Hawaii

[marinespyder]

Are there Can Am Spyder dealers in Hawaii?

 

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

i think the spyders they have in hawaii are poisonous

 

[Grandpot]

As far as I know, the answer is no. If you can't work on your own machines and don't have a BUDS system, you may want to wait until there is a dealer your island.

 

[HIspyder]

No dealers in the state, but there are Spyders here.

I'm on Kauai and own an F3 and believe, although I haven't seen it, there's another Spyder here but don't know model or year as I haven't seen it on the road yet.

There are also a couple on Oahu from what I've heard.

I was a Nissan Sr. Tech for 15 years so I'm not too worried about maintaining the F3, which has been trouble free and it's my daily driver.

 

[HIspyder]

As far as I know, the answer is no. If you can't work on your own machines and don't have a BUDS system, you may want to wait until there is a dealer your island.

You might be waiting for a long time for that to happen and life is just too short to worry about such things. I shipped mine here from Pitbull Powersports.

 

[ARtraveler]

It appears no dealers. There are :spyder2:'s on a some of the Islands. RE: Kauai, Oahu, and Maui.

They used to rent them on Maui--we did the Hana Highway. We saw another :ani29: during our ride. Sorry to say no more rentals at this time.

Here's a photo of our rental :ani29: parked in front of the Hana Post Office. (Maui).

 

[Bob Denman]

You can actually search for dealerships on the Spyder website:
http://can-am.brp.com/spyder/?redirect=false

They don't' show any available. :shocked:

 

[robmorg]

No dealers in the state, but there are Spyders here.

Do you have any guess as to why there are no Can Am dealers anywhere in Hawaii? :dontknow: It seems a little odd, since they are in several other countries besides Canada and the U.S.

 

[latony007]

probably just a cost factor. You would think with the great weather they would be big sellers out there. My brother wanted one so bad when he lived out there but no dealers, so when he finally moved back the first thing he did was go buy one. I wonder what happened to the rentals they did have. They ship them back to the mainland? For oil changes and stuff you would be fine but if the computer starts flashing you codes your going to be up a creek without a dealer.

 

[robmorg]

Yeah, very odd, IMO. You would THINK that a Can Am dealer in Hawaii would do a FANTASTIC business. Spyders would cost a bit more there, because of the transportation cost to get them there, but I'd bet folks in Hawaii are probably used to that.

 

[ARtraveler]

I am guessing that no :spyder2: dealers because:

Each Island is pretty small. Some Islands do not have many miles of road. Not very far one can go, and most of the roads can be ridden in a day or two. Transport from Island to Island is by plane or boat. Cha Ching every time you want to Island hop.

There are Can Am dealers (SeaDoo). Am guessing they don't want to invest in :ani29: because of the big dollars and low return--based on number of potential customers.

The Can Am dealer in Anhorage no longer sells :ani29:. They sold less than 5 per year. Other reasons also--but I won't go there. Now, we only have one dealer with two shops in AK. Eagle River & Wasilla.

 

[robmorg]

You could be right. If you think about the proportionate number of potential Spyder buyers , compared with the potential buyers of all two and three wheeled vehicles combined , the points you make could well be the answer to the lack of dealer interest.

It still feels odd though. You would think that a dealer that sells Sea-Doos might work out a deal with BRP to have a few spiders in stock to see if he could make them catch on.

 

[robmorg]

...The Can Am dealer in Anhorage no longer sells :ani29:. They sold less than 5 per year. Other reasons also--but I won't go there. Now, we only have one dealer with two shops in AK. Eagle River & Wasilla.

Dwayne, out of curiosity, do you have any feel for how many Spyder owners there are in Alaska, or how many your dealer sells each year?

 

[Bob Denman]

They're probably just more into watersports than the rest of us!

 

[ARtraveler]

Dwayne, out of curiosity, do you have any feel for how many Spyder owners there are in Alaska, or how many your dealer sells each year?

Good question. :bowdown: I know personally less than ten :spyder2: owners. The remaining dealers are also at 5 or so. They make their money on servicing, also selling Kawasaki and Suzuki, and being the largest Ski Doo retailer (number sold), in the United States. Now they will get all the servicing with the Anchorage dealer out of the mix. A rough estimate of how many total :ani29:'s would be between 30 and 50. I am betting on ballpark 30. I can ride for days without seeing another :spyder2:, and I am in the most populous part of the state. 350,000 plus out of 700,000 total.

 

[robmorg]

Thanks. You must get a lot of attention when you and your wife are "out and about" with your RT's.

 

[ARtraveler]

Thanks. You must get a lot of attention when you and your wife are "out and about" with your RT's.

We do get the "looks" and still have people question us when caught in a parking lot or gas station. Not quite the interest as when I got the first one sold to a customer in AK (June 2008).

 

[marinespyder]

Thanks

I want to thank all for the Information. If I decided to go over I just have to go to a dealer here. Have them show me the ins and outs on a spyder. I have the tour spyder. I love it so much.
I would sell my truck and then ship my spyder over. Its always been my dream to live over there.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

It still feels odd though. You would think that a dealer that sells Sea-Doos might work out a deal with BRP to have a few spiders in stock to see if he could make them catch on.

In a conversation I had last fall with a Can Am parts representative he indicated that Can Am marketing people have a problem grasping the realities of the market and have a tendency to push dealers into buying and stocking more machines than they can reasonably sell. That's one of the reasons dealers quit.

 

[HIspyder]

I want to thank all for the Information. If I decided to go over I just have to go to a dealer here. Have them show me the ins and outs on a spyder. I have the tour spyder. I love it so much.
I would sell my truck and then ship my spyder over. Its always been my dream to live over there.

Which Island are you thinking about? It all depends on what your looking for as each island offers a different kind of lifestyle.