This weekend started out on Thursday and was like any other travel day, I headed up to Malcolm Smith’s Motorsports for a planned oil change from the service department and then to meet up with the Try Spyder Demo Team. While I waited for my RT to be serviced I met with Malcolm. What a good person he is, I was honored to meet a legend in the power sport industry.
I also talked to a couple that had traveled 1 ½ hrs to see the RT. They have been following the blogs that were posted on Spyderryder.com and wanted their picture taken on the roadster. We talked for about 2 hours and I believe they are making the change to the RT.
On Friday and Saturday I headed to the Huntington Beach State Park where the demo team and Kevin McPherson, the Southern California BRP regional rep worked the demo rides. Friday was a bit slow but the sun was out and it was a beautiful day. Unfortunately, there were a lot of people that stopped by but they were wearing shorts and did not meet the dress requirements that allowed them to ride.
Saturday was overcast but Fred Rau and his wife Cherrie showed up with their RT and trailer. We spent time comparing notes about the RT and the different things that had happened with the bikes during our rides. It was interesting that we had different and not the same minor issues with our RT's..
On Sunday I was off to meet up with the West Coast Spyder Ryders at North County House of Motorcycles where I had invited Fred and Cherrie to join us for a charity ride. There were 17 Spyders from the West Coast Spyder membership that raised over $1,500 for the police escorted “Ride for Kids” in San Diego. Be sure to check out the 3 videos that I posted on YouTube of the event.
You can catch more RT adventures on westcoastspyder.com
Remember– it’s about the ryde - not your destination
Looks like you had perfect weather for the charity ride. I guess the song was right: "It Never Rains in Southern California." :-)