Can-Am Spyder Buyer Regrets

[mxz600]

 

[Bob Denman]

Why, you sly devil... :lecturef_smilie:

There weren't any regrets! :yes: :2thumbs:

 

[BoxyLady]

wow. Two years and 10 months from inception of the idea to pulling the trigger....We started talking about the idea on a Wednesday and the F3L was in our garage the next Monday :yikes:

Different strokes........

 

[Chupaca]

Great..!

Great review on the path to ownership of your spyder. Knew it would end well from the title and the author ...:clap:Glad it has been a good trip so far....I'm right there with you...no regrets...hyea:

 

[RapidSpyder]

wow. Two years and 10 months from inception of the idea to pulling the trigger....We started talking about the idea on a Wednesday and the F3L was in our garage the next Monday :yikes:

Different strokes........

Thats about how it went for us. Once my wife decided she “could do this” we had one the next week.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

I listened tor a few minutes, when he said it took nearly 3 years to make up his mind about buying it I seriously thought about poking my eyes out with a hot poker! :yikes:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

If someone finds value from that video, great! But for me it was just prattling by a person who has an overblown sense of the value to others of his experience. I drew that conclusion after the first couple of minutes! :gaah:

 

[paraflyer1966]

I listened tor a few minutes, when he said it took nearly 3 years to make up his mind about buying it I seriously thought about poking my eyes out with a hot poker! :yikes:

Have to disagree...Took the wife and I about the same amount of time before we took the plunge. For me, the first thing was to test-drive during a "dealer day" locally...as I hadn't ever driven a motorcycle in the past I had to ensure that it was the thing for me. For both of us, the issue was $$$ (which is why we ended up with a 2012 RT-s just three years back, the "right" one came along just as we could afford it!), plus with her seizures had to figure out a way to keep her from falling off....solved that with a set of Corbin armrests and a Velcro-based "chest belt" that keeps her stable long enough to get off the road safely.

Haven't looked back since.

 

[ARtraveler]

Back in the day...

I was impulsive about motorcycle purchases. At that time I was getting four of the cycle magazines. Cycle World, Motorcycle Cruiser, Motorcycle Consumer Reports, and Rider. I am now down to just Rider.

Each month, I was bombarded with the "latest and greatest." Every once in awhile I bit. Was getting a new motorcycle about every other year in those days.

Saw the :spyder2: mentioned in one of the mags. Sept 2007 issue if memory serves. Said to myself...self...you need one of those. That is different from everything else. Went to my dealer--who just happened to be my Kawi purveyor also. We discussed the :spyder:. Word was out that AK would not get them. They were going to "selectively" sell the 08's--and we were not a chosen state. The dealer was the largest Ski Doo dealer in the country at the time...so I guess he had a little "pull."

Bottom line, I put down $1,500 in October 2007. Ours came in June of 2008. And...the rest is history.

 

[Docster]

Took me 4 1/2 months to get my Spyder;

-1 month in the hospital after wrecking the Harley, 1 week of which was in the ICU
-3 months of Physical Therapy
-My wife's meltdown when I put down a deposit on another Harley while still on crutches, unable to ride
-2 weeks then trying to get her permission to get another bike (but it had to be a trike)

After receiving that permission had the Spyder in 4 days....:roflblack:

 

[SpyderAnn01]

My point was that I was not interested in listening to this guy go on and on and on about his purchase. Blah, Blah Blah....

 

[ARtraveler]

My point was that I was not interested in listening to this guy go on and on and on about his purchase. Blah, Blah Blah....

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopppppppppppppssssssssssssss

:roflblack::roflblack:

Guess she put me in my place. :bowdown:

 

[Flanker]

I put down a deposit on another Harley while still on crutches, unable to ride

You're my hero! :thumbup: