Utah Trip

[Fatcycledaddy]

Well we just completed our trip to Colorado and Utah, a little over 5,000 miles in two weeks and the Spyder performed flawlessly.
Towing the camper trailer up a 7 mile grade in 5th gear full throttle to maintain speed at 104 degrees and the temp gauge never went over 1/2 way.
WHAT A MACHINE!!
Here are a couple of pics of the trip.
Less than one year old and almost 16,000 trouble free miles.

Somehow have an attached thumbnail that is upside down and can't delete it. Sorry

 

[Cruzr Joe]

at first glance, i thought you were pulling a boat. :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:


Cruzr Joe

 

[Fatcycledaddy]

at first glance, i thought you were pulling a boat. :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:


Cruzr Joe

Now that would be funny, towing a boat to the desert with a Spyder.

 

[Chupaca]

Great pic's

Sounds like a great trip especially getting home safe and sound. Great to hear about the preformace of your spyder. Need more stories like yours. Thanks for that and the great pictures...even the upside down one ..does require walking around the table...:roflblack:

 

[Fatcycledaddy]

Sounds like a great trip especially getting home safe and sound. Great to hear about the preformace of your spyder. Need more stories like yours. Thanks for that and the great pictures...even the upside down one ..does require walking around the table...:roflblack:

Sorry about that.

I found out on this trip that Asian people are intrigued by the Spyder. We must have had hundreds of pics taken of it, and several ask if they could stand next to it or hang onto the handlebar while having their pic taken.

We counted a total of 11 other Spyders on the trip including the one seen in the attached pic in CO.

There was only one person that gave us any negative feedback on the Spyder. A guy got out of his truck, walked up to me and said "I didn't think those things could get any uglier, but your trailer made it that way". I responded by saying that I thought the same thing about him and his truck. His mouth fell open and he turned and walked into the gas station.
When he came back out he started asking a few questions like "how is it in the corners"? I told him it was great in the corners. He said he had a Harley trike and didn't like it in the corners because he felt he was going to tip over every time he took one.
I told him " that is because a Harley trike is s copy of the design of a kids tricycle, when you turn a corner on one you are transferring the load to an area in front where there isn't any support. On a Spyder when you turn a corner you are transferring the load to the outside wheel making it much more stable." Then I couldn't help myself, I said "when you grow up you buy one of these".
At this point we had our helmets on and were backing up to leave. As we pulled out he hollered at us "My sea-do has a rotax engine in it." I informed him that it was made by the same company.

Life on a Spyder is great!

 

[SpyderAnn01]

You are right on the Asian tourists and we have loads and loads of busloads of them in the West.

 

[ARtraveler]

Utah is one of my favorite vacation states. Lots of scenery, National, and State Parks. Glad to hear your experience was also enjoyable. :yes:

 

[Fatcycledaddy]

You are right on the Asian tourists and we have loads and loads of busloads of them in the West.

You got it, there were bus loads at Bryce Canyon, and at Zion. I loved it, I am just wondering where all those pics are going to show up.