SE5 creeps from a stop

[Pilo]

Carlo called again...

Just had a long phone conversation with Carlo. It seems that BRP is making arrangements with a Venezuelan BRP dealer in Caracas (the capital, 500 miles away) to carry the Spyder line.

That is sort of reassuring, and definitely a lot closer than Honduras...

We discussed my SE5 creeping problems (now subsiding) and agreed to continue blipping when / if it occurs again.

I have to perform the first oil change very soon, and will see how it behaves after that.

Saludos, Pilo

 

[3wheeldemon]

Just had a long phone conversation with Carlo. It seems that BRP is making arrangements with a Venezuelan BRP dealer in Caracas (the capital, 500 miles away) to carry the Spyder line.

That is sort of reassuring, and definitely a lot closer than Honduras...

We discussed my SE5 creeping problems (now subsiding) and agreed to continue blipping when / if it occurs again.

I have to perform the first oil change very soon, and will see how it behaves after that.

Saludos, Pilo

Good news. I have done that ride (Maracaibo-Caracas) and is brutal. Considering the state of some roads those 500 miles are equivalent to a 800 mile ride in the US. Be careful!

PS: I PM'd you about the oil

JL (3WD)

 

[Pilo]

Pilo, you lost me on the "AKA", what does that mean?

Yes, "How much?" is the #1 question we all get. I am not sure it is a "Material Orientation" question, though. I get the impression it is more, "What will it take for me to have one?" - kind of a 'price of admission' question. Getting asked that question always leaves me a little non-plused though, asking the price of something was something that I was brought up to not to do - I was taught it was a rude question - like asking "How much do you make?"

I do prefer that question to the statement, "Get off!" - when accompanied with gun pointing at you. :yikes: ( has not happened yet )

Tom

Tom:

AKA means 'above the knee amputation'. I lost my left leg in a bike accident in late 2000. The SE5 is the perfect bike for my kind of disability. :2thumbs:

I have the same non-plussed feeling when I am asked that question, as I was also brought up like you.

I have thought about being asked to get off at gun-point, but I also wonder how the proverbial thieve will know what to do in order to ride the SE5. :dontknow:

Furthermore, it is so unique (especially here) that I don't think anybody will have the guts to try to steal it and be seen with it... :yikes:

Saludos, Pilo

 

[Pilo]

Good news. I have done that ride (Maracaibo-Caracas) and is brutal. Considering the state of some roads those 500 miles are equivalent to a 800 mile ride in the US. Be careful!

PS: I PM'd you about the oil

JL (3WD)

JL:

Thanks for your PM's. The article about motorcycle oils is gold...:2thumbs: You should share it with the SpyderLovers...

I have done the Maracaibo-Puerto La Cruz ride (800 miles) 3 or 4 times. When I had the accident in late 2000, I was traveling back from PLC to MBO on my 1999 CBR900RR when a 18 year-old kid with an old SUV (oncoming) turned left to go to the beach in Tucacas.

So far, I am not yet planning to do long trips on the SE5. We'll see... BTW, I am in Paraguana now visiting friends and looking for work opportunities, and I believe that I can do this trip in the Spyder, carrying the luggage bungee-corded on top of the pillion... :doorag:

Saludos, Pilo

 

[Pilo]

From an Argentinean...

Pilo its good to know there are riders everywhere. I have a recurrent fantasy of heading down through Mexico and trying to make it to Uruguay and Argentina. lol

Hey Dochands:

If you ever get to Argentina (my country) on your Spyder, you won't regret it..., and probably would like to stay a little longer (like forever...) :clap:

Saludos, Pilo