A Spyder RT that will go 200 mph!

[SpyderAnn01]

I was at Bike Fest in Las Vegas today and there was a 2012 RT Limited on display. As I was walking up to it I hear the sales guy tell a couple that it will go 200 mph. :banghead: I said are you serious and he said yes if it didn't go that fast they wouldn't make the speedo go that high.. So I exIplained to them that the Spyder is Canadian and the speedo is built for Kph. I just hate it when sales people don't have a clue as to what they are selling.

[NancysToy]

Sad!

[Kungfuspyder]

I was at Bike Fest in Las Vegas today and there was a 2012 RT Limited on display. As I was walking up to it I hear the sales guy tell a couple that it will go 200 mph. :banghead: I said are you serious and he said yes if it didn't go that fast they wouldn't make the speedo go that high.. So I exIplained to them that the Spyder is Canadian and the speedo is built for Kph. I just hate it when sales people don't have a clue as to what they are selling.


I was curious on how fast 200 kilometers was, 124 mph.

[pickelhead]

My RTS will go 200mph (in my dreams).

[ARtraveler]

Very sad indeed. Sales people need to know what they are talking about. If the salesperson was just feeding a line of bs in order to make a sale, or impress the customer, either reason is just cause to stay away from that dealership.

[boborgera]

Nothing unusual for a salesman to say,
The old saying for Seafarers is Any port in a storm.
For Salesman it's Any lie to make a sale.:ohyea:

[jScotD]

i wouldn't want to go that speed on this thing,, i have seen 176 on 2 wheels when I was younger,,,

[Blue Star]

I was at Bike Fest in Las Vegas today and there was a 2012 RT Limited on display. As I was walking up to it I hear the sales guy tell a couple that it will go 200 mph. :banghead: I said are you serious and he said yes if it didn't go that fast they wouldn't make the speedo go that high.. So I exIplained to them that the Spyder is Canadian and the speedo is built for Kph. I just hate it when sales people don't have a clue as to what they are selling.

I tell people all the time it goes 200 MPH when they ask, and to prove it I show them the speedometer nojoke. Then I will tell them the truth.

[Jeriatric]

My RTS will go 200mph (in my dreams).

You must must must keep that avatar. It is perfect. In every way :firstplace:

:thumbup:

[btcherm]

I fell the need for speed........:spyder2:54464

[SPYD3R]

while tanking up, a young teen came to look at my SPYD3R and noticed the speedo and asked, "have you done 200 mph on this?" i told him, "no, i chickened out at around 180"... in time, he'll learn... until then, he'll dream about owning his own SPYD3R...
in actuality, i've had mine up to 91 mph, and chickened out - at 64 yrs of age, i just want to enjoy it, i don't want it to kill me...
ride safely, and keep the rubber on the road....:2thumbs:

[Bob Denman]

But you've got to admit that it's fun to let bystanders see that analog speedo and say, "Wow; 200 mph! :bowdown:"
Let them draw their own incorrect conclusions! :roflblack:

[bruiser]

I took the '10 RTS to 110mph on a long straight road. Backed off at that speed. I have heard that the RT tops out at 165 mph. Most i've done was 135 on a 750 kawi. However the fastest speeed I have traveled at was 650 mph. That was an F4D Phantom.

[bluestratos]

I just wish my RT could make it to 110 mph, mine bags out around 95 on the gps and if I am going up a bit of a hill its more like 90.

[flaggerphil]

I got mine up to around 90 or so when I was riding from St Louis to the Space Coast and that was enough. Usually cruise the freeway around 70-75. That's MORE than enough for me.

[SpyderAnn01]

I had mine up to 101 last weekend but that was all I could get out of it. It is one thing for us to joke with people about Spyders going 200 mph but it is entirely another to have a salesman actually tell people that they will go that fast. This dealer has a bad reputation for having uneducated sales people.

[bruiser]

I tell 'em, "yeah it'll probably peg the speedometer but I haven't had it past 180 myself."

Be careful, that'll void yur warranty!!

[bruiser]

This dealer has a bad reputation for having uneducated sales people.[/QUOTE]


Sadly, they're not the only ones either.

[spydercowboy]

I had to see what the wife's RT would do so on ramp to off ramp I gave it full throttle. One way I got 100mph and coming back I got 104mph. I did expect more but that's all it would do.

[Bob Denman]

Mine will go WAY faster than my Guardian Angel can fly... :yikes:

[Plyrod38]

A gentleman approched me the other day and asked if the Spyder if it would really go 200. I told him maybe, but not with me on it.

[SethO]

I've been out of warranty for over a year.
That's why I can start taking stuff off and putting stuff on.

Very liberating really.


they are not going to void your warranty over something like this, or anything you post.




It is sad that sales people think they know, I had a dealership in grand rapids,MN that did not know they sold spyders in the front and did not know how to start one in the back. Its even more sad that they are the closest dealer to me.

Good news is that ann was in vegas to set the dumbass straight. spyderlovers unite

[Kratos]

I would hate to have seen his face when you called him out on it in front of the customer. :yikes:

[SpyderAnn01]

Good news is that ann was in vegas to set the dumbass straight. spyderlovers unite

Right on brother!


I would hate to have seen his face when you called him out on it in front of the customer. :yikes:

He was literally too stupid to be embarrased.

[bruiser]

Seth, I was only joking with Roger about voiding the warranty. Guess I should've added a laugh icon. By the way, how you doing up there in the North Country?

