First Ryde

[Hawk Eye]

:welcome::congrats:

Pete:yes::yes:

 

[JOESPY]

:welcome::congrats:

The fun is only beggining

 

[SpyderWolf]

:congrats:

Glad to hear you are on the road. Take it easy and continue practicing as you are now. Things will get easier with time to the point you won't even think about it anymore. Leaning into the turns is exactly what you are supposed to do on the Spyder, so you are good in that regard. :2thumbs:

 

[KipDM]

: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.

thanks, i will try that tomorrow. of course knowing me i will accidentally turn on the hazard lights (like i did yesterday while getting on).
since i am doing slow speed stuff in the neighborhood and then going to a parking lot i have still only put about 82 miles on her even though i have been riding it for almost 5 hours since she came home.

 

[KipDM]

:congrats:

Glad to hear you are on the road. Take it easy and continue practicing as you are now. Things will get easier with time to the point you won't even think about it anymore. Leaning into the turns is exactly what you are supposed to do on the Spyder, so you are good in that regard. :2thumbs:

thanks, but i mean i even lean for 13 mph turns (usually sharpish in neighborhoods - and these i lean a lot for). once i am on an open road and just hitting "standard" turns in the road its more of a slight lean.

i have intentionally avoided "rush hours" because i go to work around 3PM at the latest and get off work after midnight.

and even though the :spyder2: gives more light than my car, i drive a lot slower at night (than i do in my car).

once everything is more natural, i may even start speeding again :2thumbs:
but as it is now, if i am not following a car, i tend to naturally go a little under the speed limit. some of that has been that it is very windy right now, and part is the getting used to wind buffeting me again. and of course some is that "unusual" vehicles get noticed....and therefore ticketed.

 

[SpyderWolf]

thanks, but i mean i even lean for 13 mph turns (usually sharpish in neighborhoods - and these i lean a lot for). once i am on an open road and just hitting "standard" turns in the road its more of a slight lean.

i have intentionally avoided "rush hours" because i go to work around 3PM at the latest and get off work after midnight.

and even though the :spyder2: gives more light than my car, i drive a lot slower at night (than i do in my car).

once everything is more natural, i may even start speeding again :2thumbs:
but as it is now, if i am not following a car, i tend to naturally go a little under the speed limit. some of that has been that it is very windy right now, and part is the getting used to wind buffeting me again. and of course some is that "unusual" vehicles get noticed....and therefore ticketed.

Slow speeds you can usually just turn the bars without the lean, but higher speed curves you will want to lean some to fight the g-forces trying to throw you off the Spyder. You are doing things the right way, and it will all come naturally soon enough.

I blew the chances of ever getting out of a ticket with my Spyder quite a while ago. After all, there is no way I can say "That was not my Spyder".

 

[fleegeds]

:welcome: and :congrats: on the new spyder. I almost got that color but then I saw the Orange:yes:. It was a task to get my wife's "approval" to go with the orange but it was worth it. Now I think she may even like it a little :2thumbs:. Have fun a you are doing things the right way. opcorn: keep us posted.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

:congrats: and enjoy the ride