BRP Spyder & Polaris SlingShot / Side by Side - Mike Mas

[Pirate looks at --]

Depends on Where you are

Hey Pirate,

When I bought my first Spyder back in 08 all the "Other" motorcycle riders said the same exact thing you're saying about the Slingshot that its not a motorcycle and is a joke. In fact, when I lived in Va my club "Would Not" let me ride my Spyder on our monthly their rides, they said it was too wide and interfered with other riders. Get ready because a number of companies are coming out with forward trikes and there's going to be a lot more name calling.

Let's not forget our Harley Davidson riders - they were the toughest on Spyders but now since Harley came out with a Trike - its all OK and forgotten LOL.

Bottom line I'm going to keep call it a bike because its nothing like my Ford 150 or my old ladies car. Really who cares what they call it - both the Slingshot and the Spyder sitting on the ground are identical - there is two steering wheels and the set is pushed by a rear wheel. Both require Motorcycle endorsements, both require helmets, both are open air cabins, both allow you to get killed easier than a car! Who gives a damn what the seat looks like or if the bike has a steering wheel or handlebars - it means absolutely nothing.

Regards

in my great state(maybe) you don't need a motorcycle endorsement for either vehicle! Helmets are not required for the SS either ( let's put it this way, people don't wear them and the CHP think it's a car and won't stop them) so still more of a car than a motorcycle! I did not say it was a joke. We ryde with someone in our group who has an RSS and a SS. Great guy and he is welcome on all of our rydes. Not a joke just not, in my opinion, what I think of as a motorcycle. Really reminds me of a refined modern version of the old VW dune buggy conversions! Especially from behind!

 

[IdleUp]

in my great state(maybe) you don't need a motorcycle endorsement for either vehicle! Helmets are not required for the SS either ( let's put it this way, people don't wear them and the CHP think it's a car and won't stop them) so still more of a car than a motorcycle! I did not say it was a joke. We ryde with someone in our group who has an RSS and a SS. Great guy and he is welcome on all of our rydes. Not a joke just not, in my opinion, what I think of as a motorcycle. Really reminds me of a refined modern version of the old VW dune buggy conversions! Especially from behind!

Pirate - I like what you said "so still more of a car than a motorcycle!" good way to look at it!

Regards

 

[Deer Slayer]

Autocycle?

Check the daffynition! The Sypder with handlebar and over the frame seating, is clasified as a cycle. A vechicle wth side by side seats and a stearing wheel with 3 wheels is an autocycle. I checked this out on a rainy day. The Big P is a car just like the Morgan.:riding:

 

[IdleUp]

Check the daffynition! The Sypder with handlebar and over the frame seating, is clasified as a cycle. A vechicle wth side by side seats and a stearing wheel with 3 wheels is an autocycle. I checked this out on a rainy day. The Big P is a car just like the Morgan.:riding:

Call it what you will like- as I said 90% of the riders even today still do not accept the Spyder as a motorcycle - who even cares, they are both motorcycles to me!

 

[Pirate looks at --]

Woo Hoo

Call it what you will like- as I said 90% of the riders even today still do not accept the Spyder as a motorcycle - who even cares, they are both motorcycles to me!

Idle,

Now your talking, "motorcycle" not a bike! Neither is the Spyder a "bike"!

 

[Bob Denman]

I honestly couldn't care less what somebody else calls my Spyder: I just call it "Fun"! :thumbup:

 

[Pirate looks at --]

:agree:

 

[JerryB]

Hi Bob,

Re: I just call it "Fun"!

I'm with you on this.

I bought my Spyder just to have some 'fun.'

I cannot justify what I paid for it as being a form of transportation; the mileage is terrible for that thought.

I cannot justify what I spend on goodies for it; they are truly not necessary.

However, it allows me to get out in the air and enjoy the days that are sunny & nice ( yes, I do envy you folks in the sun belt ).

That is worth what I spend on it,

Jerry Baumchen

 

[TnT]

3 wheels

If I had wanted a 3 wheeled car I would have bought a Morgan - something with class. Face it Clutch pedal on the left of the brake pedal, gas pedal to the right of the brake pedal and shifter just like a car - it is a car.

 

[Deer Slayer]

Idle,

Now your talking, "motorcycle" not a bike! Neither is the Spyder a "bike"!

Amen, the first thing I tell folks, the Sypder is not a motorcycle. The things like a motorcycle are, wind in the face, you get wet, and you can fall off.
:riding:

 

[IdleUp]

If I had wanted a 3 wheeled car I would have bought a Morgan - something with class. Face it Clutch pedal on the left of the brake pedal, gas pedal to the right of the brake pedal and shifter just like a car - it is a car.

A Morgan now that's funny - I'm not sure what that thing is other than a Margery of spare parts. Now that's some kind of ugly dude! lol

 

[IdleUp]

Now let's not forget the Trex this is a real 3 wheeler bike and even has a BMW motorcycle engine so what does that make it? . . . . .

 

[robhowen]

Very nice write-up and photos

I enjoyed your write-up and photos, and you clearly enjoy your toys. Ride On, and have fun!
Rob

 

[IdleUp]

I enjoyed your write-up and photos, and you clearly enjoy your toys. Ride On, and have fun!
Rob

Thanks Rob - ride Safely and watch out for cell phones!

 

[beefybudds]

Now let's not forget the Trex this is a real 3 wheeler bike and even has a BMW motorcycle engine so what does that make it? . . . . .

It's a 3 wheel car. In my opinion when you have a bucket seat and a seat belt with a traditional steering wheel I think of a car.

 

[beefybudds]

Great write up and photography is top notch

Willie

I agree. He is a professional in his field. One of the top if not the best.

 

[Malathion]

Our Spyder adds many attributes to motorcycling ,off hand I can't think of anything a Slingshot would add to say a Miata if you where willing to drive the Miata like a holigan.

 

[brakelight]

I saw a black Slingshot on the 407 in Burlington, Ontario today. It was absolutely gorgeous and I'd get one if I wasn't so busy riding my spyder.

The license plate was from Georgia, a fair schlep from Ontario.

 

[IdleUp]

Well you guys, know the old saying "if it don't lean - it ain't no motorcycle"!

The Spyder is in the same as a Slingshot - its like a car too with two front steering wheels that steer like a car and prevents the bike from what bikes have been doing since the beginning of time lean in the direction of the turn - so quit all this political right and wrong crap between the two models -they are both bitches! :sour:

 

[Fat Baxter]

One thing the Polaris folks didn't learn from the Spyder experience: Those are Kenda tires on that machine.

Are the Polaris dealers as prissy as Can Am about mounting non-OEM tires?