uFit system for the new RT

[SpyderBite]

Why is it that BRP didn't design the 2020/21 RT with the uFit system for different length legs/arms? It's a lost opportunity as many F3 riders with longer legs don't feel comfortable with using the brake on the new RT. I don't see any parts in the catalog for doing this. I do find the new RT compelling as an F3L replacement.

I, myself, have my F3L setup for the position 5. The only way that I know of making an RT to fit me is to trim back the front of the passenger seat 4 inches thus making the rider backrest bracket unusable and reducing the amount of passenger seating. That's OK as I hardly ever have a passenger. On top of that I would swap out the handle bars for the F3L model and look at the angle of the brake lever.

Has anyone bought the new RT and customized it for longer legs? If so, can you show some pictures and let us know what you think?

[MONK]

Any F3 bars will work on the new 2020 RT. I think the Comfort seat moves you back about 2". I don't know of any way to move the floorboards.

[SpyderBite]

Any F3 bars will work on the new 2020 RT. I think the Comfort seat moves you back about 2". I don't know of any way to move the floorboards.

Thank you

[Peteoz]

Has anyone bought the new RT and customized it for longer legs? If so, can you show some pictures and let us know what you think?

If someone develops that, SpyderBite, CanAm will make some extra RT sales.

Pete

[Jetfixer]

I can verify that the F3 bars work and that the comfort seat moves you back a couple of inches. I've add both to my 2020 RTL. ( I went with the Attitude bars to get the wrist angle improvement)

[cptjam]

Go up. Other manufacturers address this by offering a Tall seat. If you have a custom made saddle, you can address your fitment issues. Low slung and long legs.....a conundrum! Just a thought. Joe

[SpyderBite]

Thank you all for your thoughts and insight.

[KX5062]

According to my dealer, Can Am shot themselves in the foot with the UFit system. They did this because it was a great idea from the engineers and developers, but once it hit the money guys desk, they screwed it up. I was told the display and miscellaneous equipment that went with the UFit was horribly expensive for low volume mom and pop dealers, plus it took up too much real estate. All of which lead it to not be cost effective.

Not surprisingly, every Can Am dealer I've ever spoken to has had the same complaints about the company being hard on their dealer network on a variety of levels.

[ARtraveler]

According to my dealer, Can Am shot themselves in the foot with the UFit system. They did this because it was a great idea from the engineers and developers, but once it hit the money guys desk, they screwed it up. I was told the display and miscellaneous equipment that went with the UFit was horribly expensive for low volume mom and pop dealers, plus it took up too much real estate. All of which lead it to not be cost effective.

Not surprisingly, every Can Am dealer I've ever spoken to has had the same complaints about the company being hard on their dealer network on a variety of levels.

What you say has a lot of truth behind it. When I was in AK, I heard complaints of what the required display package cost, the amount of inventory required, the u-fit package, and the straw that broke the camels back...had to buy a package of 12 Rykers when they were introduced.

It is the small dealers that seem to be the best ones. Not so the biggies.

[JayBros]

...When I was in AK, I heard complaints of what the required display package cost, the amount of inventory required, the u-fit package, and the straw that broke the camels back...had to buy a package of 12 Rykers when they were introduced...

Such is not unusual in the retail business that deals with some kind of hardware. The Cannondale bicycle company has lost a number of excellent small local shops throughout the country over the years because the floor plans required shops to load up on numbers of bicycles that had little chance of good sales so the shops refused to do business with or dropped the company because of excessive inventory cost that was not going to move.