Can Am Spyder - Page 5

**glwilson** · 04-12-2013, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by petenomad

+1 My wife (Ann) has one and she is getting pretty good (probably not as good as Greg) - but we live in KS so don't get to practice true twisties very often. I don't think she could ever be accused of slowing down a group.

Are you heading to Spyderfest? I am actually going to try to make it there... that is unless it is snowing.

Oh yeah... how's that Concours working out?

petenomad · 04-13-2013, 01:21 PM

No, not this year. We went last year and it was a nice event. They had good vendors and the organizers are terrific people. There were somewhere around 500 people in attendance, in a town of 2000. Just overwhelmed them. Obviously, not enough motel rooms, so had to stay 10-20 miles away - which made socializing a bit awkward. Some of the people we would have wanted to hangout with were 20 miles N while we were 10 miles S. This should be mostly solved since they will be in a much larger area.

The group rides were too large and they would not allow the leaders to exceed the speed limit. There is some very nice riding around Cuba - and I'm sure they'll have some good routes closer to Branson as well. We had a good time doing their passport runs with a couple we met on the way.

The Concours has about 1600 miles on it (got in Oct). Just got the seat redone so now I need the weather to cooperate a bit so we can get some longer weekend rides in to really get a feel for it. It has been a blast on the 100-150 mile runs I've been able to get in so far.

04-13-2013, 01:21 PM	#62
petenomad Sr. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 1,135	No, not this year. We went last year and it was a nice event. They had good vendors and the organizers are terrific people. There were somewhere around 500 people in attendance, in a town of 2000. Just overwhelmed them. Obviously, not enough motel rooms, so had to stay 10-20 miles away - which made socializing a bit awkward. Some of the people we would have wanted to hangout with were 20 miles N while we were 10 miles S. This should be mostly solved since they will be in a much larger area. The group rides were too large and they would not allow the leaders to exceed the speed limit. There is some very nice riding around Cuba - and I'm sure they'll have some good routes closer to Branson as well. We had a good time doing their passport runs with a couple we met on the way. The Concours has about 1600 miles on it (got in Oct). Just got the seat redone so now I need the weather to cooperate a bit so we can get some longer weekend rides in to really get a feel for it. It has been a blast on the 100-150 mile runs I've been able to get in so far. __________________ Glenn petenomad Peterman 2016 BMW R1200RT 2012 Candy Arabian Red Concours - Traded at 23000 miles 2008 Red/Black Nomad - Traded at 29500 miles
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