I was traveling on a secondary road, heading for the Essex ferry in NY. I was riding in the pouring rain, probably between 35 and 40 mph. I was pulling my trailer, as I was heading home from a trip to CO. The front tires on my Spyder are new. In an instant, the front of my Spyder swung to the left. Felt no connection to the road. I never hit the brake and must have let up on the trottle. I swung back and forch, 4-5 times, never enough to cross the center line. Can't tell you what the trailer was doing. Trying to figure it out---I think it swung to the end of the safety chain and than reversed direction. Everything felt like slow motion. My Spyder finally settled back to road and I contined on---scared out of my mind. Any thoughts that will settle my nerves.
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Was I hyrdoplaning ?????
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bigbadbrucie
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I'm thinking that you were hydro-planing. I just completed a 5,000 km trip and had a similar experience. Coming down a hill in the pouring rain. No trailer. It was raining hard enough that all of the other traffic had slowed down. All of a sudden, the back end started swerving from end to end (approx 40* angle each way). Nanny kicked in thankfully and Spydee straightened out. It was a bit unnerving to say the least. The rest of the trip was uneventful.
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BLUEKNIGHT911
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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU
I have testified in court concerning Hydroplaning and even tho you have supplied way more info than most it is not nearly enough to give a reasonably accurate assessment......The fact that you had a (probably loaded ) trl. complicates the answer a lot. But the Spyder did what it is designed to do and prevented any thing serious from happening :yes::yes::yes:..... I've said it here a HUNDRED times " ALL TIRES WILL HYDROPLANE " given certain conditions .....even $ 2000.00 F-1 RAIN tires. ......Mike :thumbup:
ARtraveler
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Sounds like you were. Interesting how that "slow motion" thing kicks in. I still remember my head on accident in a car, in the rain back in 1972. My car was almost totaled. Very scary if I bring it back up.
Did you happen to notice if the "nanny" light kicked in during the "incident?" It would have just been a blink on the screen.
I have been "saved" twice from hydroplaning on the :spyder2:. Good Nanny. :bowdown::bowdown:
Did you happen to notice if the "nanny" light kicked in during the "incident?" It would have just been a blink on the screen.
I have been "saved" twice from hydroplaning on the :spyder2:. Good Nanny. :bowdown::bowdown:
Bob Denman
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It might even have been the trailer that started hydroplaning, and took you and the bike along for the ride.
Glad to hear that this only turned out to be a "Big eyes, and brown shorts" moment; and nothing else.
Glad to hear that this only turned out to be a "Big eyes, and brown shorts" moment; and nothing else.
I did not notice if the "nanny" blinked. I didn't realize the "nanny" kicks in at other times besides taking a turn to fast.
Brown shorts, Bob?? That and the rest!! The worst example of this I ever experienced was riding out of Plymouth immediately after a thunder shower.
I noticed that the front of the bike ( My old Norton ) felt light and unresponsive. I happened to look down at the front wheel and it was slowly rotating backwards!
I very gently reduced the throttle and apart from almost peeing myself did nothing. I sat at the side of the road for twenty minutes to regain my
composure!!
I noticed that the front of the bike ( My old Norton ) felt light and unresponsive. I happened to look down at the front wheel and it was slowly rotating backwards!
I very gently reduced the throttle and apart from almost peeing myself did nothing. I sat at the side of the road for twenty minutes to regain my
composure!!
Bob Denman
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:shocked: As the wheel rotated backwards; did time stand still? :shocked:
Bob Denman
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Time stood still: yet you aged twenty years! :dontknow:
I wonder if Einstein had a theory to explain THAT?
I wonder if Einstein had a theory to explain THAT?
SteveLaoyster
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Cruise control...
I'm glad things worked out so as to not cause an accident.
I've noticed a lot of people don't know that you are not supposed to use the cruise control on wet roads. For some reason it gets confused & starts speeding up the engine when the tires loose traction making a bad situation worse.
I'm glad things worked out so as to not cause an accident.
I've noticed a lot of people don't know that you are not supposed to use the cruise control on wet roads. For some reason it gets confused & starts speeding up the engine when the tires loose traction making a bad situation worse.
IGETAROUND
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hydroplaning
Having just put a brand new set of tires all the way around less than 5000 miles ago, I'm on my second Kumo on the rear and I'm very unimpressed with its 8-9 rating on wet road handling, it breaks loose frequently in the rain. The Conti's on the front have never broken traction, will definitely go to continentals again when the need arrises. Now if I could just find a better handling rear I'd be in pig heaven:yes:nojoke
Having just put a brand new set of tires all the way around less than 5000 miles ago, I'm on my second Kumo on the rear and I'm very unimpressed with its 8-9 rating on wet road handling, it breaks loose frequently in the rain. The Conti's on the front have never broken traction, will definitely go to continentals again when the need arrises. Now if I could just find a better handling rear I'd be in pig heaven:yes:nojoke
What pressure are you running in your tires??
Bear in mind that you've got significantly less load on them all when under a Spyder rather than a car, & especially less on the rear tire than it was designed to need up to 30 psi or so to carry!! :shocked:
My 225/60R15 Kumho Solus KH17 on the rear has not once broken loose in the rain, but then I'm running 18-20psi in it now, I found that the 26psi I started out with didn't let it ever get the tread compound warm enough to work properly; but now I've dropped the pressure it sticks like the proverbial to a blanket, far better than the Kenda ever gripped & it's alsowearing a whole lot better than the Kenda ever did too!!
The Kumho Solus 175/60R15's on the front only needed 16psi to get to operating pressure/temps, & they work even better & look like lasting a fair bit longer too!!
Bear in mind that you've got significantly less load on them all when under a Spyder rather than a car, & especially less on the rear tire than it was designed to need up to 30 psi or so to carry!! :shocked:
My 225/60R15 Kumho Solus KH17 on the rear has not once broken loose in the rain, but then I'm running 18-20psi in it now, I found that the 26psi I started out with didn't let it ever get the tread compound warm enough to work properly; but now I've dropped the pressure it sticks like the proverbial to a blanket, far better than the Kenda ever gripped & it's alsowearing a whole lot better than the Kenda ever did too!!
The Kumho Solus 175/60R15's on the front only needed 16psi to get to operating pressure/temps, & they work even better & look like lasting a fair bit longer too!!
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