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I love the attention it brings, I have been ridin on a permit and finally got around to taking my road exam yesterday(which I passed
)....Every state patrol at that post was all around the Spyder checking it out..They were amazed that the DDS was testing me saying it looked soo much safer than trikes/bikes...
)....Every state patrol at that post was all around the Spyder checking it out..They were amazed that the DDS was testing me saying it looked soo much safer than trikes/bikes...
Raptor
New member
For me it's all about the ride. But not in the traditional sense. I know most people think of the Spyder as a safer, stable touring machine. But there is a performance aspect to this thing that has me pretty intrigued.
For me, learning about the chassis, the suspension, the power band, learning what the bike wants to corner better, power out faster, attack harder is fascinating! I am learning new and better techniques almost every day and the rush is amazing! I have to admit though, this nanny thing is starting to irritate me! The sway bar is going on this week-end, and we'll see what that does for me. I suspect we'll be able to kick it up a notch!
SO after all that, it's the ride man! OK, and some adrenilin...
For me, learning about the chassis, the suspension, the power band, learning what the bike wants to corner better, power out faster, attack harder is fascinating! I am learning new and better techniques almost every day and the rush is amazing! I have to admit though, this nanny thing is starting to irritate me! The sway bar is going on this week-end, and we'll see what that does for me. I suspect we'll be able to kick it up a notch!
SO after all that, it's the ride man! OK, and some adrenilin...
YPILOT
Member
Live it, Ryde it, Engage!
When I first got my Spyder a BMW rider friend asked What made you want something like this? I said "Look at it". I had researched three wheel vehicles for weeks when another friend of mine came across this machine and showed it to me. I just knew it was the one, it still is just like my wife is still the one. So I guess that makes our Spyder
"The Three". The three of us go places. It's a time machine man.:doorag:
When I first got my Spyder a BMW rider friend asked What made you want something like this? I said "Look at it". I had researched three wheel vehicles for weeks when another friend of mine came across this machine and showed it to me. I just knew it was the one, it still is just like my wife is still the one. So I guess that makes our Spyder
"The Three". The three of us go places. It's a time machine man.:doorag:
Deciding where to start
1st -- I have never been a bike person and even though my husband has wanted to get one for us for the past 20 + years he never did because he knew I was not a bike fan! However, we are diehard snowmobilers and when we went to that fateful snowshow in late 2007 and I laid eyes on my first spyder (A snowmobile on Wheels) We both knew that we both might like it. So yellow PE419 was made ours and we were hooked. A year later our son was allowed to by one and now its a family affair.
2nd -- Like almost everyone else, the freedom of feeling the wind in your face without worry about the two wheel factor and falling off.
3rd -- AND BEST OF ALL --The people factor -- Those who have the same passion about our spyders and the smiles on the peoples faces who are seeing them for the first time and wondering "What the heck is that?"
Its a people magnet!!!:firstplace:
1st -- I have never been a bike person and even though my husband has wanted to get one for us for the past 20 + years he never did because he knew I was not a bike fan! However, we are diehard snowmobilers and when we went to that fateful snowshow in late 2007 and I laid eyes on my first spyder (A snowmobile on Wheels) We both knew that we both might like it. So yellow PE419 was made ours and we were hooked. A year later our son was allowed to by one and now its a family affair.
2nd -- Like almost everyone else, the freedom of feeling the wind in your face without worry about the two wheel factor and falling off.
3rd -- AND BEST OF ALL --The people factor -- Those who have the same passion about our spyders and the smiles on the peoples faces who are seeing them for the first time and wondering "What the heck is that?"
Its a people magnet!!!:firstplace:
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
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Firefly
Active member
That 'ONE' thing has changed for me many times during my ownership.
Originally it was the 'cool' factor of this machine. Then it was 'safety'. Then it was 'de-stressing from a good ryde'. Then it was 'mods'. Then (and still) it was 'the friendships', and now it has been 'life changing experiences' that rank up there with anything I've had happen in my life. Owning a Spyder has brought about life changes like no other thing I've ever owned, with the possible exception of my (now passed on) dog.
You never know what path the Spyder will lead you down, but for me the journey just keeps getting better.:thumbup:
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Okay--- done with the gushy stuff-- now back to my regularly scheduled ranting and posting.....:gaah: :roflblack:.
The Spyder kicks :cus: AND takes names.
Originally it was the 'cool' factor of this machine. Then it was 'safety'. Then it was 'de-stressing from a good ryde'. Then it was 'mods'. Then (and still) it was 'the friendships', and now it has been 'life changing experiences' that rank up there with anything I've had happen in my life. Owning a Spyder has brought about life changes like no other thing I've ever owned, with the possible exception of my (now passed on) dog.
You never know what path the Spyder will lead you down, but for me the journey just keeps getting better.:thumbup:
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Okay--- done with the gushy stuff-- now back to my regularly scheduled ranting and posting.....:gaah: :roflblack:.
The Spyder kicks :cus: AND takes names.
murphybrown
New member
Only 1...not possible
Love, love, love:
The Ryde/driving
The Attention
The Stability Factor
That as a senior, senior citizen I can learn to Ryde with wind in my face and all those gorgeous sights and sounds.
AND then there are the people.
Just gotta love it.
hyea:
Love, love, love:
The Ryde/driving
The Attention
The Stability Factor
That as a senior, senior citizen I can learn to Ryde with wind in my face and all those gorgeous sights and sounds.
AND then there are the people.
Just gotta love it.
hyea:
bikeguy
New member
My RT is a ton of fun to ride but so is my BMW. What I like about the Spyder is that it's also fun to STOP. I'm not gonna drop it out from under my wife in some rough, rutted, pot holed, gravel parking lot. I can go places on the Spyder that I just couldn't go on the BMW. That's why I bought it and that's why I love it.
Cotton
Cotton
BajaRon
Well-known member
ElkSpyder
New member
I would say I like it because it's like nothing else I've ever owned and it still puts a smile on my face every time I ride it.
:agree::agree::agree:
The :spyder2: has opened a sense of “I can do that” that a two wheel bike never gave me. An eleven day bike trip on two wheels would NEVER have happened for me. With the :spyder2: I’m planning the second such trip again this year. May even add a day to this years trip. So is it the “Freedom”, “Stability”, or ??. not really sure but I can’t believe how thrilled I am with this purchase 2 years after the fact.
WackyDan
New member
Uh...that part is not required....
Well.. It is the one most important thing about my Spyder that I realize... Especially after my last wreck in 2002. Maybe it is my age, or my past wrecks... But I do believe the Spyder keeps me out of trouble.
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