Dragonrider
New member
I was out of Spyderland for a year, after selling my 2010 RT, now that my 14 is here, I have realized how much I use it - I only put 3300 miles on my car last year, with over half being a round trip to Northern California, the rest for weather days.. I find that, weather permitting, I use the RT for all my errands, commuting to work, and taking the proverbial "long way home", whenever I can get away with it.
Have I ever done that with another bike? Not really. Indeed, there were the occasional commute days, or errands. However, usually, those bikes were used for weekend rides, or my annual long trip/tour.
Sitting here watching it rain, and avoiding real work, I think it's the design of the bike - jump on and ride, don't need or want the road rash avoidance overalls, nasty traffic isn't an issue - and so on.
Since I'm on a track to build/have/ride a V-rod Scorpion, I'll be able to do a side by side test, but I really think the Scorpion will lose - manual trans, no reverse, and lack of mega storage being the main factors.
I think the Scorpion's fun factor will be off the chart, but it won't see the use the RT does... Is this just me??
Have I ever done that with another bike? Not really. Indeed, there were the occasional commute days, or errands. However, usually, those bikes were used for weekend rides, or my annual long trip/tour.
Sitting here watching it rain, and avoiding real work, I think it's the design of the bike - jump on and ride, don't need or want the road rash avoidance overalls, nasty traffic isn't an issue - and so on.
Since I'm on a track to build/have/ride a V-rod Scorpion, I'll be able to do a side by side test, but I really think the Scorpion will lose - manual trans, no reverse, and lack of mega storage being the main factors.
I think the Scorpion's fun factor will be off the chart, but it won't see the use the RT does... Is this just me??
