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[vindex1963]

Keep your feet on the pegs / boards when you are making sharp turns - press down and it holds you in a good position.

Pressing your knees together helps also I'm finding. My confidence today was the best yet, getting much better at cornering.

I also gassed up, went through the first tank of gas. 26.64 MPG.

 

[vindex1963]

Explore all the audio settings in the settings screen. Push mode to get to it.

Seems mine has had owner upgrades. The saddlebag badges show it to be an "S" but it's missing the "S" options like rear air ride control and rear speakers.
The original owner must have added the badges and fog lights. Lift the seat and it's clearly stated on the decal it's an A&C. I really don't care it's a great machine
that I'm having fun with.

 

[MikeT]

50 mile round trip to work, 75 mph on the way in and stop and go to 75 mph on the way home. My confidance is growing, I'm picking up the quirks of the machine.

Now to get past the "feels like it's going to throw me off" feeling making sharp turns. I upped the pre-load on the front shocks, by the owners manual I needed to click one up from factory (3). I'm 215 lbs.

Remember:
1. to tuck the appropriate knee(depending on the direction of the turn) into the "tank"., and
2. with 2 wheels in the front, you have to readjust how you enter the apex of the turn. Don't "shortcut" them.
Mike

 

[vindex1963]

Remember:
1. to tuck the appropriate knee(depending on the direction of the turn) into the "tank"., and
2. with 2 wheels in the front, you have to readjust how you enter the apex of the turn. Don't "shortcut" them.
Mike

Tore up the twisties today riding up North to Payson AZ. 80 mph where posted 45 mph and I've had the TR since Sunday, they really are a quick
bike to learn. Your suggestions works out perfectly I had so much fun today and the machine was very stable.

 

[loisk]

Curious

You bought this for your wife - has she had a ride yet ??

 

[vindex1963]

Curious

You bought this for your wife - has she had a ride yet ??

Yes she has and now she has a leaners permit so tomorrow we're going out and she'll be behind the bars. She asked me to ride it and learn it so I could better help her learn.

 

[Floridian2017]

Curious

You bought this for your wife - has she had a ride yet ??

Sooo true....

Get ready to purchase another one... lol

 

[d.o.spyder-rts]

:congratsn your spyder purchase and:welcome:to the spyder web and everyone knows blue is best Dale

 

[Highwayman2013]

Yes she has and now she has a leaners permit so tomorrow we're going out and she'll be behind the bars. She asked me to ride it and learn it so I could better help her learn.

Enjoy!

 

[Two cats]

Today is the day, off we go to make an offer.

good luck May you get to ride it home:riding: Happy Trails.

 

[vindex1963]

Nikon D700
Tamron 28-105 f/2.8

 

[Deanna777]

I'm going Sunday with my wife to make an offer on this bike. 2012 RT S 2400 miles $13,999 I'm going to offer $11,000. My wife wants her own bike
but she has had double knee replacement in the last year so I think the Spyder is perfect for her. She's never had a street bike so this will be a first.
I'm 55 and she's 53. We're wanting to start doing road trips on our own bikes, for me this is a dream come true!!!!


I started riding when I was eight on a Montgomery Ward's mini bike so something like 1971 and I wore the tread off the tires. Later on when I was 21
I bought my first street bike a 1978 KZ750 that I rode for a short time before selling it and buying a 1979 FXEF Superglide in 1985/86 and rode it 19 years,
167,000 miles. Next came a 2004 Harley Softail Standard I rode until 2009 and I think 48,000 miles. I traded for a 2009 Harley Ultra Classic and her
and I would do 1200 mile weekends frequently. The Ultra became way to much bike for a mostly work commuter so I parked it and bought a used 2004
Victory Vegas with 6200 miles on it in 2011. 2015 the Vegas had 52,000 on it and the Ultra was sitting so I sold the Vegas and traded the Ultra for a
2015 Victory Cross Country. The Cross country has been on two ironbutt rides and all over the Southwest. When Polaris kicked us Victory riders to the curb
I decided I needed a low cost work commuter to keep the miles off of the Cross Country so I bought a dealer left over 2015 Suzuki DL650 Vstrom that had
five miles on it in April 2017. The Vic sees road trips the Strom sees everything else. The Strom is pushing 18,000 miles.

I like to ride, a lot. I have a 2007 Ford Ranger with 65,000 miles on it that sits in the garage on a battery tender.

My first spyder was a 2012 RTS-SE5 in the same color also. I like it , kept for 2 years then traded to up to my current Spyder( 2014RT S-SE6 Cognac it has the 1330 ace engine, etc. ).

Good luck!
Deanna

 

[Deanna777]

:congrats: & Enjoy Let the smiles, miles farkling begin!

Deanna

 

[R FUN]

Great looking ride and I also would advise you to have the wheel aligment checked , preferably by Squared Away, Joe and Ann, it could make a world of difference to the ride and handling, my 2012 it did.
Roger

 

[vindex1963]

My wife took a Can Am Spyder safety class offered by the dealer we bought the trike from and she aced it!! 100%. I'm so proud of her for one thing is getting her motorcycle endorsement the best way, with safety training and second for getting such a high score. The instructor told her "If I made a video on how to correctly do the driving test I would have filmed you just now".

 

[Two cats]

I'm going Sunday with my wife to make an offer on this bike. 2012 RT S 2400 miles $13,999 I'm going to offer $11,000. My wife wants her own bike
but she has had double knee replacement in the last year so I think the Spyder is perfect for her. She's never had a street bike so this will be a first.
I'm 55 and she's 53. We're wanting to start doing road trips on our own bikes, for me this is a dream come true!!!!


I started riding when I was eight on a Montgomery Ward's mini bike so something like 1971 and I wore the tread off the tires. Later on when I was 21
I bought my first street bike a 1978 KZ750 that I rode for a short time before selling it and buying a 1979 FXEF Superglide in 1985/86 and rode it 19 years,
167,000 miles. Next came a 2004 Harley Softail Standard I rode until 2009 and I think 48,000 miles. I traded for a 2009 Harley Ultra Classic and her
and I would do 1200 mile weekends frequently. The Ultra became way to much bike for a mostly work commuter so I parked it and bought a used 2004
Victory Vegas with 6200 miles on it in 2011. 2015 the Vegas had 52,000 on it and the Ultra was sitting so I sold the Vegas and traded the Ultra for a
2015 Victory Cross Country. The Cross country has been on two ironbutt rides and all over the Southwest. When Polaris kicked us Victory riders to the curb
I decided I needed a low cost work commuter to keep the miles off of the Cross Country so I bought a dealer left over 2015 Suzuki DL650 Vstrom that had
five miles on it in April 2017. The Vic sees road trips the Strom sees everything else. The Strom is pushing 18,000 miles.

I like to ride, a lot. I have a 2007 Ford Ranger with 65,000 miles on it that sits in the garage on a battery tender.

sounds like a good offer. That's a great color. Our 2011RT is the same color. Good luck and Happy Trails.