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Another company to make a reverse trike?

Interesting but ...

Brand loyalty (Can Am) is certainly a factor, but the biggest issue for me would be equipment that is produced on a large scale with the ability to be serviced within a hundred miles or so. Everything on the reverse trike site is a specialty concept from one place and no real distribition. The GGs are cool, but as Lamonster pointed out ... One dealership in the US (TX). Where are they made? Then too, look at the aftermarket options. The only one that's caught on is the Can Am Spyder. I love my RT-S's touring configuration. Nothing else so far offers that.

Someone else pointed out on the other 'reverse trike' variants and that he preferred the motorcycle form factor, vs. that of a three wheeled car. I don't want to sit in it like a car. I want to sit on it like a bike/trike. Can Am wins the day.

Yes, I'd like to see a smoother and slightly larger displacement engine in the Spyders. It may come; but it isn't so critical that I'd go to something else. If Honda or Yamaha ... even BMW come online, now THAT would be interesting. Everything else is novelty.

Well, almost everything. There's a kit builder named Hannigan, who does a quad Goldwing GS1800 (http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/09/24/honda-gold-wing-quad-from-hannigan-motorsports/). In the article, he cites that he's toyed with the reverse trike concept, but because of the Wing's weight, he's gotta go quad for now. Problem is that quads aren't broadly street-legal, so he seems to hint that he's working on the GW reverse trike concept for broader legality in all states. A solid Goldwing reverse trike ... could you imagine? :)
 
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Perhaps we should also consider this:
http://www.piaggiousa.com/scooters.php#/home/Piaggio MP3 500

I can't see where Can Am is in the forefront of reverse trikes, particulary when this one (Ok it's a scooter) has been on the market for several years. Piaggio is a very large builder of scooters and motorcycles, and the MP3 line, simply by it's ability to lean, is way ahead of the Spyder. The engineering is done, they already have access to some engines with much more power, and I'm not so sure they don't have nearly as many dealers in the US as Can Am. When Piaggio builds something with about 1000cc's and a good touring ability, I will be there (but not a first year model again!!). Something to think about!

Dwight
 
Dwight said:
I can't see where Can Am is in the forefront of reverse trikes, particulary when this one (Ok it's a scooter) has been on the market for several years...

+The Spyder is not on the same target plain as the MP3ers. For a standardized mass-production reverse-trike effort, Can-Am's is tops.

Ride on.
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WackyDan said:
Remember the Manta?

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I do remember them but I knew nothing about them as I had no interest. Wouldn't have worked for me the way I ride a sled. I like aggressive trail riding, hard into the corner, harder coming out of the corner. I would have killed myself in one of those if they had any speed to them. If they were fast they would have been fun on a lake.
 
I went three times in two years to Central Jersey Powersports (looked like some kind of front to me) to look at the T-Rex(very cool- very low -very fast side by side seated reverse trike) and also called sipnwurkz about the TT Busa.(something easly killed on, but you look great up to that point -reverse trike) Would have loved the T-Rex, but the price is very high over 50k, Also to be quite honest it is almost impossible to get in and out of unless you are under 35 years of age under 6ft tall a weigh less than 180. Service for it in my area would have been a problem. The TT Busa financing and insurance look to be problematic plus the getting killed part. You can find a lot of cool stuff on the You Tube about the T-Rex and for the 50k you don't get a windshield that's extra.:yikes:
 
just my opinion

This is just my opinion, for what's it worth...

No matter how cool a new reverse-trike, or any kind of three-wheel is, I would never buy a first year. I learned this the hard way - when you buy anything in its first year, you are an unpaid research assistant, a consumer tester. Lots of things can (and do) go wrong, which they fix the second year. I have bought quite a few second year machines...

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It's too bad that Harley put a patent on the technology for a reverse trike that can lean (like the piaggio) and have decided to put the plans in a box and store them in a dark corner of a file room somewhere.

Dwight said:
Perhaps we should also consider this:
http://www.piaggiousa.com/scooters.php#/home/Piaggio MP3 500

I can't see where Can Am is in the forefront of reverse trikes, particulary when this one (Ok it's a scooter) has been on the market for several years. Piaggio is a very large builder of scooters and motorcycles, and the MP3 line, simply by it's ability to lean, is way ahead of the Spyder. The engineering is done, they already have access to some engines with much more power, and I'm not so sure they don't have nearly as many dealers in the US as Can Am. When Piaggio builds something with about 1000cc's and a good touring ability, I will be there (but not a first year model again!!). Something to think about!

Dwight
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Dwight said:
Perhaps we should also consider this:
http://www.piaggiousa.com/scooters.php#/home/Piaggio MP3 500

I can't see where Can Am is in the forefront of reverse trikes, particulary when this one (Ok it's a scooter) has been on the market for several years. Piaggio is a very large builder of scooters and motorcycles, and the MP3 line, simply by it's ability to lean, is way ahead of the Spyder. The engineering is done, they already have access to some engines with much more power, and I'm not so sure they don't have nearly as many dealers in the US as Can Am. When Piaggio builds something with about 1000cc's and a good touring ability, I will be there (but not a first year model again!!). Something to think about!

Dwight
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I had a MP3 before I got my Spyder. I did enjoy riding her - she twisted, leaned, great on the curves. I liked the fact that if you hit a pothole, the second wheel protected you more than the usual two wheels.

What I didn't like was I had electronic issues -- if the engine was warm/hot, and I turned off the engine, I could not restart until it was cold. Made riding plausible only if I did not plan on stopping anywhere... I ended up 'selling' the bike (scooter) back to Piaggio via the lemon law. It took the dealership/shop 3 months to determine there was 'nothing' wrong with it and tried to give it back to me. That's when I called the attorney.:shocked:
 
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