what is the dumbest question you have been asked

[LDFIREWORKS]

hay-all what is the dumbest question you have been asked about your spyder i think todays questions will take #1 1st question was what is that, 2nd was which wheel turns, my answer was all of them,and the 3rd question was do all the wheels turn the same way and i said it depends on how fast you are going, and he said ok and walked away scraching his head [daaahhhh]

[Lamonster]

Those were pretty bad.

I had a guy ask me to pop the hood so he could see the motor.

[Bersquack]

Can you do wheelies? That's my favorite!

[kalavera]

I dont have an example of the dumbest question but I do have an example of the dumbest thing said.

I was riding with a some friends in the back roads and small towns of Mississippi, when we came to a red light. There was this toothless guy in the passenger seat of a beat up pick-up truck next to me. He looks at me and smiles his toothless grin and says, "Hey thats almost like a 3 wheeler."

[Degaman]

One that comes to mind was, "Is that rear wheel drive?"

[Dudley]

"Are you the folks on that contraption outside? What is that?"

"Can you pop a wheelie?"

"What does it cost? About $30,000?"

"Does it really got over 200 mph?"

[Dudley]

I dont have an example of the dumbest question but I do have an example of the dumbest thing said.

I was riding with a some friends in the back roads and small towns of Mississippi, when we came to a red light. There was this toothless guy in the passenger seat of a beat up pick-up truck next to me. He looks at me and smiles his toothless grin and says, "Hey thats almost like a 3 wheeler."

Let's see...1, 2, 3. Yep.

[Blackwidow74]

I was in a parking lot somewhere and a guy asked me if it was street legal, and I said well I drove it here on the street.

[FANG]

Do you have to put gas in it? - Answer: No runs on water - its a personal watercaft on wheels.

[jodeg1945]

Does that thing turn?? I've seen 'em on the highway, but they're always going straight! I said, "NOPE, I just go straight with it!" (This was a guy asking me!)

Another guy asked this one: How do you turn it? I said, "With the handlebars"



I think people lose their senses when they see the Spyder!!!

[crazycanuck]

that is easy...just yesterday at a gas station out in the sticks. Cute girl driving a car that is advertising spray suntan.

Gets out and asks me if I am there to go trail riding. I take my helmet off and with a smile said, I will take it trail riding if you will use some of that suntan spray on yourself (ghostly white she was)......she got a good laugh out of that and I proceeded back on a paved road.

[Firefly]

Had a guy come up to me in a parking lot as I was getting ready to leave a store. He was on the side that has the HUGE Muffler (stock at the time).

He asked me if it was electric.

I said : "Some of it is, but please don't touch the Flux Capacitor (as I pointed down at the huge muffler) ".

I started it up and left.

Is the idea of what an exhaust muffler looks like REALLY that alien to some people ? Especially a guy?

[Greg H.]

I guess, I really don't consider any of the questions dumb. And, I get approached a lot like all of you, I'm sure. One question that I really find amusing though is; 'Is it front wheel drive?'.

I really enjoy it when someone comes up to me to ask, and talk about the Spyder. I always take all the time required to answer all the questions, and tell them how I ended up on a Spyder, and not a regular motorcycle. And, I do get asked that quite often.

[Dudley]

Had a guy come up to me in a parking lot as I was getting ready to leave a store. He was on the side that has the HUGE Muffler (stock at the time).

He asked me if it was electric.

I said : "Some of it is, but please don't touch the Flux Capacitor (as I pointed down at the huge muffler) ".

I started it up and left.

Is the idea of what an exhaust muffler looks like REALLY that alien to some people ? Especially a guy?

Makes you wonder, don't it. Darn good thing someone showed them where to put the key in their cars.

[vt228]

I was at a light a man asked me is that a highbird I sead yup I see birds when I go up hi and no it a spyder he looks and sead it dont look like a spyder where are the legs I shook my head and drove away lol at him here's your sign lol

[SpyderGirl]

Okay, here are mine:

1) How does that thing turn? (DUH, with the handlebars)
2) Does it run on gas? (No stupid, I like hang out at the gas station)
3) Does it really go 200mph? (I'm not stupid enough to find out)
4) Can you do a wheelie? (Why???)
5) Can you take that on the freeway?
6) So it has 3 wheels huh? (Wow, you can count!)
7) Are those training wheels? (I was about to pound on the guy after this one)

I am certain there are others that I have purged from my memory buffer.

[SpyderGirl]

I was in a parking lot somewhere and a guy asked me if it was street legal, and I said well I drove it here on the street.

Yes, I HATE this one.

[strats]

One that comes to mind was, "Is that rear wheel drive?"

LOL.... Got asked that yesterday

[NancysToy]

None of the sillier questions bother me in the least. Not even "Why would anyone want to buy something like that?" We get certain ones repeatedly. It is flattering that folks are curious. Until there is a reliable vaccine for stupidity, the odd questions will continue to come. If you don't want to be a rock star, don't ride a Spyder!
-Scotty

[dltang]

When people ask me if I can do a wheelie on that thing, I tell them, only in reverse. Dumb question, dumb answer.

I too have gotten the street legal question, while at a gas station on a very busy street, go figure.

I also like it when they ask, "do you like that thing" No, I just ride it because I like all the questions people ask. duh

[M2Wild]

An older gentleman asked me if that is a three wheeler trike in the parking lot. I said it has three wheels on it so it must be a trike. He just stared at the Spyder and shook his head and said "That ain't normal". LMAO

[Biker]

I was in a parking lot somewhere and a guy asked me if it was street legal, and I said well I drove it here on the street.

Well, you have to admit, it does turn heads and people are inquisitive. They just don't think before opening mouth. My favorite line is, "Their ignorance is only exceeded by their stupidity"!

[GaryTheBadger]

I get asked the same questions so often, I put a flyer together, keep a stack in the trunk to hand out.
Click on the image below to enlarge. The original in is MS Word, much clearer than this JPG, send me your email address if you want the original.

[kalavera]

...I also like it when they ask, "do you like that thing" No, I just ride it because I like all the questions people ask. duh

I get that question alot, or phrased something similar.
The last guy said, "How do you like those things?"
My response is either I like it just fine, or I say, I love it.
I'm thinking, how do you respond to that question?


What I have done since Car & Bike show I did last month, is made a flyer.
On one side, is the Spec Sheet from Can-Am on the Spyder.
On the other side is this groups website and logo on the top
and on the bottom the logo's and addresses of the two local dealerships that sell the spyder.
I just give em out when ever people start asking a bunch of questions.
If they are really interested, they take one.

[rkteck]

Here are the two dumb ones that stick out recently:

"So does that drive like a snow mobile"? Yep, we've been all over Phoenix looking for the snow.

and

"So thats like a high powered Quad"! Had no response for that one. Just shook my head.