WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

[SteveMac]

I don't remember the exact date, but it was 2009, and I remember the events like they were yesterday.

My wife and I were sitting on the patio of an outside bar, having some adult beverages and appetizers. We were celebrating the "pinning" of a friend who had just become a nurse, so there were about 20 of us gathered. There is a small BMW dealer next to the bar, and for whatever reason, because I never saw any there again, he had two GS models sitting out front. I had seen an article about the Spyder somewhere, but never seen one in person. I walked over to take a closer look, and I fell in love. I remember saying to my friends at the time that it looked like a SeaDoo for land!! I didn't even know BRP made SeaDoo as well.

I had a bad two wheeler wreck in 1979, a few years before Connie and I were married, and I didn't walk for almost a year, but I think as long as you are still breathing, you never lose that desire to ride. I had occasionally mentioned Harleys or GoldWings, but my wife had assured me that she would never ride with me on a two wheeler. I showed her the Spyder and she thought it was "nice" but we had other commitments at the time such as a kid in high school, and taking care of sick and ailing parents, so the Spyder idea got tabled.

Finally, earlier this year, the son was off to college, and we lost three of our parents in 2009-2010, so we decided it was time. We made the decision to do this together, and one sitting on the RT and we were sold. So, we purchased the Silver RT in March. It has been the best thing we have done for our marriage in 20 years. We have put 10,000 miles on it since March, staying in some great places, visiting many local wineries and bed/breakfasts.

We got to go to SpyderFest 2011 earlier this year, and best of all we met and befriended all of the MoGang folks.

Now, we never miss a MoGang ride unless there are dire circumstances. And we expect to work hard with the MoGang to make SpyderFest 2012 even more fun for everyone than last year.

It has been quite a journey so far!!

:yes::yes::yes::spyder::yes::yes::yes:

 

[ARtraveler]

Similar situation for me. I saw a spy picture in a cycle magazine in 2007. Put down a deposit in December 07 and had my new Spyder in June of 2008. (They were going to limit availability to certain states, and AK was not one of them). I got the second :spyder2: to hit AK.

No problem registering it with DMV or getting insurance (State Farm).

 

[chris56]

we told everybody that our 25-year-marriage-tour will be done with our BMW-RS100 -

but then I have seen a test-spyder from the Rotax factory - first impression where : how ugly is that ..

but preordered one of the first ten pieces for europe - got it beginning of june 2008

Now we have 41.000 Kms .. but my first ryde was so horrible - I wanted to give her back :banghead:

 

[docdoru]

It was May 2008 in the VW dealership when they announced the bad news: the GX3 project ($17K, 46 MPG, 1600 cc, lateral acceleration 1.25g and conceived for the U.S. market by VW’s Moonraker team and the company’s Design Center in California) died.
("With regret, we have concluded that the current and foreseen product liability issues at this time were just too great,'' Adrian Hallmark, Volkswagen's U.S. chief).

The same day the Spyder was purchased:

 

[Questions]

I was out to dinner on a Sat night with about 10 friends on their bikes. I was in my cage as my disabled foot no longer let me hold up my bike. I had been trike shopping but was suffering from major sticker shock. A friends wife asked me if I had ever looked at those "funny looking" things with the 2 wheels in the front. I went and looked at them on Sunday, decided to price shop, found a dealer 200 miles away who gave me a good price, bought it on Monday, and picked it up on Wednesday.

Never looked back:2thumbs: