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This is a crazy question, fishing for opinions
Hi Everyone.....
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I have been riding motorcycles since I was 14, old enough at that time to get a
Drivers Lic. I will be 78 soon.
My entire motorcycling life I have when someone asks I say and always have said
I ride motorcycles, and I drive cars & trucks.
I have noticed for several years folks say they DRIVE their Spyder some do say Ride
What do you do
Ride or Drive yours.....
In California, the Spyder is not considered a motorcycle, you do not need a motorcycle lic.
to ride one. the DMV says it is an Autocycle your regular operators lic. is all you need.
So do you DRIVE yours
or do you RIDE yours...
Just wondering
Dave
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A few may say that they drive theirs, some may say that they ride theirs. But I RYDE mine.
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When it's between your legs you're riding it. If you are setting chair like on your butt you're driving it.
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It's a Motorcycle in PA. and you need a Motorcycle License or permit to operate one. I enjoy Riding my Spyder when ever I can.
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If you are ON it, you are RIDING IT.
If you are IN IT, you are DRIVING IT.
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I have to say I ride mine because of all the upper body leaning and moving from side to side on the seat that I do in the twisties. No way I can do that in my truck. You need an MC license in Ohio to ride a Spyder or Trike.
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I agree with the between the legs you are riding it crowd. After years on horses and motorcycles I am riding when I sit on it and driving when I sit in it
So Ride on Dave and enjoy. BTW that foot of yours need to heal soon, you have too much time on your hands. Ride more(when you are healed ) worry less.
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I subscribe to the answers of both seaweed and Edmat, and also BajaRon/pegasus1300. If you are astride your machine (i.e., one leg on each side of your motive power plant), you are a rider, just as if you are on a horse. That's where the term originated. If you're in a buggy, wagon or sleigh pulled by a horse, you are a driver. As for California's definition or concept of what an "autocycle" is, perhaps those state officials should recall that "autocycles" or "cycle cars" of a century ago mostly were operated with a steering wheel, or a tiller, not by handlebars (see photos). Perhaps a Slingshot qualifies as an "autocycle"; but IMHO, a Spyder is a 3-wheeled motorcycle and is always ridden, never driven. The type of driver's license qualification a jurisdiction requires in order to lawfully operate is entirely another matter. The fact that my G-class "driver's" (i.e., operator's) licence also has attached to it an M-class qualification for me to ride motorcycles (whether 2 or 3 wheels), doesn't mean I am a "driver" when I climb aboard one. There were separate operator tests for each qualification. On a motorcycle, I'm a rider, or in the case of my Spyder, a "ryder". Long may it ever be!!!
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I agree with most of the replies. we are RIDERS and not drivers! do you ask your mate if she wants to go for a drive or a ride on your Spyder???????? duh??
and as we all say, it's all about the RIDE!!
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Wisconsin just changed the law on 3 wheel units. Anything with a steering wheel and seats that you sit on is an autocycle. Which now is a yearly $45.00 registration. Anything that you stradle and has handlebars is a motorcycle. Which at this time is $23.00 every 2 years.
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I do agree with you, an ole buddy of mine from the MG Car Club has an old 3 wheeled Morgan
he says he Drives it....Just a side note on the drivers Lic. In California..... ANY 3 wheeled vehicle that
is legal to operate on the roads and hiways even a motorcycle with a side car only requires a regular
operators lic. no motorcycle endorsement required.
Originally Posted by bushrat
I subscribe to the answers of both seaweed and Edmat, and also BajaRon/pegasus1300. If you are astride your machine (i.e., one leg on each side of your motive power plant), you are a rider, just as if you are on a horse. That's where the term originated. If you're in a buggy, wagon or sleigh pulled by a horse, you are a driver. As for California's definition or concept of what an "autocycle" is, perhaps those state officials should recall that "autocycles" or "cycle cars" of a century ago mostly were operated with a steering wheel, or a tiller, not by handlebars (see photos). Perhaps a Slingshot qualifies as an "autocycle"; but IMHO, a Spyder is a 3-wheeled motorcycle and is always ridden, never driven. The type of driver's license qualification a jurisdiction requires in order to lawfully
operate is entirely another matter. The fact that my G-class "driver's" (i.e., operator's) licence also includes M-class qualification for me to ride motorcycles (whether 2 or 3 wheels), doesn't mean I am a "driver" when I climb aboard one. There were separate operator tests for each qualification. On a motorcycle, I'm a rider, or in the case of my Spyder, a "ryder". Long may it ever be!!!
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Last edited by Motorcycledave; 12-06-2019 at 03:05 PM.
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RIDE!!!
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Originally Posted by Motorcycledave
Hi Everyone.....
Good ole Dave here Dave's Thumbs UP.jpg
I have been riding motorcycles since I was 14, old enough at that time to get a
Drivers Lic. I will be 78 soon.
So do you DRIVE yours
or do you RIDE yours...
Just wondering
Dave
I wish I knew. I even find myself interchanging between "ride" and "drive". Here in the Land Down Under they have varying classifications depending on the state, but in mine (New South Wales) they are MC's requiring an MC license.
I have decided that what ever its meant to be called is superfluous - its juts bloody good fun!!!
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Originally Posted by BajaRon
Very simple rule of thumb.
If you are ON it, you are RIDING IT.
If you are IN IT, you are DRIVING IT.
Right........... and if it a piece of equipment, loader, tractor, bulldozer, whatever.........
If you know what you are doing, you are an operator.
If you don't, you are a driver.
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Handlebars = Ride, Steering wheel = Drive, bars = cycle (bike, motorcycle, trike, heck even quads) Wheel = Car or whatever some of those states want to call them (whoever thought AutoCycle was a real word, it's Auto or Cycle, but if it's got a Steering Wheel it's an Auto. Rant off, gonna go now.......
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Good question?
When 2 people are on it are both riders, and if so who's driving it?
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Originally Posted by PW2013STL
Good question?
When 2 people are on it are both riders, and if so who's driving it?
Nope, the one on the passenger pillion is a passenger. You will see it on the release forms and sign up forms for most any sponsored rides.
The one at the controls is the operator.
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I drive my truck i ride my spyder
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If you straddle it you're riding, if you sit upright with you feet on the floor--like in a chair position--you're driving.
I ride my horse, I drive my buggy.
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