Leaning spyder engineering.....

[smoky]

Ok, so Can Am comes with a leaning Spyder in 2014...are all three wheels going to lean?

Is the frame uniconstruction front to rear?

Will the center be hinged so the front leans and the rear wheel stays upright?

Does leaning mean a round tire footprint on the rear or the current square footprint?

What kind of mechanism makes the bike stand upright when stopped?

Is a kickstand needed?
Inquiring minds want to know!...:bowdown:smoky

 

[Cruzr Joe]

Dual kickstands are required


Sent by morse code from a hidden bunker

 

[Sarge707]

I personally don,t think you have to worry about a "Leaning Spyder" for a t least a few more years?opcorn:

 

[Bob Denman]

I would certainly bet that the rear tire will be a leaner; a rounded-profile...
I'm not real sure that I'd be willing to bite on something like that just yet... :shocked:
Dual kickstands? Probably just some manner with which to lock it in an upright position via the front sustenson... :thumbup:
Maybe like the Piaggio MP3...

 

[Farmboy]

Great, leaning spyder...6 more censer's that can give a "limp home":yikes:

 

[CyncySpyder]

These are designs of the patents that BRP has Applied for

 

[CyncySpyder]

Here's the Story

Bombardier Recreational Products has filed a patent application for a control system that would allow the Can-Am Spyder to lean like a single-track motorcycle. The patent application was filed July 10, 2009 by Daniel Mercier, advanced concept engineer at BRP, but was only recently published. The patent application describes a three-wheeled vehicle like the Can-Am Spyder only equipped with a tilting mechanism.
While current Can-Am Spyders turn in the direction the handlebars are pressed, the leaning mechanism in the patent will require countersteering, something familiar to conventional motorcycle riders.
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[TD] Patent application documents show a tilting mechanism for a three-wheeler.

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BRP’s system is assisted by an actuator motor that will lean the vehicle into a turn. The actuator is controlled by electronics that monitor the vehicle’s speed, lean angle, steering torque and lateral acceleration. At low speeds, the system prevents the vehicle from leaning too far, or even at all, but at higher speeds, the system allows for steeper lean angles. The electronic control unit can also be configured with different riding modes allowing the rider to select the degree of lean assistance.
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[TD] A leaning Can-Am Spyder may appeal to riders used to riding motorcycles.

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The actuator also keeps the vehicle upright at a stop unlike the tilting Piaggio MP3 which requires the rider to put his feet down or press a tilt lock button.
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[TD] BRP is also developing a hybrid version of the Can-Am Spyder.

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The patent is still awaiting approval and there’s no telling whether it will ever be implemented on a Can-Am Spyder or other vehicle. BRP is working on a hybrid version of the Spyder with a prototype currently on tour with the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows.
Related Reading
BRP Developing Hybrid Can-Am Spyder

 

[Bob Denman]

So this "thing" is going to be "assisted"?? :shocked:
I'm seeing another HUGE draw on electical power...

Dave,
Thanks for the pics and copy on this! :thumbup:

Did that rear axle finally relent??? pps:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Sorry for the thread HiJack

Did that rear axle finally relent??? pps:

:cus::banghead: NO:banghead::cus:

 

[Bob Denman]

:yikes: Dang... :shocked: If I was even CLOSE to where you are; I'd come over to lend a hand! I'm no good with tools, but I take abuse well, and am good at going to get Tylenol and barley-pops to wash them down... pps:

 

[Buttsy]

:yikes: Dang... :shocked: If I was even CLOSE to where you are; I'd come over to lend a hand! I'm no good with tools, but I take abuse well, and am good at going to get Tylenol and barley-pops to wash them down... pps:

Evberybody needs an apprentice:thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[phj]

I would love to see something like this; however, BRP may be just a little late in getting their patent for it looks as if "TMW" already has one for the same design. I chatted with TMW by email 10 days ago and they stated this years entire production is committed to HD bikes. They do have plans for adding other bikes in the years ahead.

Here is a video of TMW leaning modification at work:

 

[Bob Denman]

Everybody needs an apprentice:thumbup: :thumbup:

I'm not even THAT good... pps:

But I can beat the drum a bit for Dave and Teddy; they need a hand! :shocked:

 

[docdoru]

Here is a video of TMW leaning modification at work.

...and he's on the Salt Flats 2012 also, riding what they make :firstplace: :thumbup::

 

[ARtraveler]

No comment at this time. :bbq::bbq::bbq:opcorn:opcorn:opcorn:

 

[SXSMachine]

Its pretty comprehensive as Ive stated in other threads.

Believe me I have been thinking along the lines of the tilting Spyder since before I joined Syderlovers you'll find posts of mine from when I just joined in say enabled Spyders about a leaning Spyder.

Its protectionist as worst and the best thing they can do is open up some new markets for themselves by making it. If only mainly for the European market where they are just as popular as in Nth America but have road laws for 3 and 4 wheels motorcycles.

It kills me that the good idea's are the same because they make the most sense so everyone drives to the same conclusion in design.