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Disc'd by your riding buddies

bmwgene said:

I started answering with:
I am getting a Harley --you see the spyder has a trunk. It's full of Harley parts I've picked up along the road.
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I know the stretch of road your talking about... :roflblack:

Interesting about the MC club thing. Have ridden for quite a while, gone to many of the same functions on my HD as with Sypdee. Since ryding, have gotten asked to join two different clubs. Don't really know how to deal with this kind of pradicament. I like being a loner. Ah well, there is always a price for fame

Yup, Third Wheel Envy :2thumbs:
 
Yep I have had the same problem and I have told people at my company that I do not want to hear anymore comments about it. You think if you are sick and unable to ride a motorcycle people would give you some slack. But that has not been the case, people very closed minded.
 
John G said:
Has anyone else expienced this phenomina?

I've recently put a deposit on a new RT and with tons of excitement started telling all of my riding buddies about it (to they're surprise..because they all thought I was going to a GW or Ultra).
The majority seem to have turned on me, Proclaiming that the Spyder is NOT A MOTORCYCLE. Now I know I've read many saying that it is not a motorcycle but I ask you.... What exactly is a motorcycle?

Accourding to Websters: "Motorcycle - a 2-wheeled vehical having one or two saddles and sometimes a sidecar or a third supporting wheel."

...and even w/o a textbook definition isn't it more about the expierence?
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Fornicate "em!!!!!
If they are just givin you a hard time, thats fine, but if they are truly dissing you and want nothin to do with the spyder, they werent your friends to start with. Who cares what you ride....just have fun!
 
I belong to a MC Club in NC and when I bought my Spyder I didn't tell any of them I just showed up to a meeting and the jokes began to fly.. They all called me an old man who had switched over (btw I still have a Roadstar Warrior so not fully 3 wheels all the time)..

After we went for our monthly group ride all the jokes stopped and envy set in.. Now 1 1/2 years later the ENVY has grown even more because everywhere we go ov the last 1 1/2 years the Spyder has always been the center of attraction.. Now we have 3 Spyder in my club but we all still have 2 wheelers in the garage..

I really need to sell the Warrior because t gets very little attention.. March - November I ride the Spyder 5-6 days a week and the Warrior 2-3 times per month..

Overall if I could ony have one bike the SPYDER rules and the bleep bleep what anybody else thinks of my MOTORCYCLE...
 
All in All, I think it's mostly in jest. As far as I know, none of them have actually seen a Spyder in person. I showed them the brochure and pulled it up on the net. No doubt, the day I ride up on the RT they will all be singing a different tune :bowdown:


I also plan to keep my VStar....just hoping the wife doesn't get to thinking the RT is her's...leaving me on 2 wheels :shocked:
 
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Desert Spyder said:
We don't have to put our feet down at the light ...


My handle? Spyderman of course.:2thumbs:

. Guy pulls up on a B'mer and gives me the one finger salute. Probably a LA thing.
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Na, More than likey he's a transplant from Jersey. The one finger salute is on the NEW JERSEY Driver's test. :roflblack::roflblack:
 
John G said:
All in All, I think it's mostly in jest. As far as I know, none of them have actually seen a Spyder in person. I showed them the brochure and pulled it up on the net. No doubt, the day I ride up on the RT they will all be singing a different tune :bowdown:


I also plan to keep my VStar....just hoping the wife doesn't get to thinking the RT is her's...leaving me on 2 wheels :shocked:
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LOL Your wife will know it's hers :2thumbs:
 
I wish you lived

in my area. I have a black widow spyder that you could put beside their wings or ultra's and then ask them if they want to wager their titles. I ride both spyders and new GL1800's and pound for pound the twin exhaust spyder I believe is quicker on the draw. Just my opinion though. /ken
 
Dissed in jest

Got about 8" of snow last night, temp about 27degrees. The :spyder2:is in the garage and the PU sits outside. I broomed the snow off and scraped the ice off, then went to coffee. As soon as I sat down my friends started asking me about not ryding the :spyder2:. After a little more banter, I told them that I took the tire chain off last night so I wouldn't be tempted to ride the :spyder2:to coffee. That was worth a couple of laughs!
 
Sorry everyone it's a Roadster not a Motorcycle BRP said specificley they did not want to make a motorcycle hence no front break.
alot of States do not want to spend money on coming up with another type of registration and that is why there getting plated as motorcycles:ani29:
Though I would agree in a Crash or a accident results of injuries would be similar but as always just my 2 cents :thumbup:
 
my Spyder is a motorcycle . . .

. . . . but most people call it a "cool bike".

It is always sad when you meet people who live in a small world where there is not any room for something that is "different". Probably if they didn't question your ride, it would be what you wear, where you go, or what you do or don't drink.

Your life is what you make it. Your Spyder can open all sorts of worlds - tailor made for your likes and dislikes.

Sounds like you are out-growing your "friends". Don't worry, you will meet and make lots of new ones.

Tom
 
Roaddog2 said:
Sorry everyone it's a Roadster not a Motorcycle BRP said specificley they did not want to make a motorcycle hence no front break.
alot of States do not want to spend money on coming up with another type of registration and that is why there getting plated as motorcycles:ani29:
Though I would agree in a Crash or a accident results of injuries would be similar but as always just my 2 cents :thumbup:
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I'm not so sure...Webster's definition of Roadster: "an automoble with a open body that has seating for two, a folding fabric top and a luggage compartment in rear."

That sounds more like a Miata to me ! ,,,unless BRP has a folding top on their accessories list ;)

really, I don't care....I just can't wait to call it MINE !!!




Roaddog2 said:
Sorry everyone it's a Roadster not a Motorcycle BRP said specificley they did not want to make a motorcycle hence no front break.
alot of States do not want to spend money on coming up with another type of registration and that is why there getting plated as motorcycles:ani29:
Though I would agree in a Crash or a accident results of injuries would be similar but as always just my 2 cents :thumbup:
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The people (age range of 19-25) who I have shown pictures of the Spyder to here at my university have only positive things to say about it. BRP did a great job styling the Spyder to look "cool" to the younger generation.

People always ask, "is it a motorcycle?" and I always respond with, "It's whatever you want it to be!" This lets people stop trying to classify it with some sort of constraining label and instead take it for what it is -- a unique and fun method of transportation!
 
When i go out for a ride. and my Wife ask's= Are you taking the motorcycle
i tell her no, I'm taking the Trike. I know motorcyle sound's more macho.
But i don't have prove any thing, As they say= been there done that.:ohyea::ohyea:
 
Everyone I see is Interested in my Spyder! But if they were not I could care less.
Because my dealer sells only one BRP Product, "The Spyder," they did not have BRP jackets I could get as part of my Free stuff and the ONLY jacket that fit me was Black with 4 INCH Y A M A H A lettering on the front and rear!!!
Now I raced Sea Doo,s several years and have had 13 Sea Doo,s so I don,t think anyone is more Pro BRP than me??
I could care less what the jacket says because it fits great, has Great protective inserts in shoulders, elbows and back and it was Free???
I,m waiting for someone to ask me "Does Yamaha make that??":hun:
 
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