beadaholic
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I am American and live in Mexico, way down in the boonies. Been saving money and working so very hard to buy my first Motorcycle. Being I am female and 55 everyone thought I was nuts. I kept looking and looking because down here there are not many Spyders. I knew I wanted a RT and I wanted a semi-automatic, I wanted a white one, and I wanted the one with all the toys. haha, after 3 months of not finding anything I came across what I feel was the deal of the century. I found a 2014, RT, black but SM6 which well was just the basic RT manual transmission. I was worried about not being able to drive the thing, I was nervous about it being manual. But after 1 hour of practice it was just so easy I was baffled I had stressed over this point (I am after all my father's "son" even though I am a girl haha tomboy all the way through except when I want to be feminine! haha). So I sprung for it! Here these things are way more expensive than in the US unfortunately, we have a 16% luxury tax. Uggg. Anyway, it had 650 km on it! It was basically brand new. Who knows why it was sold, but it was and I am the new lucky owner. It was missing all accessories to it, no extra key, or the fobs for the key, tools, nothing, no manual or DVD. But I already ordered alot of stuff for it. Been taking it slow and easy. Breaking it in, like it says in the online manual. Got me a cell phone holder guy, cup holder too, boots, chaps, jacket, helmet, and bags for the storage areas, etc....pretty exciting. Bought two more keys, and have to drive 2 hours to a dealer to get them programed. That is my big drawback, 2 hours to get to any type of dealer, there are just 2 here near me, and it is either Mexico City or Toluca. But this will be my first big trip with the motorcycle. Insurance has been a bear so far, so expensive, over $2000 US for a years worth. Oh well....I want to do so many things to it, but it will be slow going, this is my only "bad ass" habit! haha, I love the thing, I am building a special garage for it too! Bought covers, and will be protecting it with all my might!
So we have speed bumps here all over the place, I find that I often scrap the bottom of the motorcycle with this, I read in the book about the adjustment I can do, manually. This should raise it up a bit right? If I can raise it 1/2" it will no longer scrap. Is there some after market protector for this? When it scraps (not very often, usually it doesn't do this, but occasionally it does) what part is that on the bottom that is hitting the concrete speed bump? Unfortunately people drive like in China here, and this is the only way to slow them down. :banghead:
Well that is my story for now! I am so happy to be accepted here, on another site, even though I wrote the administrators and everything I have been blocked, I don't know why, but I have never been able to post there and it makes no sense to me, as I have stuff to share too!
Oh, and also has someone added in a amplifier to give the bike that thump? haha, I like bass....is it possible?
Thank you! Sincerely, and HI to everyone! Laura
So we have speed bumps here all over the place, I find that I often scrap the bottom of the motorcycle with this, I read in the book about the adjustment I can do, manually. This should raise it up a bit right? If I can raise it 1/2" it will no longer scrap. Is there some after market protector for this? When it scraps (not very often, usually it doesn't do this, but occasionally it does) what part is that on the bottom that is hitting the concrete speed bump? Unfortunately people drive like in China here, and this is the only way to slow them down. :banghead:
Well that is my story for now! I am so happy to be accepted here, on another site, even though I wrote the administrators and everything I have been blocked, I don't know why, but I have never been able to post there and it makes no sense to me, as I have stuff to share too!
Oh, and also has someone added in a amplifier to give the bike that thump? haha, I like bass....is it possible?
Thank you! Sincerely, and HI to everyone! Laura
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