ruthie
GOS member (Girls On Spyders)
I have noticed that many of Spyder owners was Gold Wingers so I decided to share my experience in taking the Gold Wing Road Rider Assocation (GWRRA) Trike course with my Spyder friends.
This article I wrote for the Mississippi GWRRA District Newsletter. Enjoy!
hyea:
For those who haven’t heard about the big surprise that I got for my birthday back in January, well let me tell you what it was. It was a beautiful new 2010 Orbital Blue Can-Am Spyder. I was thrilled to have this beautiful ride and to know that GWRRA now allows the Spyder to take part in the GWRRA Trike course. After taking the Experienced and Advanced riding courses on my Burgman 400 scooter, I knew how these courses helped me improve my riding skills. So the first chance I got to take a Trike course, my Spyder and I jumped right in.
February 19th was my day to refine my Trike skills and have fun with the good folks from MS-B and MS-O. There were 11 range exercises that help reinforce riding skills that you use on the road. The only exercise that I did not do was #11 (optional) which is a wheel lift caused by too hard cornering. The reason I did not take the option to do this was that the Spyder’s Vehicle Stability System is designed to prevent a wheel lift.
As all Trike riders know the steering control on a Trike is a Push/Pull Technique, so coming from a two wheeler this was one of the skills that this course help me to learn and improve on. Another exercise that improved my riding skills was the Tight Corners. This improved my awareness of where my wheels are as I made the turns into the corners. I did have an advantage to all the other Trikes at the course since my two wheels are on the front, but I still had to know where they were in the turns.
This course got me started in the right direction of being a good rider on my Spyder. I know that practice will keep me refining these riding skills so this will not be my one and only GWRRA Trike riding course. I have already signed up for the course at Wing Ding and will practice and practice.
Whether you ride a 2 or 3 wheeler, I encourage each owner to take one of the GWRRA riding courses. We can always refine some skills that we have collected rust on.
This article I wrote for the Mississippi GWRRA District Newsletter. Enjoy!
hyea:For those who haven’t heard about the big surprise that I got for my birthday back in January, well let me tell you what it was. It was a beautiful new 2010 Orbital Blue Can-Am Spyder. I was thrilled to have this beautiful ride and to know that GWRRA now allows the Spyder to take part in the GWRRA Trike course. After taking the Experienced and Advanced riding courses on my Burgman 400 scooter, I knew how these courses helped me improve my riding skills. So the first chance I got to take a Trike course, my Spyder and I jumped right in.
February 19th was my day to refine my Trike skills and have fun with the good folks from MS-B and MS-O. There were 11 range exercises that help reinforce riding skills that you use on the road. The only exercise that I did not do was #11 (optional) which is a wheel lift caused by too hard cornering. The reason I did not take the option to do this was that the Spyder’s Vehicle Stability System is designed to prevent a wheel lift.
As all Trike riders know the steering control on a Trike is a Push/Pull Technique, so coming from a two wheeler this was one of the skills that this course help me to learn and improve on. Another exercise that improved my riding skills was the Tight Corners. This improved my awareness of where my wheels are as I made the turns into the corners. I did have an advantage to all the other Trikes at the course since my two wheels are on the front, but I still had to know where they were in the turns.
This course got me started in the right direction of being a good rider on my Spyder. I know that practice will keep me refining these riding skills so this will not be my one and only GWRRA Trike riding course. I have already signed up for the course at Wing Ding and will practice and practice.
Whether you ride a 2 or 3 wheeler, I encourage each owner to take one of the GWRRA riding courses. We can always refine some skills that we have collected rust on.
