I like footpegs and highway pegs. The standard footpegs allow me to rise up over the saddle when crossing speed bumps or railway tracks, dirt bike style. Saves the butt and the back.
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RS-S or wait for the ST-S model???
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Welcome and good luck...
May I add. Please wait until an ST is in a dealership. I will bet you a case of your preferred beverage... That if you buy an RS now, and then sit/test ryde the ST next spring you will be disappointed in the choice you made.
Not everyones joints feel the same, so I am not speaking as a know it all, but rather my experience.
We have owned three Spyders... I am 6'2"225bls... On the RS-S I could not be on the bike in the factory position for longer than 45 minutes when my joints let me know I am needing to move them. But to where??? :roflblack:
Spent a good amount of money and time adding adjustable handlebars and floor boards to find the position that is very much like the ST will be. Then, I had to add a windshield because I was now being batted around from the wind coming off the bike. Where before my sitting position was more inline with the design of the bike. It was like taking the little windshield off of any bike that has aerodynamics to it, and getting slapped around a lot @ 60mph... Yes... Of course many bikes have no windshield, but most of those bikes also do not have any aerodynamics to the directing the wind at speed. So everything is taking the wind equally and no turbulence or slapping is going on... And or you cannot adjust the seating position as dramatically as one can on the RS...
Anyway... Not to keep you from enjoying a Spyder for now. Knowing what I know... The prices will be even better on the RS models next year as you will see the ST's flying off the showroom floors. So look at it that way. Get a good deal today, or a great deal this spring for an RS.. Or get the ST of your choice because it handles better, performs better, and you just get on and drive... Very little "Customizing" needed...
May I add. Please wait until an ST is in a dealership. I will bet you a case of your preferred beverage... That if you buy an RS now, and then sit/test ryde the ST next spring you will be disappointed in the choice you made.
Not everyones joints feel the same, so I am not speaking as a know it all, but rather my experience.
We have owned three Spyders... I am 6'2"225bls... On the RS-S I could not be on the bike in the factory position for longer than 45 minutes when my joints let me know I am needing to move them. But to where??? :roflblack:
Spent a good amount of money and time adding adjustable handlebars and floor boards to find the position that is very much like the ST will be. Then, I had to add a windshield because I was now being batted around from the wind coming off the bike. Where before my sitting position was more inline with the design of the bike. It was like taking the little windshield off of any bike that has aerodynamics to it, and getting slapped around a lot @ 60mph... Yes... Of course many bikes have no windshield, but most of those bikes also do not have any aerodynamics to the directing the wind at speed. So everything is taking the wind equally and no turbulence or slapping is going on... And or you cannot adjust the seating position as dramatically as one can on the RS...
Anyway... Not to keep you from enjoying a Spyder for now. Knowing what I know... The prices will be even better on the RS models next year as you will see the ST's flying off the showroom floors. So look at it that way. Get a good deal today, or a great deal this spring for an RS.. Or get the ST of your choice because it handles better, performs better, and you just get on and drive... Very little "Customizing" needed...
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