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Is the spyder RTS a motorcycle?

And as for those air bags, well I have known there to be one behind the driver from time to time.

OOPS, I didn't say that did I.
Works both ways, Grandpa Spyder! :thumbup: I've known there to be one in front of the passenger, too! OOPS...did I say that?!
 
for me its a motorcycle (the best one !!!) - but

in Europe (Austria) the maximum weight of a bike which you are allowed to drive with your biker-license is 880 lbs (400kg) - so my RT is too heavy .. hope that the new "auSTria" version is not soo fat ..

;)
 
Aren't "roadsters" supposed to be topless? :dontknow:

Ummmm, so would that also make that other place a roadster bar?:roflblack:

Now back to the topic...to guys on HDs and crotch rockets, Spyders are definitely NOT motorcycles. I keep getting reminded of that.
 
Just for curiosity why do some people have the burning desire to want to call a trike a motorcycle.:dontknow::dontknow:
This subject comes up over the years every now and then.
And every so often it even gets mention in the the other guy didn't wave to me treads.
 
Just for curiosity why do some people have the burning desire to want to call a trike a motorcycle.:dontknow::dontknow:
This subject comes up over the years every now and then.
And every so often it even gets mention in the the other guy didn't wave to me treads.

Why wouldn't a trike (three wheels) or a bike (two wheels) be a motorcycle? If it has a motor, and is a cycle (either by law or by virtue of the handlebars), it should be a a motorcycle. This is one area where the definitions are certainly in the mind of the beholder, i guess. To me, this is a trike. :)

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For those states with helmet laws, if you have to wear a helmet to ride it, it's a motorcycle. If you have to have a motorcycle endorsement to ride it, it's a motorcycle. If you have to carry motorcycle insurance on it, it's a motorcycle.

It's 3 for 3 in Oregon….
 
So does that mean that we don't have to wave at Bob, or that he can't wave at us? :shocked: :roflblack: :joke:

If I'm on my Tri Glide you have to or I'll consider it disrespectful and start a tread on how Spyders don't wave to Harley's.:roflblack: :joke:
 
I like trike

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The legal definition of a motorcycle for the purposes of registration, taxation and rider licensing in most countries is a powered two-wheel motor vehicle. Most countries distinguish between mopeds up to 49 cc (scooters do not count as a separate category) and the more powerful, larger, vehicles known as motorcycles. Many jurisdictions include some forms of three-wheelers as motorcycles
 
For those states with helmet laws, if you have to wear a helmet to ride it, it's a motorcycle. If you have to have a motorcycle endorsement to ride it, it's a motorcycle. If you have to carry motorcycle insurance on it, it's a motorcycle.

It's 3 for 3 in Oregon….

3 for 3 in NY too.
 
I have to have a motorcycle license to drive it, have to have a recreational loan for a motorcycle to pay for it, and I have to have motorcycle insurance to not get a ticket from the law mans.

So therefore, it must be a motorcycle.

Doesnt matter what I think or what I call it. The Government and the Banks call it a motorcycle obviously, so I must adhere to their verdict or suffer some supposed wrath.
 
Good Reasons For Calling the Spyder a "Motorcycle"

Good Reasons For Calling the Spyder a "Motorcycle"

1. All the other good names were taken
2. I always wanted a motorcycle
3. You couldn't call it a "dirigible"

You may add to this madness at the risk of being chased by men in white coats, carrying big nets. :)
 
California checks in

My California Registration says it's a motorcycle. My insurance company too.


DOT says it's a motorcycle. California says it is not, tho, if the two wheels were on the back in Ca., it is classified a motorcycle. My insurance company says it's a motorcycle.

Pick your poison. It seems that's what each state has done. :doorag:
 
By law in most states and provinces, it is a motorcycle. To some people, it is a trike because it has three wheels. To an engineer, it is in a category by itself...call it an inverted trike, reverse trike, or tadpole trike, if you like. I don't consider it to be a motorcycle any more than I think of a top fuel dragster as an automobile...it is related, but different. I don't think of it as a "roadster", either, since to me that is an automobile with a soft top and window curtains. It's just my Spyder...also a misleading term since there are several autos with that moniker. Call it what you wish. The name isn't important...just the fun! :)

Best explanation I've heard thus far....:thumbup:

And that's the reason I'm captured by it. People don't even know what to think or envision when they see it. It just puts their mind in a state of imagination....and I love it.
 
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The Awsome

...to guys on HDs and crotch rockets, Spyders are definitely NOT motorcycles. I keep getting reminded of that.

I have a Harley and I think it's a Cycle [From Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos cycle, circle, ring, wheel; see wheel ] with a motor. Therefore motorcycle.
Most cagers call it a bike. People I ride with tend to call it the Can Am (then again CanAmChris is my roadname). The only people that call it a Spyder are family and other Spyder owners.

The Spyder has a saddle, handlebars, less than four wheels and is not enclosed so it is a motorcycle in the great state of Pennsylvania.

I think from now on I will just call it "The Awsome". That way when my two wheel friends decide to give me some ribbing I will remind them that they just have a fat, heavy bicycle with a motor. I have... The Awsome.
 
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