Modern Vespa

WOW, this just might put the Honda Goldwing out of business !

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/2010-canam-spyder-rt-preview-88698.html

Untill it leans in the corners it won't replace our MP3 !

That says it all for me.

I agree the Spyder is not handsome, but it has virtues nothing else has. I think the KTM bikes are ugly too, but they do things other bikes can't.

This subject reminds me of a song that went, "mannn..... your wife is UGLY!......yeah, but she sure can cook ! " To each their own priorities.

I actually think it is an improvement. It looks totaly cool. It may not lean and I cannot even think how you turn it but it goes fast and looks great. There may be a day when my knees (I have severe arthritis) won't work well enough to support the weight of even the very well balanced MP3. If that day comes I have no shame in getting one of those guys. I may not be able to lean but I will feel the closeness of the wind and other sense of freedom that the MP3 give me. I would rather be able to ride a Can Am then nothing at all. Oh if I had to choose between the Can Am and any other 3 wheeled non-leaning vehicle I would choose the Can Am over all the others I have seen.

Dale

Do not know if the front leans any at all, but I agree about the Goldwing replacement. The issue of the Goldwing frame cracking, and triking it voids all warranties gives the spider a good selling edge. For unfamiliar people, the GL1800 uses a new special aluminum alloy, is welded in five locations I believe. Some cracks are poor welds, thin frame tubing used, or just stress. Not alot at all cracking, but enough for federal court action order to take place. Frame has had at least five modifications to it since 2001.

Looks comfortable for cruising long distant but it won't squeeze through traffic jams like the MP3. I don't mind having one park in my garage though

I think the only Goldwings in danger here, are those custom trikes. Sorry, if it doesn't lean, it's just another convertible/roadster. The original Spyder had some appealing to me (just the looks), but this one...

Ditto!

Cook? I don't remember that version...

Who cares about sqeezing through trafficif it's a tourer, the way I see it if I am going to be touring it will be when I'm retired or have plenty of time off and when that happens , for me I will not be in a rush.

The song started, "if you want to be happy the rest of your life, get an ugly woman to be your wife"..............the punch line being she will be a good cook.

My wife isn't a very good cook, but...................

Ouch! That's fugly.

I'd go for a T-Rex before a Spyder.
http://www.campagnamotors.com/T-REX/intro.html

-nub

That T-Rex is purdy,but like the Spyder is a bunch of money I don't have.I would have to settle for a Richland Roadster.At just 5k which includes the bike,hey I get it all.Out of Florida.Someone called the RR a horse and buggy.The trailer is removable.

Looks like an accident wating to happen, unless you're in the Orient and don't go very fast.


Hey, that trailer has the same air compressor/batttey jumper on it I have ?! 8)

Boy, think of the front wheel as the tongue of the trailer. If you don't load that thing right (and it looks like everthing gets loaded behind the trailer axle), you end up bouncing down the road. And good luck at the turns!

just go up any driveway on an angle and get hung with the rear wheel in the air ! on that homemade thing.

what does "up a driveway" mean? It's Florida!

Ok fine,you dont like the Richland Roadster regular? Then how about the deluxe version. Very different huh.

UGLY