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.hyea:

 

[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:

 

[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: