Woodaddict
Active member
Yep it was time. Have always liked the Spyder :f_spider: since it came out. Last 2 yrs just search once in a while for models, price, and info and dream.
Was on my radar to buy one next year when house payment was done :yes:, but talked my wife into using her pain and suffering money she just got from an accident to buy one a year early. Was looking for a new 2016 RT manual clutch to keep cost down. Went to a dealer to get up close and personable with the real thing. Signed up for the next Saturday for test ride, later that night while searching came across a used 2015 RT Ltd with only 240 miles!! Sent an email that night asking "was it a demo or in an accident". No one monitors the website or their Cycletraders ads over weekend. Monday dealership is closed, so I work 3rd shift nearby, so went there 9AM Tuesday. Looked at it and bought it. This is the story I got.............
We sold the RT last year to a man "with too much money". He only put 240 miles on it, and bought a 300 HP jet ski and same time to use on a lake where only trolling motors are allowed on boats." This year he was moving to California and sold it back to us.
GOOD for ME!! Got a great deal on it. Bought an extended warranty on it for 4 yrs. I have been riding motorcycles since mini bikes, minus a few years with children growing up. Currently have a Honda NT700V, that is the workhorse for average 31,000 miles a year, mostly traveling back and forth to work. Previous bikes before that was 2 Honda PC 800's for 224,000 miles in 11.5 yrs. So this a RT is a luxury purchase for me, never had anything bigger than 800cc, that's where I told the wife, hey,, you will have to most comfortable ride yet!!
Now summer trip to Maine, Bay of Fundy, NH,VT will be done on the SPYDER!! not NT
Was on my radar to buy one next year when house payment was done :yes:, but talked my wife into using her pain and suffering money she just got from an accident to buy one a year early. Was looking for a new 2016 RT manual clutch to keep cost down. Went to a dealer to get up close and personable with the real thing. Signed up for the next Saturday for test ride, later that night while searching came across a used 2015 RT Ltd with only 240 miles!! Sent an email that night asking "was it a demo or in an accident". No one monitors the website or their Cycletraders ads over weekend. Monday dealership is closed, so I work 3rd shift nearby, so went there 9AM Tuesday. Looked at it and bought it. This is the story I got.............
We sold the RT last year to a man "with too much money". He only put 240 miles on it, and bought a 300 HP jet ski and same time to use on a lake where only trolling motors are allowed on boats." This year he was moving to California and sold it back to us.
GOOD for ME!! Got a great deal on it. Bought an extended warranty on it for 4 yrs. I have been riding motorcycles since mini bikes, minus a few years with children growing up. Currently have a Honda NT700V, that is the workhorse for average 31,000 miles a year, mostly traveling back and forth to work. Previous bikes before that was 2 Honda PC 800's for 224,000 miles in 11.5 yrs. So this a RT is a luxury purchase for me, never had anything bigger than 800cc, that's where I told the wife, hey,, you will have to most comfortable ride yet!!
Now summer trip to Maine, Bay of Fundy, NH,VT will be done on the SPYDER!! not NT
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