Without exception, family and friends that we've told that we bought the Spyder have asked, "Do you guys wear helmets?" It's baffling to me as Missouri has a helmet law. Plus, anyone the knows us knows we'd wear helmet.
People who see us on the beast have been overwhelming supportive and respectful. We recently had a 20 minute conversation in the grocery store parking lot with a retire couple looking into one. So far, no douchers, although my boss said it looked like a lawn mower. I replied, "A $26k, 998cc lawn mower? That's an interesting comparison" and promptly laughed. My boss is an idiot.