I spotted an imposter!

[Web Runner]

I was running errands the other day and saw this perpetrator in a parking lot. It looks like a poor copy at best. I see in the closeup that it is chain-driven. I'm thinking about paying the dealer a visit and asking some questions about it. Maybe take some better pictures of it while I'm there. Hanging a camera out the passenger window while negotiating traffic during a right turn was not fun!:yikes:
Has anyone else seen one of these or know anything about it?

 

[twain]

Looks like that Chinese knockoff they were showing on a YouTube video. Think t is 250cc motor and is chain drive.

 

[MMcc]

Maybe from China

Just returned from China. While there I tried to find more information on the 3 wheel version shown. It might be made in China but not available there. Talking to one dealer they said that the largest engine available to the public in southern China is 150 cc. Some of the police have 250cc bikes. They had never heard of or seen anything like the spyder. I also visited a second dealer and was told that some of the China motorcycle manufactures produce bikes in other Asian countries because of the restrictions on engine size in China.

 

[rcturner]

I believe this is a Kandi Cyclone 250MB Trike

Check out their video demo of this bike. I sounds like it is really quality challenged.

http://www.supersportz.com/index.ph...ucts_id=1086&zenid=q5igrh7sgn34f45fgp0dm6i8v2

 

[Bob Denman]

Those front fenders... :shocked:
It might actually not be a bad little scooter for around Town... :dontknow:

 

[ARtraveler]

I am reminded of the old saying: "Ya gets what ya pays for". :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Amen... :thumbup:

 

[boborgera]

It's funny [sad] how some people knock someone else's ride, But when someone says something about a Spyder and all hel* brakes out....
Just wondering..:dontknow: A ride is a ride,

 

[ARtraveler]

It's funny [sad] how some people knock someone else's ride, But when someone says something about a Spyder and all hel* brakes out....
Just wondering..:dontknow: A ride is a ride,

Based on your unhappiness with the :spyder2:, I am guessing you would not be real happy with the copy version. :dontknow:

 

[mcaccamise]

Though it could never compare or compete with our spyders it looks to be a cuite little three wheeler for the first time buyer thats looking for a cheap economical ride to start out on and maybe graduate into a Spyder.
Personally i would want to see all the bugs worked out and have a firm network of dealers that could work on any problems that come up or you may be stuck on the side of the road with no way to repair it.
Mike

 

[ThreeWheels]

It's funny [sad] how some people knock someone else's ride, But when someone says something about a Spyder and all hel* brakes out....
Just wondering..:dontknow: A ride is a ride,

I agree. I love my Piaggio, and it's not a Spyder either...........................

 

[dave01]

I am reminded of the old saying: "Ya gets what ya pays for".
Price is cheap enough.

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[dave01]

Though it could never compare or compete with our spyders it looks to be a cuite little three wheeler for the first time buyer thats looking for a cheap economical ride to start out on and maybe graduate into a Spyder.
Personally i would want to see all the bugs worked out and have a firm network of dealers that could work on any problems that come up or you may be stuck on the side of the road with no way to repair it.

Might be fun. Who knows.

 

[Rockwall]

I think Costco has them for $:joke:499.95.

 

[Marker]

Looks like a piece of junk at best . Nothing looks square or in proportion .

 

[ivanlee]

Though it could never compare or compete with our spyders it looks to be a cuite little three wheeler for the first time buyer thats looking for a cheap economical ride to start out on and maybe graduate into a Spyder.
Personally i would want to see all the bugs worked out and have a firm network of dealers that could work on any problems that come up or you may be stuck on the side of the road with no way to repair it.
Mike

Maybe BRP could give them sum advice on how to handle service and parts.:roflblack:

 

[Oldmanzues]

this looks like the one, I looked at, tryed to drive a couple years. I value my like too much to try again. It was one of the very few, that mades a AMF HD look like outstanding craftmanship.I do believe most HD owners will agree that the AMF years were not great.
Oldmanzues

 

[boborgera]

Based on your unhappiness with the :spyder2:, I am guessing you would not be real happy with the copy version. :dontknow:

What does that have to do with the price of tea in China.??
Just because I'm able to afford a 28/30 thousand dollar toy, I would never be so smug as to knock another's ride because all they can afford [or need] is a so called knock off. !

 

[Bob Denman]

I kind of think that "smugness" might be a bit of an overstatement, Bobbo...
Those "scooters" aren't bad in Town at maybe 30 or 35 mph... (I had a chance to try a roketa...), but if you try to push them much beyond that: :yikes:
They are more skittish than anything that I ever rode, drove, or crashed before...
Still; they DO get folks out and in the saddle, so they're not quite as bad as we'd like to think...
But I wouldn't buy one... :shocked:

 

[ARtraveler]

What does that have to do with the price of tea in China.??
Just because I'm able to afford a 28/30 thousand dollar toy, I would never be so smug as to knock another's ride because all they can afford [or need] is a so called knock off. !

You and I rarely agree on anything. You said your piece, I said mine. So, let's just leave it at that. :thumbup: