A one month delay in delivery!!

[BikerDoc]

I had a feeling that this might happen.
I always thought that the F3 was going to be very big and maybe that the demand
would outstrip Can Am's production capacity.
I received a letter from my dealer today telling me that my bike would now not
arrive until April! :yikes: That's one month into the riding season....

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Sorry to hear about your delay. I thought I would get mine on Christmas Eve (like I did with 2014 RTL last year) since I
ordered on 8/26/2014 but was told that they are not going to manufacture/deliver black units until February. Any month is a months delay on ryding season here.. Good news is I think we will all get a great machine when it arrives

 

[cuznjohn]

I'm dying to test ride one, Ann, but probably won't get to till Spyderfest '15. I want to know what the forward controls feel like. But, like you, I'm mostly into touring and I don't know if it would really fill that bill. It's too bad we both don't have a lot of extra money and garage space to have an assortment of rides to choose from!

i have had forward controls on all my bikes except my wing, there i went with highway pegs and a pingle electric shifter. i need to stretch my legs or my back kills me after short ride. on my spyder i have lamonts highway pegs and for breaking i have the hand brake installed, love it, and i also use a sheepskin 1 1/2 inch thick gel seat. over the years i have gone from 6 foot tall to 5'10. not to mention other things, most of my friends ride rice rockets and hate the feel of forward pegs but i love them

 

[GunDoctor]

Good example here on personal preference . I also was at the Long Beach show, test rode the F3 and found just the opposite from SpyderAnn's experience. I can see this as a long distance bike with no problem. The forward controls are the perfect posture for an all day cruise ( for me) . I posted my complete review on another thread. I had no issues with the absence of a bug catcher. As a rider of all kinds of bikes for 50 years, the F3 takes the prize for fun, stability and power.

 

[Yazz]

As I explained to Len @ Pitbull when he offered me a loan bike
I would be totally mortified if I damaged it. I don't trust myself driving on the right hand side of the road on a bike in the US
....................one mistake and it would all end in tears.
No. I'll sit here moping and weeping uncontrollably until my F3-S is delivered. View attachment 99002

No worries about riding on the other side of the road. Just ride behind another Spyder. They'll get you through safely.

Did I tell you that I ordered a F3-S without a test ride? (Never had cruise control on a bike before.) It grabbed me when I saw Lamonster doing his burn-out. That's the way I like to ride! He sits on the F3 much different than the 'models' do. Miss my feet forward...

 

[SpyderAnn01]

No worries about riding on the other side of the road. Just ride behind another Spyder. They'll get you through safely.

Did I tell you that I ordered a F3-S without a test ride? (Never had cruise control on a bike before.) It grabbed me when I saw Lamonster doing his burn-out. That's the way I like to ride! He sits on the F3 much different than the 'models' do. Miss my feet forward...

What color did you order?

 

[Bob Denman]

Did I tell you that I ordered a F3-S without a test ride? (Never had cruise control on a bike before.) It grabbed me when I saw Lamonster doing his burn-out. That's the way I like to ride! He sits on the F3 much different than the 'models' do. Miss my feet forward...

:congrats: :2thumbs: :yes:hyea::yes:
But, what are you going to do with your OTHER Spyder? :shocked:

 

[Yazz]

What color did you order?

Got the metallic black and chrome.

:congrats: :2thumbs: :yes:hyea::yes:
But, what are you going to do with your OTHER Spyder? :shocked:

Race it! :2thumbs:

 

[Bob Denman]

:2thumbs: Sounds as ifit's time to call Aerocharger! :thumbup:

 

[Yazz]

:2thumbs: Sounds as ifit's time to call Aerocharger! :thumbup:

She's out of warranty, but not going that route. Have added a few things under the tupperware though..

 

[Colin]

Annoyed

I have just found out that the F3 wont be arriving in New Zealand until the middle of next year :gaah:
So that's around 9 months after the release in US, pretty frustrating to say the least. I get that there is probably a high demand for them and Im sure it is worth the wait, I am totally committed to Spyder Riding, but, at the moment I can purchase here in NZ a 2015 Harley, or Suzuki and most other 2015 motorcycles and cars, but I can't purchase or even find out how much an F3 is going to cost me to buy.

Rant over lolololol

 

[Bob Denman]

She's out of warranty, but not going that route. Have added a few things under the tupperware though..

:shocked: Ooooohhh... :shocked:
Care to give us a hint?

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I have just found out that the F3 wont be arriving in New Zealand until the middle of next year :gaah:
So that's around 9 months after the release in US, pretty frustrating to say the least. I get that there is probably a high demand for them and Im sure it is worth the wait, I am totally committed to Spyder Riding, but, at the moment I can purchase here in NZ a 2015 Harley, or Suzuki and most other 2015 motorcycles and cars, but I can't purchase or even find out how much an F3 is going to cost me to buy.

Rant over lolololol

That's a bummer.

 

[eddieshep999]

BRP Should consider setting up a manufacturing plant in Europe to service all those across this side of the pond

Rotax already has the Engine base located in Gunskirchen, Austria, maybe if they manufactured the parts add the engine it would be good to go ?

This may help us over here to get our Spyders without the delays we have to suffer now and they could back this up with service and parts to match

BRP are selling products worldwide and having a base in Europe may even make it easier to ship their products to the far-east, then why not also have a manufacturing base in Australia or NZ to cover that area

Most large worldwide companies allow their products to be made under licence
Eg BMW, Honda, Nissian cars etc in the UK

You can’t grow big by being small

 

[Bob Denman]

While :agree: with you; it's also easy to "Bite off, more than you can chew..." :shocked:
Let them grow in manageable steps. :thumbup:

 

[Yazz]

:shocked: Ooooohhh... :shocked:
Care to give us a hint?

Nope!:dg1:

Not till I win another trophy...

 

[Yazz]

I have just found out that the F3 wont be arriving in New Zealand until the middle of next year :gaah:
So that's around 9 months after the release in US, pretty frustrating to say the least. I get that there is probably a high demand for them and Im sure it is worth the wait, I am totally committed to Spyder Riding, but, at the moment I can purchase here in NZ a 2015 Harley, or Suzuki and most other 2015 motorcycles and cars, but I can't purchase or even find out how much an F3 is going to cost me to buy.

Rant over lolololol

Does BRP understand that Down Under the seasons are opposite?

Do they realize the F3s will be delivered in the middle of winter? :dontknow:

 

[bruiser]

Yazz, just don't run out of gas. :roflblack:

 

[den1953]

Back to the O.P.

The original poster was somewhat unhappy about waiting until April to get is F3 in Jolly Old England (UK). Here in Northwestern Ohio USA the dealers won't be getting any until December at the earliest. We've already experienced an early winter with snow on the ground as I type this and Buffalo NY was buried in something like seven feet of "white death". In this "neck of the woods" winter is usually well under way one to three weeks before Christmas and lasts well into late March and occasionally into early April. For me it's nearly the same thing except that I could actually go out and buy a new F3 then have to wait 2 or 3 months to go out and ride it. I'm not unhappy though, just realistic about it.

 

[Bob Denman]

Does BRP understand that Down Under the seasons are opposite?

Do they realize the F3s will be delivered in the middle of winter? :dontknow:

Which is also just about when they'll be delivered up here... The middle of Winter! :shocked:

Who says that Big Corporations lack a sense of humor??

 

[Yazz]

Yazz, just don't run out of gas. :roflblack:

I live life on the edge. hyea:

(Also know where the secret super gas stash is...)