Just darned impressed on how these Spyders handle heavy weather

[Woodsrider]

My commute is about 65 miles each way, so Spyder gets a workout. Yesterday I didn't make it home before a BIG series of thunderstorms rolled through. High winds, driving rain, some hail.

Spyder was solid as a rock. A few gusts tossed both me and cars around a little, but I'd put them at 45mph or more direct crosswind.

Only complaint is I was freezing my ... nose .. off. 91f to 68f in a span of maybe 10 minutes, and completely soaked. It came up so fast I didn't have time to pull over and put the rain gear on.

Once I was off the Interstate, the twolanes had running water over them, Spyder still didn't have any issues.

She looks like crap today, mud and other dirt all over the back and up the fender sides from what was on the road, but wow...these things are safe as houses.

 

[SPYD3R]

YUP

YUP....
YOU'VE WITNESSED WHAT A LOT OF US HAVE....
YOU'LL FIND 2 WHEELERS PULLING OFF THE ROADS, WHILE WE CRUISE BY SAFELY WITH A SMILE ON OUR FACES.....
I RODE Rt. 12 IN UTAH LAST YEAR, AND YOU GO FROM 2500 FT ELEVATION TO 9600 FT... YOU GO FROM 45 DEGRESS TO 90... YOU GO FROM SUNNY SKYS TO RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW.... ALL IN A 3 HR. 125 MILES RIDE.... THESE ARE AWESOME RIDES....
I'M 66, AND ONLY WISH THESE WERE AVAILABLE TO US BACK IN THE 60'S WHEN I WAS A TEEN... :bowdown:
DAN P
EASLEY, SC
SPYD3R

 

[Chupaca]

Agree..!!

weather has a way of catching you by surprise. I sure am happy to be on a roadster and as mentioned above wish I had had one when I did what I could on a two wheeler back when. We have hit it all on one mountain pass, rain, sleet, hail, snow and when we got back to the rain it was actually quite nice cause it was warmer coming down. They do keep you on the road and tracking nicely. We try to avoid it but you can't always get away from it...:thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

Sometimes; the WORST condtions :shocked:, end up providing the BEST stories... :2thumbs:

 

[ARtraveler]

Glad to hear you enjoy the commute rain or shine. I used to do the 40 miles round trip to Anchorage every day when I was working. Usually put less than a 1000 miles on my car every riding season.

One word of caution about riding in deluges. Driving through standing water (an inch or more) at over 55 mph will cause the :spyder2: to hydroplane. Nanny has saved my bacon twice, and I consider myself lucky.

We have tire grooves in most of the roads (caused by studded snow tires in the winter). They hold water very nicely.

 

[MikeP]

I agree with everything posted so far and will add that since I switched to car tires on my 13 RTS,, I've not experienced the hydroplaing issue at all.. Love the Spyder