First Ryde

[KipDM]

today my :spyder2: finally came home!
it got here about 11:40 AM so i proceeded to suit up (or should i say gear up?) and get on the road around noon!
i had not ridden since 87/88 so i started real slow in the neighborhood. yep, i even started with the slow speed stop/starts it suggests in the manual. now i cannot say i did all the practice drills (as i had originally intended) but i got a reasonable feel.
after a while of this i decided to get just a few miles under my belt so i rode my baby out to work (about 8 miles) and parked for a bit to show some co-workers, then realized "oh :cus:! it's 2PM! guys i gotta ryde home and get a shower so i can come back to work! see you in about an hour!"
so....just got home from work about an hour ago (i woulda posted earlier but i was reading other threads) and enjoyed a nice 47 degree ryde home. now i need some NON-summer gloves but my leather jacket, fully zipped, felt GREAT!

i was so excited to get my gear on and ryde i forgot to get any pics pps:
hope to get some pics and post them tomorrow (maybe even posted before work).
since i spent plenty of time in the neighborhood (and local high school parking lot) i think i only logged 60 miles in my (roughly) 2 hours of ryding.
hopefully tomorrow i can log closer to 100 more!!

at least now i won't be losing sleep every night daydreaming of ryding. now that she is home i can just walk out the door.....what monster hath been created?

 

[DeeKay53]

:welcome::congrats: it only gets better from here. Just remember, don't hang on to tight and let the Spyder do the work.

Good luck.

 

[Lamonster]

:congrats: hyea:

 

[fispyder]

:congrats: on your :spyder:and first ride hyea:

 

[BMF_RACING]

Good deal ! :congrats:

 

[fastfraser]

:congrats: On your new :spyder2:.


We love pics .opcorn:opcorn:

 

[boborgera]

:welcome::congrats:

 

[dltang]

:congrats: so glad you enjoyed your ride and many more to come.

 

[Yfactor]

:congrats: :welcome:

 

[BikerDoc]

:welcome::congrats: ride safe

 

[NancysToy]

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[SpyderRyderTV]

KipDM, congrats on the homecoming of the :spyder2: and enjoy all the ryding that will come the future. hyea:

 

[ARtraveler]

:congrats: and :welcome:. It looks like you have been bitten by they :spyder2: bug. You have the right idea about learning the techniques of riding the bike. After about 250-500 miles it will all come natural. Enjoy your new ryde.

 

[KipDM]

yeah, i hope so. i find i still want to go s l o w in turns, at least the "sharper" ones. and almost always lean into a turn, even slight ones. probably because at 305 lbs i don't want to run the risk of my fat butt stressing out the stability controller (and it going on strike LOL).

i also need to really work on left turns, i still roll on the throttle just a little when i try to maintain speed. for the short term i have adopted the "throttle off" approach to left turns, i figure it is much safer in traffic.

going out to take pics of my baby once i get the car moved....will post...if i don't jump on her and ride for another hour....:2thumbs:

 

[Marker]

:congrats::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[JJW SpyderRider]

i also need to really work on left turns, i still roll on the throttle just a little when i try to maintain speed. for the short term i have adopted the "throttle off" approach to left turns, i figure it is much safer in traffic.

going out to take pics of my baby once i get the car moved....will post...if i don't jump on her and ride for another hour....:2thumbs:

:welcome: & :congrats:

The one thing I did to keep the throttle steady when turning was put my thumb on the throttle body to act like a throttle lock. This keep me from turning the throttle as I rotated the turned the handbar.

 

[DynamoBT]

:congrats: and:welcome: !!!!!! Your life is going to change like you would not believe!!!!

 

[BentGamer]

yeah, i hope so. i find i still want to go s l o w in turns, at least the "sharper" ones. and almost always lean into a turn, even slight ones. probably because at 305 lbs i don't want to run the risk of my fat butt stressing out the stability controller (and it going on strike LOL).

i also need to really work on left turns, i still roll on the throttle just a little when i try to maintain speed. for the short term i have adopted the "throttle off" approach to left turns, i figure it is much safer in traffic.

going out to take pics of my baby once i get the car moved....will post...if i don't jump on her and ride for another hour....:2thumbs:

When turning try looking ahead. This helped me when I first got the :spyder2:

 

[Love2Ride]

Great news!!! I know it felt good too!:2thumbs:

 

[COOLMACHINE]

Excellent.

Most Excellent KipDM !! Have fun.