Laila's Dad
New member
Hello all, I hope that the day is going smoothly for you and continues to get better as it goes. As a few of you who are my Facebook friends know, I am currently prospecting for a local M/C(I think back to how I felt about the M/C community a year ago to how I feel about it now). Anyways, the club had a function to attend in Bossier City, LA on Saturday. That is roughly 185 miles away from me. The forecast called for possible thunderstorms going and those same thunderstorms on Sunday with temps in the mid 30's :yikes:. Well during my prospect period, I have never drove my truck to a club function. It has been some cold rides home but I have made it each time so I'm proud of my streak. To make a long story shorter, I drove my spyder but my wife followed me in her Durango so we could do a little gambling at the casino when we got there. Going to Shreveport I didn't get any rain until I got to the last city in Texas(I think it is called Waoskm?) going on 20 so it wasn't that bad. I got a little wet but nothing scary. Plus when we got to Louisiana the temperature went up to 62 degrees which was awesome to see. The next day we checked out of the hotel and it was already raining and was about 42 degrees. I got gas and we headed out. OMG!!! It rained the whole trip. By the time we got to Kilgore, TX I was drenched. My jeans and long johns under them were soaked through. I had on a sweat shirt, leather jacket, wind breaker, motorcycle jacket and my club vest and I still had water penetrate all of that too. We stopped to get a bite to eat and I stood up the whole time because I didn't want someone else to have to come sit down after me. There was literally a puddle where I stood. I kept thinking why didn't I get the rain and cold gear when Bob Denman told me too???? Well it has all been ordered now. 
Now to the main point of my story, my spyder handled great during all the bad weather. The traction light came on a few times. The temperatures got down to 35 degrees before I got home and it was raining so there were a few slick spots along the way. I could feel when the tires slipped a little but I never felt out of control. She braked perfectly also. Anytime I spinned a little, the spyder got me back on track. I felt as safe as I could with a foggy helmet shield and soaked clothes in 35 degree weather. I wonder how much better the ride would have been if I had on proper bad weather gear. I went through 3 pair of gloves on this trip. They were good gloves but were not able to withstand the amount of rain. It's a day later and all 3 pair are still wet. I have an awesome spyder . All of those more popular brands we hear and read about, but in 400 miles of suspect conditions, me and my spyder(her name is Sunkist) were the only bikers on the road. My spyder is awesome!
Now to the main point of my story, my spyder handled great during all the bad weather. The traction light came on a few times. The temperatures got down to 35 degrees before I got home and it was raining so there were a few slick spots along the way. I could feel when the tires slipped a little but I never felt out of control. She braked perfectly also. Anytime I spinned a little, the spyder got me back on track. I felt as safe as I could with a foggy helmet shield and soaked clothes in 35 degree weather. I wonder how much better the ride would have been if I had on proper bad weather gear. I went through 3 pair of gloves on this trip. They were good gloves but were not able to withstand the amount of rain. It's a day later and all 3 pair are still wet. I have an awesome spyder . All of those more popular brands we hear and read about, but in 400 miles of suspect conditions, me and my spyder(her name is Sunkist) were the only bikers on the road. My spyder is awesome!
