Does anybody else have this problem?

[Bob Denman]

Okay... This is an embarassing one. pps:
For years; I never wanted to put the bike "In the grease patch" in the center of the road; I'd ride either tire track...
The Spyder leaves the operator no choice but to be planted dead-center in the lane; the "dreaded grease patch..." :shocked:
My years on two wheels keeps trying to take over, and I keep finding myself hanging the left front wheel on or over the center line... :yikes:

Is anybody else so afflicted?

 

[donec]

Yes, I have the same problem, but I think I am getting over it.

 

[boborgera]

Yep, Same here, But i learned fast to center the Spyder,
Not a good thing to have the left tire on the double yellow.:doorag:

 

[hrbeta]

Yep, I feel your pain... I was always double guessing me regarding the grease patch. I decided to mainly main the two front wheels and let the Nanny worry about the rear. So far, so good...


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[Cruzr Joe]

Bob

Don't you wish that was the biggest problem in life? hyea:hyea:hyea:

 

[Bob Denman]

Why yes; yes I do... :thumbup:
But it still bugs that after TWO YEARS; I'm such a dang slow learner... :gaah:

 

[NancysToy]

The Spyder has more room to maneuver withing the lane than you think. I am usually able to avoid the grease and debris patch, yet still stay far enough from the edgse of the lane to allow some wiggle room. It is a matter of where you aim. You're going to have to adjust your vision, and look at a spoot on the road a bit more to the right. It doesn't have to be dead center. Can they teach an old dog new tricks?

 

[ARtraveler]

I ride about a foot to the right of the center line with my left wheel. If we are doing stagger formation, the other :ani29: about a foot from the right lane edge.

Not a good idea to be on the center line--to many cages try to invade your territory--which could be a big problem.

 

[mick ruhdorf]

YEP ME TO

Yeah i to find myself either nearly over the center line or off the side of the road but as im nearly new to :spyder:in i guess ill have to ajust or come unstuck nojoke

cheers mick

 

[mxz600]

I'm such a dang slow learner... :gaah:

You better wise up Bob. There is not room on here for two slow learners.

To answer your question, I never give it a second thought.

When riding a conventional bike in the tire track you have two tires not in the grease patch. When riding the Spyder in the center of your lane you have two tires not in the grease patch. You see, nothing to worry or think about.

 

[ottawa-rider]

My problem is similar but different.

I often ride on a road that has wide cracks in the pavement right in the center of either lanes, meaning both directions. it's very difficult with the Spyder to avoid those cracks, especially with oncoming trafic.

 

[Buttsy]

No that one I do not have...........but they normally place the manhole cover dead center of the lane, not always but normally. On a car you straddle it, on a 2 wheeler you ride either side of it, on a Spyder you are damned if you do or damned if you don't?:dontknow:

 

[boborgera]

I just got back from a short ride in my 6n, And thinking about the center patch, Since the advent of closed systems; ie PCV, Radiator return tanks and Tighter Engine seals,
There isn't much of a grease patch anymore. :thumbup:

 

[billybovine]

Road junk

I had the Spyder for only a week. I was following a car, maybe a bit too close, and the car straddled a car window squeegee. Until that point I had not given it much thought on how to avoid road debris with three wheels. I straddled it as well and ran over the handle with the back tire with no harm done. It did make me think about other situations that could come up.

 

[ThreeWheels]

Left Tire Over Yellow Line

No longer. I'm cured of drifting over the yellow line. I'm CURED I tell you.

I had to go to Spyders Anonymous, but I did it.

To be honest, that was the HARDEST part to get used to.

I got used to the steering instantly. Not having a hand brake took a few weeks.

Keeping the Spyder in the center of the lane took several months.

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

WHERE TO DRIVE THE SPYDER

Just ask "CincySpyder" aka Dave &Teddy where I like to drive mine...:yikes::gaah::agree::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:.....They were following me on the " Rattler "..........Mike

 

[grumpybob]

Had that problem for a couple of rides, tractor trailer doing the same thing on a curve is a fast cure! Now if only the squirrels would learn where to sleep on the road!!

 

[wilfredopr]

About a month after I got my spyder 26 months 2 days and 6 hours ago, who's counting time. Have to stop at a toll booth while it was raining, took me like four attempts to move out of the grease line . I got so much grease/oil that for about 1/2 a mile I spin the tires every time I hit the trottle, that's when I discover THE NANNY

 

[Bob Denman]

Well I'm just at a loss as to why I keep having so much trouble centering up the bike...

 

[NancysToy]

I had the Spyder for only a week. I was following a car, maybe a bit too close, and the car straddled a car window squeegee. Until that point I had not given it much thought on how to avoid road debris with three wheels. I straddled it as well and ran over the handle with the back tire with no harm done. It did make me think about other situations that could come up.

Taking a small object just inside of a front tire seems to work well. For larger objects, just grit your teeth and hang on. If you are towing a trailer, you have five tracks, it's like trying to avoid an object with a steam roller.