Geektastic: We booked the ferry and accommodation for a 10 day trip south on the Spider in the New Year.

Excited!

Woot. If you stop by Christchurch, ping me, be keen to check out a Spyder.

You can't park it in the motorbike parking areas, can you? It's got to be parked at a normal street parking?

Kookoo:

You can't park it in the motorbike parking areas, can you? It's got to be parked at a normal street parking?

Damn, look at that colour. Nice!

Had a great ride home yesterday; pretty good weather with only about 20 minutes of rain. Comfortable as you would expect from a machine designed to travel long distances.

Note to self for long rides though - wear earplugs under helmet!

My Dad used to own one of these. He went on rallies from Invercargill to Oxford comfortably (apart from the weather of course). No problems AFAIK.

He also went on the Brass Monkey Rally.

Geektastic:

 

Note to self for long rides though - wear earplugs under helmet!

 

Yes.. any bikers will tell you so. My biker friends will suggest to get a radar detector, have one-sided plug-in headphone (just get a cheap one and chop one side off) and make sure long enough cable to reach the ear, and another to plug in the noise.

Looking good there @Geektastic.

Did you ever sign up to the NZ Spyder/Ryker FB page I posted earlier in the thread.?

MikeB4: I think they are really cool but I have never worked out how to get a wheelchair rack on one

We have a lady in Putaruru that had a wheelchair attached to hers. She had a partial amputation of one of her legs.

Mind you I haven't seen her around for a while

Geektastic:

Kookoo:

You can't park it in the motorbike parking areas, can you? It's got to be parked at a normal street parking?

I really have no idea. Where would you find that out?!

Yes, but it would take up a HUGE amount of space in what are quite small motorcycle parks.  They really aren't bikes