UPDATE

[tatt2r]

I talked with dealer about guy that crashed spyder.... he is doing ok ... concusion.... pined ankle.... some internal bleeding ... but all and all not doing too bad ....

 

[mxz600]

Good to hear. No word on why it happened?

 

[BajaRon]

I talked with dealer about guy that crashed spyder.... he is doing ok ... concusion.... pined ankle.... some internal bleeding ... but all and all not doing too bad ....

Glad to hear this. Bad but could have been a lot worse.

I wonder if a dealership gets a knot in their stomach every time they put someone on a demo bike. This has got to be a nightmare for everyone concerned.

I hope the truth comes out and not a bunch of finger pointing where you never really find out what happened.

 

[tatt2r]

Good to hear. No word on why it happened?

well i took it out all day on thursday and 2 other people took it out on friday ... so in my opinion it was rider error ..... but thats just my opinion .... i know it is easy to over compensate on the steering on the RT if you are not use to it ...

 

[Smylinacha]

Glad he is gonna be ok! I think it could have been rider error also. I remember my first test ride - was so different than riding two wheels and I was overcompensating on the steering - I remember that. And I had a death grip on the bars which is a No No.

I was at a bike dealer a few weeks ago looking at a Yamaha and saw this guy test riding a Triumph - TALK ABOUT SCARY! I said something to one of the sales guys when I went in there. They just let him have the bike and go on his merry way w/ nobody following him. He almost hit some parked cars in the street when I was arriving and he was a foot dragger.

 

[pjp623]

Glad to hear that he's going to be OK. It's never easy to come back after even a minor MC accident, so best of luck to him. From my own first experiances on steering the Spyder rather than countersteering it :agree:it was probably rider error.

 

[DynamoBT]

This is very good news to hear.

 

[fastfraser]

Glad he is on the mend ! Hope the dealer is O.K. as well .

 

[Saluda]

Good news for the driver.
The dealer is a really good guy.

 

[SpyderWolf]

Thanks for the update, I am also glad to hear the test pilot is doing better now.

 

[effgjamis]

Most important that the guy will survie to ride again.
Hope he heals quickly.