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AWSOME!!!
The normal hassel with getting the insurance endorcement and RMV for plates(1 1/2 hour - but we left the line and had lunch so that wasn't too bad). The dealer then took me down to a private road for a couple of runs through the cones. My only reference is an ATV so it felt pretty normal to me.
Then 10 miles to the highway and 50 more on the interstate. I loved it loved it loved it.
Once we got down to the beach house, took SWMBO/LOML out for a ride. She loved it. Can not wait to wake up so we can take a long ride along the ocean in the AM.
Observations, not complaints just observations (keep in mind that I have almost zero motorcycle experience):
1) RPMS are pretty high on the highway 5100 at 70. I have read comments about there being a need for a 6th gear and well maybe
2) This thing has balls, no mater what speed you are doing a twist and it really jumps
3) It was fun, LOML said I looked like a little kid having a blast on a go kart
4) It was really windy here today, eventually I had to stop and ask my wife who was following me if it was windy. She told me she was having a hard time keeping the minivan on the road
5) With the windshield all the way up there is a strange airflow that gave me the sensation that my head was being pushed forward
6) Most dangerious part of Spyder-ing seems to be the rubber neckers on the highway, boy does it get attention. Then again it could be the handsome devel driving and by handsome devel I mean fat, bald, grey beard
7) Neighbor already gave me a hard time about a bike with training wheels, he can kiss my a$$
8) My 16 year old, who has been pretty lukewarm about the purchase got really excited when he first saw it. He eventual became "cool" again
9) We did 110 miles - nice
10) Need to find the recommended shift points
More tomorrow and pictures, for now I sit smiling.
The normal hassel with getting the insurance endorcement and RMV for plates(1 1/2 hour - but we left the line and had lunch so that wasn't too bad). The dealer then took me down to a private road for a couple of runs through the cones. My only reference is an ATV so it felt pretty normal to me.
Then 10 miles to the highway and 50 more on the interstate. I loved it loved it loved it.
Once we got down to the beach house, took SWMBO/LOML out for a ride. She loved it. Can not wait to wake up so we can take a long ride along the ocean in the AM.
Observations, not complaints just observations (keep in mind that I have almost zero motorcycle experience):
1) RPMS are pretty high on the highway 5100 at 70. I have read comments about there being a need for a 6th gear and well maybe
2) This thing has balls, no mater what speed you are doing a twist and it really jumps
3) It was fun, LOML said I looked like a little kid having a blast on a go kart
4) It was really windy here today, eventually I had to stop and ask my wife who was following me if it was windy. She told me she was having a hard time keeping the minivan on the road
5) With the windshield all the way up there is a strange airflow that gave me the sensation that my head was being pushed forward
6) Most dangerious part of Spyder-ing seems to be the rubber neckers on the highway, boy does it get attention. Then again it could be the handsome devel driving and by handsome devel I mean fat, bald, grey beard
7) Neighbor already gave me a hard time about a bike with training wheels, he can kiss my a$$
8) My 16 year old, who has been pretty lukewarm about the purchase got really excited when he first saw it. He eventual became "cool" again
9) We did 110 miles - nice
10) Need to find the recommended shift points
More tomorrow and pictures, for now I sit smiling.