[boborgera]

Some of the best Salesmen, Are the ones that don't know the product that there selling,
This way they can say anything with a straight face.

[Illinois Boy]

I tell 'em, "yeah it'll probably peg the speedometer but I haven't had it past 180 myself."

:roflblack: That's funny...

[Bob Denman]

Right on brother!
He was literally too stupid to be embarrased.
Some people are only alive because it's illegal to shoot them... :gaah:

[SethO]

Seth, I was only joking with Roger about voiding the warranty. Guess I should've added a laugh icon. By the way, how you doing up there in the North Country?

oh, I am doing pretty good got the death machine back with a entire lower end, the starter wore a hole in the case so I was spyderless for 3 weeks which was just enough time to get sideswiped by a lady while driving my ridgeline which has 6k in damage which is now getting fixed.

I know it may sound funny but it was 82 degrees up here today and rider heaven. My g/f is now riding a 01 rc51 with art pipes and doing a bang up job of doing what ann did in this thread, proving to people how it is by doing it.

[Dochands]

Since my second incompetent dealer (yes Tulsa might be Spyder hell) replaced the display they broke installing my HIDs the speedometer has been sticking at 160. So I spent yesterday cruising everywhere at 200 MPH. LOL

[SpyderAnn01]

Since my second incompetent dealer (yes Tulsa might be Spyder hell) replaced the display they broke installing my HIDs the speedometer has been sticking at 160. So I spent yesterday cruising everywhere at 200 MPH. LOL

Was it fun?

[VaughnCat]

With the aero dynamics of a shoe box? You could put a friggin Formula One engine in it and maybe go that fast . . . . but who would want to? Around this part of the country we have to have a a 'deer tag' just to get a bike license . . . before the updated DPS, 60 MPH while passing a truck felt like 200mph . . .

[SXSMachine]

Not advocating anything but here is the kind of speeds you can do 2 up on a Spyder and its KMH.


http://youtu.be/EoengQZsKHI

Aint no 200mph

[Illinois Boy]

Not advocating anything but here is the kind of speeds you can do 2 up on a Spyder and its KMH.

Aint no 200mph

These things are fast, no doubt, but for obvious reasons... that is uncomfortable to watch... One mistake or failure and...

[Frank G]

Be careful, that'll void yur warranty!!

So.. does the spyder have a tell all recording computer that BRP can access?

[IWN2RYD]

Wow......... Just wow... It "Might" get to 200mph if dropped at around 40,000 feet and had enough time to free fall... :roflblack:

[bluestratos]

I used my gps when I topped out at 95, give it enough time it would likely get close to 100 but speedy Gonzolus a spyder RT is not. Shame, my old Suziki 650 Burgman did an honest 105 on GPS and that was a scooter, lol. Good news is it gets to 85-90 like XXXX through a goose, lol.

[CyncySpyder]

My RTS will go 200mph (in my dreams).


i wouldn't want to go that speed on this thing,, i have seen 176 on 2 wheels when I was younger,,,

:yes:And this aint photo-shopped:lecturef_smilie: Just wish I knew how the pup was doing it:dontknow:

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[Grandpa Pete]

Is'nt 200 mph equivilent to 320 kph..Its been along time since I did my guzinta's:lecturef_smilie:but I think thats close:opps:

[reggystan]

Who says you can't do 200mph on an RT? I did and it was well over 24 hrs of avg speed and in MPH! ha ha ha, this was my readout during my last run after Lamonts BBQ down to the dragon, when I sw this I had to stop to take a picture of it. So I can claim that I not only did 200mph but I did it over an average of over 24hrs! The best was I was also pulling a trailer!! Hmm anyone can top that? ha ha ha. You gotta love the gremlins that are inside these things!!!!


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I was at Bike Fest in Las Vegas today and there was a 2012 RT Limited on display. As I was walking up to it I hear the sales guy tell a couple that it will go 200 mph. :banghead: I said are you serious and he said yes if it didn't go that fast they wouldn't make the speedo go that high.. So I exIplained to them that the Spyder is Canadian and the speedo is built for Kph. I just hate it when sales people don't have a clue as to what they are selling.

[NancysToy]

Who says you can't do 200mph on an RT? I did and it was well over 24 hrs of avg speed and in MPH! ha ha ha, this was my readout during my last run after Lamonts BBQ down to the dragon, when I sw this I had to stop to take a picture of it. So I can claim that I not only did 200mph but I did it over an average of over 24hrs! The best was I was also pulling a trailer!! Hmm anyone can top that? ha ha ha. You gotta love the gremlins that are inside these things!!!!


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Maybe all you did was pass the speed of light.....er, LEDs. :roflblack:

[Jeriatric]

Forgot to mention you were pulling a trailer too :roflblack:

[reggystan]

I guess the RT saw the light a few times at the dragon. ha ha ha LOL :roflblack::roflblack:



Maybe all you did was pass the speed of light.....er, LEDs. :roflblack:

[Bob Denman]

Forgot to mention you were pulling a trailer too :roflblack:

Wasn't he pulling that trailer uphill at the time also? :shocked:

[docdoru]

Who says you can't do 200mph on an RT?
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Next year you should run for the FIM World Speed Record in Bonneville :bowdown::yes: :thumbup:
(I'll be there...)

[Bob Denman]

Do you think that maybe they'd let Reggy and Dave hold a "Clash Of The Titans" dragrace across the salt?? They both have twice "the ton" on record... :bowdown::bowdown: :roflblack: