An odd little tid-bit
So Teddy was allowed to take the dealerships demo after we dropped off his Red Sled yesterday & I'll admit, even tho it was 'only' a 12, I was a bit excited to be on a brand new Spyder again complete with that 'New Spyder Smell' :roflblack:
Now mind you, our 2010 RT-S was our first motorized bike of any kind ever. Teds Red Sled being our second. Before this, it had always been your average run of the mill cars & light trucks for us, and not being a mechanically inclined person, I never got bitten by the 'Mod Bug' or as better known here 'Farkelitice' :roflblack:Everything prior to delving into Spyderdom had remained pretty much stock for us.
Along came the Spyder and with the assistance of this Wonderful forum, I began to quickly understand the statement, 'The purchase price of the Spyder is just the down payment on all the future mods your going to make to truly make the byke your own.'
Have to admit, I honestly didn't realize this til I began to roll out of the parking lot of the dealer and I instinctively looked at my mirror, for my $10 added LED arrows to make sure that my turn signal had cancelled. Surprise surprise, nothing there but the reflection of whats behind me and I then had to squint to see if I could see that pale green of the indicator light on the dash, which was difficult to tell in the bright sunlight. Low and behold, it was on to the other side now, so push it again, dead center and hold for a second, and finally, it was cancelled. Who woulda thunk a simple $10 mod would have been the first thing that I woulda missed.
As the ryde continued, I have to tell you, I will never be without a windshield again. The ryde compared to with and without that shield was the difference between get'n the cr*p beat out of me and dealing with it til we reached our destination, just wanting the ryde to be done and over, compared to all those great adventures travelling thousands of miles and enjoying every minute of road time. Night and day, Heaven and Hell.
I can honestly say, that was the high point of having a brand new 2012 Spyder, after my grueling 50 minute ryde without one, it had a shield, but that was it. I immediately upon start-up had the hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up, upon hearing that oh so familiar sewing machine sound from the stock intake/exhaust, I just loathe that sound, compared to the lower tone that Ted Red Sled now puts out, so much nicer to hear.
Then the stock suspension was next noticed, as I had just started to get used to NOT leaning so much with the new Ron bar, I found myself needing to once again begin my side to side slide in the seat, oh so frustrating.
Then I went to glance at the Teddy-Can to make sure (as Aarron put it, he looks like a Chia Pet) Teddy was doing well behind me, but oh, no Teddy-cam on a stocker.
Went to reach for a drink, but oh, no cup holder on a stocker.
All these little and not so little mods we make to truly make our Spyders Uniquely suited to our needs and wants. Sometimes, that old saying 'You don't appreciate what you got til its gone' really just slaps you in the face:lecturef_smilie:
While I truly appreciate the use of their demo, I miss Teds Red Sled:bowdown:
:wrong::roflblack:
I feel like we've been chasing a ghost. Even Coz took a look when he stopped by the other day, and it doesn't appear to be leaking from any other spot and we even double checked the weep hole & it was clean and dry, so I'm at a loss and pointed it out to the Service Manager yesterday when we dropped Teds Stripped Sled off at the dealership for the valve check adjustment, hopefully they can figure it out.
