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Spyderlady Linda Had A Spill Today

kevorama

kevorama

MOgang Member & Pyro-Man
SpyderLady Linda hit a nasty, deep water, area today after her and John rode in the local St. Patty's Day Parade. The day started of nice and warm and went to hell after 12:00 noon. She had her two dogs in tow behind her. The underside of the Spyder will lift the wheels off the ground like the hull of a boat will. Once the wheels are off, the sensors kick in. That's not a good thing when hydroplaning. The long and the short of it: Her and the dogs are fine... a little road rash, bumps and bruises. The bike will need a little work to make it pristine again. Len from Cowtown is coming into STL on Sunday and taking her bike back to make sure that the damage was only superficial and not structural.

Give her a high five for being a trooper. I'm sure she would appreciate your well wishes.
 
Holy cow. Not good :(:(:(

What happened? Hit deep water? Must have been some really bad storms up there.

Road rash, so she came off the RT??
 
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From what she told me tonight, the sensors made this situation worse. She hit a deep stretch of water and hydroplaned. The sensors tried to counter correct and caused the following problem. She had no control of the bike once the wheels left the ground. It resulted in the wheels braking independently and the inertia threw her and the pups from the bike.

I think that the underside of the frunk or skid plate actually lifted the bike when it hit the water. Doing so would lift the front wheels and cause the rear sensor to kick in and brake. Once that kicked in it would have forced the front back down. Which ever wheel hit first would also tell the sensor that there was still one wheel off of the ground. That caused a very rapid fishtail incident that no human could possibly counter. The end result was something that her and the dogs couldn't brace for. The bike stayed upright, we think, but threw the occupants of the bike.

The safety sensors in the bike are very well designed. But, you really have to watch for a deep puddle situation as this could be your end result, as well.
 
OMG!!! So scary to hear about this. Teddy & I are glad that she & the pups are ok

And that Len is on the job taking care to make sure her Spyder is back in top shape soon, we hope :pray: Keep us ALL updated on how things progress :pray:
 
Oh yeah, almost forgot, Teddy wanted to give her a "HighFive" of support

:pray:IMG_20120117_143833.jpg:pray:
 
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Wow! I'm glad they are Ok. In a water situation I can understand the problems because you do not know which wheel was doing what, when. I guess we all better watch out for deep water. Come to think of it when we pre-rode the ride route for Spyderfest 1 we crossed a stream and my Spyder did seem a bit unstable. Heal up fast Linda.
 
Glad she is OK

WOW I never thought about that, but I am Glad to know everyone is alright. I will certainly keep that high water issue in the back of my mind. I am glad you posted the details. This is good to know info for others to be aware of. Thanks
 
Sorry to hear about the accident...............storms were bad on and off yesterday afternoon with lots of rain. I'm sure Len can fix the :ani29: if their are any issues and Linda, if you are reading this, we will say a pray for you that you heal up soon.:pray: We will want all the details at the next Spyderfest meeting.
 
SpyderLady

Heal up soon my spyder friend. Makes me wonder if I really want to put a "possum pusher" on my bike. Hmmmmm............Len might be the one that could verify that.
 
Spyderlady get well soon

So sorry to hear about Spyderlady! Hope she's ok and back on that Spyder soon. Be careful out there Spyder ryders.
 
Glad you're o.k.

kevorama said:
SpyderLady Linda hit a nasty, deep water, area today after her and John rode in the local St. Patty's Day Parade. The day started of nice and warm and went to hell after 12:00 noon. She had her two dogs in tow behind her. The underside of the Spyder will lift the wheels off the ground like the hull of a boat will. Once the wheels are off, the sensors kick in. That's not a good thing when hydroplaning. The long and the short of it: Her and the dogs are fine... a little road rash, bumps and bruises. The bike will need a little work to make it pristine again. Len from Cowtown is coming into STL on Sunday and taking her bike back to make sure that the damage was only superficial and not structural.

Give her a high five for being a trooper. I'm sure she would appreciate your well wishes.
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Thank you for sharing this with us...it will make all us more aware of when it's raining of what could happen! Glad you are o.k. SpyderLady Linda and I hope you will soon have your beautiful bike back to you.
 
SpyderladyLinda crash

Prayers for a speedy recovery to both you and your pups. Hope you heal quickly with nothing long lasting but the memory! Thanks for sharing.
 
Spyderlady Linda....so sorry to hear this...hydroplaning is scary....glad all, you and the dogs, are OK...would like to know more details....take care
 
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