I'm thinking about risers; but, after bonecrusher's comment below I'm not sure.
Ask Lamont, still to this day I have never seen anybody ride a Spyder as hard as him, and he will tell you it handles night and day BETTER. :2thumbs:
Ask tatt2r as well, he runs it real hard up in NH on some real tight turns and country roads. He too will tell you if handles BETTER with his risers.
Spyders ARE NOT SPORT BIKES! What might seem like "Joe Racer" seating on a sport bike DOES NOT WORK on a Spyder!
On sport bikes you lean forward to the bars, and once moving at more than a walking speed turn the bike by LEANING it over. Other than a very small amount of "counter steer," your arms once locked into this riding position on a sport bike never move until you once again slow down.
Spyders, like snowmobiles, Sea-Doos, ATVs must have the bars turned to make the unit turn! It is not possible the way the human body works to turn the bars with all this weight on your hands. You must remove some to almost all of your weight from you hands with your "core" muscles (lower back and stomach) to allow you to make your hands "light enough to turn the Spyder.
Besides all this movement taking time to occur, it also wears out the driver very quickly. This tired driver then begins to become slower, or sloppier as they can no longer respond as quickly because of this fatigue factor.
This might not be so bad if you ar 20 something, but for us "more mature" (aka old guys) it can make the Spyder 'less than ideal" for long fast rides. Also, sitting in that bent over of a position, with that much hand pressure for very long is not much fun for us old guys ether. :yikes:
When risers are installed the driver is sitting without so much hand pressure. Which means the driver is no longer forced to have to constantly adjust the weight on their hands to turn the Spyder, and is then able to respond quicker, with less effort over a longer period of time (longer ride) :thumbup:
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