RANTING OF A SPYDER RIDER

[Raptor]

I wash off the bike using a garden sprayer filled with cold water. It's one of those things that holds about a gallon or two of water and you pump it up by hand to build up pressure. I use cold water because I believe warm water might be more likely to activate the corrosive quality of salt.

I like this idea very much. I believe this is the way to go to wash the bikes. SO done and done! :thumbup: Now, back on point; So far 14 has shown very good traction in the wet. It even recovered from a seemingly unrecoverable slide. SO my feeling here is that our Spyders can hold up to prety foul weather conditions. It's just a matter of can we? I think everyone has their own boundries driven by many different variables.

 

[Brevet05]

:thumbup:Awesome writeup! I too am enjoying winter riding on the Spyder. I sing with a group at WPAFB, and the other guys apparently had a pool about when I'd finally show up to practice in a cage. Still waiting! I admit that riding in the cold on the RT-S is cheating. I crank up the windshield, slip my hands into the muffs, and windchill's not really a factor. It's funny, but I get coldest on the back of my neck (if I don't wear a balaclava). It's been in the teens and twenties the past couple of weeks, and except for windpants and the balaclava, I haven't had to make too many concessions. Now, I haven't ridden on the snowy streets yet, but mostly because I've had really limited time for pleasure riding, and my commute's a no fail affair (I teach). But, we're on winter break, so all bet's are off, now!
:yes:

 

[Bob Denman]

Pure unadulterated harcore... :thumbup: :firstplace:

 

[tatt2r]

AMEN TO THAT, BROTHER! Riding in rain leaves quite a bit of gunk on the uderside, though. I've been hand washing the whole bike because I was a bit nervouse about taking a hose to it for fear I would hurt something.

What do you guys think about using a hose? Perhaps this should be a new thread...

road from ft lauderdale florida to salem nh 3 days in the torrential rain ...didnt hurt it at all and i don't think other than riding it under water it could have gotten wetter

 

[MoonChaser213]

love your rant

you are 2 cool. really:f_spider: