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[lilbear]

Chip, proving his skills on the course before they turned us loose on the streets of Daytona with our own Spyders by Can-Am.

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Dave on his Spyder.  Where's the hand brake?

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Helen on her Spyder.

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Nancy about to lap Martha on their respective Spyders.  Nancy wants to know why they govern these things to a 120mph limit?

[lilbear]

Martha, myself, Chip, Nancy, Dave and Helen waiting in the Lobby for Jorge.

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Dave and Helen taking a relaxing ride on the tram at the Speedway.

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Jorge, taking a break, enjoying the breeze, and sights on his tram ride.

[lilbear]

Chip looking for answers.  V-Rod 1250 motor, $40K and this is what you get? 

[SBB]

Chip looking for answers.  V-Rod 1250 motor, $40K and this is what you get? 

No offense to the Vrods Craig, but give me a Spider and I will walk all over one of these and save 25K in the process!

 

[lilbear]

Helen showing Dave the new truck she wants.

[lilbear]

No offense to the Vrods Craig, but give me a Spider and I will walk all over one of these and save 25K in the process!

 

No offense taken Chip!  Get that govener off of that Spyder and not much will take that at a 172mph!  That Rotax motor is incredible.  The Spyder, for what it is, is simply, pretty darn incredible!

[110tHunDer]

 
Great pics!  I bet it is next to impossible to dump the Spyders, huh?  It would probably be a blast in the twisties, once you got used to taking more of a "car" line instead of a bike line through the turns.

[lilbear]

Martha and I at last night's dinner.  Expressions pretty much sum up the time we had.  We relish the friends that we have made through this great site and truly enjoy the friends we keep making.   It was great to finally meet Jorge, Hubbard and Harry.  We enjoyed meeting and riding with Gary and his lovely wife Patti as well.  Dave (Davey), it was great meeting you as well and had a lot of fun at dinner last night with jokes of Happy Days and all!  Missing are the pictures we failed to capture on some of the great rides we had through the Ocala National Forest, etc.  Thanks Dave for leading some great rides, even if you did have to pull a wheel stand to prove the Pumpkin!  It was sad to return home today, but we do look so forward to spending more time with all of you.  

[lilbear]

Great pics!  I bet it is next to impossible to dump the Spyders, huh?  It would probably be a blast in the twisties, once you got used to taking more of a "car" line instead of a bike line through the turns.

With the onboard dynamic traction control system, it is pretty much impossible to dump the Spyder.  It is extremely responsive to control input, even almost twitchy fast, but incredible handling with awesome acceleration.  Can't wait to get one in the twisties.  If you can get the 60" wide front end through the corner, the rear end can follow just about any line.  The thing even has an actual Reverse gear allowing some pretty slick maneuvers (O.K. so some practice is involved).