid 30s and early 40s) have ridden my Spyder, my grandson (15) asked me to leave it to him in my will :yikes:



Cruzr Joe

 

[SpyderAnn01]

Both my sons (mid 30s and early 40s) have ridden my Spyder, my grandson (15) asked me to leave it to him in my will :yikes:



Cruzr Joe

Did you tell him that he would have to pry it from your cold dead hands?

 

[Cruzr Joe]

Did you tell him that he would have to pry it from your cold dead hands?

You would have to know my Grandson to understand that he was serious and did not understand why i was laughing.


Cruzr Joe

 

[lwrydr]

Responce

"NO"

 

[mustangbob]

SURE

if you leave me a $30,000 cash deposit, they quit asking after that.

 

[billybovine]

​NO

 

[oldgoat]

My brother is coming over from the UK this summer. He is 70 & I'm 75. We are going to PA for a week, me on my Spyder & him on a 2004 Honda Shadow Aero 750cc V twin I bought for him to ride.

I'm sure he would appreciate a chance to ride the Spyder but as it is so different from a motorcycle I will most likely say NO. Unless it is early in the morning in a deserted mall parking lot.

 

[Kwalsh]

I let my best friends wife try mine around the neighborhood, she has been riding forever and is looking for a bike that fits her , she is very small and liked it but there are very few I would let "borrow" my ride

 

[garb55]

In 2007 I got a Spyder GS
Since no one had seen them before I let my friends and family take short rides
On new years eve 2008 I let my friends ride it around the block
Well to make this a short story one of my friends hit a curb straight on at 55mph and the nose of the Spyder hit flipped the bike head over:yikes:
and he went flying:yikes:
he had a little road rash and my helmet [always required to ride my bike] was toast. but he was OK :yes:
Bike was Totaled :gaah:
Well I learned my lesson. No one rides my :spyder2:
The bike I can replace but I still remember the feeling I had seeing him fly about 20 feet threw the air [thought he was dead] thank god he was ok
So my answer is #@!* NO
Don

 

[GunDoctor]

My brother took out my Kawasaki 300 for the day because he had no car. Brought it back with a golfball size dent on the tank....said that dent was already there!! So the answer is a clear...Not on my watch.


Another Day To Be My Kid's Dad [emoji379]

 

[cuznjohn]

my close friends, yes. others no

 

[Orange Spyder Man]

a friend of mine asked if i would mind him taking my Spyder for a ride ? I asked him... do you mind if I sleep with your wife ? he did not ride my spyder :lecturef_smilie:
osm

 

[daveinva]

GF has borrowed it for PLP, but never ridden it out of my sight. Brother borrowed it once and rode it for about an hour, but he's been on bikes for 35+ years, so I didn't feel too scared. Heck, it's insured.

 

[HIspyder]

That would be a resounding NO!

 

[PaSpyderRyder]

How to handle it

Just tell them a little white lie, Sorry, but my insurance will not cover the bike if someone else is riding it...... In my case that would be the truth, Rider insurance will not cover the bike if the person operating it is not on the policy.


Bob

 

[Dudley]

A simple "NO". And the old response "I thought you were my friend!" And the answer "Were is correct if you ask me again!" IMO, friends don't ask to borrow your car, truck or motor cycle (Spyder). I will take a friend somewhere reasonable and with a real need, once, but I will not be a taxi. And we will not lend our transportation to anyone, not even our children.

 

[pitzerwm]

Just tell them a little white lie, Sorry, but my insurance will not cover the bike if someone else is riding it...... In my case that would be the truth, Rider insurance will not cover the bike if the person operating it is not on the policy.


Bob

AND you need to add that "your insurance doesn't cover bikes".

I like the one "Leave a $30K deposit".