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Cobwebs said:
https://www.motorcycle.com/news/brp-developing-tilting-canam-spyder-90418.html

Selectable lean assistance. Wonder if they mean you can set it up vertical at any speed if you want to. Should keep the purists happy, but then again I don't see it as that type of machine.More of a next step in the evolution of things than an allrounder.
Would be cool to whip around a Yamaha Niken through the twisties though:yes:
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Would be, wouldn't it? Oh, sorry, already do that in the twisties on my current RT! :ohyea: Shame about how they blow me inta the weeds on the longer straights & open road tho!! :cus:

Still, interesting concept? Sure.... but wasn't that particular article originally published back in early 2011?? Has anyone seen much on it since? Any progress reports or updates; or even heard if the patent was actually granted?? :dontknow: So it seems that now, some 10 years later, BRP apparently hasn't progressed too far with it yet, so I wouldn't be holding your breath waiting for a production version! :bdh:

And while we're talking about holding your breath forever - that article also mentions the prototype Hybrid Spyder that's 'currently on tour' & has (supposedly) been under development for even longer now, so that's obviously coming soon too.... Yeah, right!! :rolleyes: We've seen how far that's actually got in the last 12+ years or so, despite BRP's annual 'drag it out & dust it off yet again' marketing & advertising efforts to fool the gullible masses into thinking that the company is actually doing something along those lines!! :roflblack:

No apparent progress in more than a decade or so?? It sounds more & more like they've taken a page or six outta the Elio play-book with both of these 'hybrid' and 'leaning trike' versions coming soon stuff!! :shocked: I'll believe it when I see it - and I'm NOT gonna be holding my breath, either! :thumbup:
 
Steve W. said:
Had to double-check the calendar. :dontknow:

It's nowhere near "March 32". :hun:

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What, you didn't read the by-line under the heading of the article Cobwebs linked/that I quoted?? :rolleyes: Here, I've copied it for you:

By Motorcycle.Com Staff Feb. 11, 2011
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(my bold/underline emphasis)

The 'tilting patent application' story might be a fairly recent re-release of an old article, but that doesn't mean it's 'recent news'! ;)

As for the Hybrid thing, just do some searching here, it's been reported as being 'a prototype' pretty much since there first was an RS Spyder - ie, more than a decade now.... Besides, just look carefully at the picture they provide of the green & white Spyder with 'Hybrid Technology' printed on it, and then try convincing anyone that it isn't a pic of a Spyder type that hasn't been made for some time now. ;) Aaaaand then sesrch for & read the old threads about it - every time interest seems to flag a bit, they pull the same old chestnut outta the fire & give it another airing. :shocked:

It seems BRP believes that either we're all extremely gullible, or we've got the 'long term recall' of a goldfish! :banghead:
 
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Peter Aawen said:
Would be, wouldn't it? Oh, sorry, already do that in the twisties on my current RT! :ohyea: Shame about how they blow me inta the weeds on the longer straights & open road tho!! :cus:

Still, interesting concept? Sure.... but wasn't that particular article originally published back in early 2011?? Has anyone seen much on it since? Any progress reports or updates; or even heard if the patent was actually granted?? :dontknow: So it seems that now, some 10 years later, BRP apparently hasn't progressed too far with it yet, so I wouldn't be holding your breath waiting for a production version! :bdh:

And while we're talking about holding your breath forever - that article also mentions the prototype Hybrid Spyder that's 'currently on tour' & has (supposedly) been under development for even longer now, so that's obviously coming soon too.... Yeah, right!! :rolleyes: We've seen how far that's actually got in the last 12+ years or so, despite BRP's annual 'drag it out & dust it off yet again' marketing & advertising efforts to fool the gullible masses into thinking that the company is actually doing something along those lines!! :roflblack:

No apparent progress in more than a decade or so?? It sounds more & more like they've taken a page or six outta the Elio play-book with both of these 'hybrid' and 'leaning trike' versions coming soon stuff!! :shocked: I'll believe it when I see it - and I'm NOT gonna be holding my breath, either! :thumbup:
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Oh goody. The hybrid may return. A long long time ago, and in a galaxy far, far away...I actually did an April Fools on the introduction of the Hybrid. I used BRP's original photo, a green/white spyder....(which I later found out, did not even have a working engine in it), and then let the April foolery fly.

I had a few people convinced for a couple of days. :roflblack: :2thumbs:
 
Other than promo photo's, Honda's Neowing has never been viewed in public, spy shot photo's. Bummer ....
 
Looks silly to put a GoldWing engine in that thing. Why add the huge weight disadvantage? Getting that monster to lean
from side to side looks to be a real chore, and if it's electronically controlled, what's the point. And considering a standard
GoldWing trike is over $30,000, something with this level of sophistication is going to cost well north of that. And trikes,
regular or two wheels forward, are mainly just toys.

And I certainly have never heard of anything from Yamaha as far as a trike development.
 
It certainly does prove you learn something new every day. Thanks for the information.

I did some looking and can't find any years except 2019. Kind of odd. Cycle Trader only shows that year, nothing any newer or older.
 
Peteoz said:
Yeah, I have taken one for a ride, and it certainly is sure footed, Pegasus.

Pete
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Haven't ridden one myself Pete but interested to get your opinion on how you think it would stack up in the cornering ability v a Spyder. Far as I know the Niken doesn't have a nanny as such but could be wrong. I am aware that if overcooked they can be dropped into the weeds albeit happens at a far more predictable rate than a regular motorcycle.
I can see nanny wars and tyre development becoming major factors if these things get a hold in the market.
 
I dunno about things happening at a more predictable rate. With a motorcycle you can just keep leaning until you run out of lean. It would
appear that there is a definite stop to the lean on those. It looks like they only lean so far, and that's it. So if you came into a corner a bit
hot, you may not have enough lean to make the corner. If so, you'e simply drive off the road, or into oncoming traffic, rather than low side.
 
Possible said:
I dunno about things happening at a more predictable rate. With a motorcycle you can just keep leaning until you run out of lean. It would
appear that there is a definite stop to the lean on those. It looks like they only lean so far, and that's it. So if you came into a corner a bit
hot, you may not have enough lean to make the corner. If so, you'e simply drive off the road, or into oncoming traffic, rather than low side.
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Predictable means the speed at which the tyres let go when traction is lost.The feel is sooner and more gradual therefore more controllable with the extra tyre v a sudden dump on one tyre.
 
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