Moving from Goldwing to Rt

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Talking to Fred Rau (motorcycle journalist) at the Owners Event he told me that on average 400 Goldwings are traded in on a Spyder a month :shocked: :yes::yes::yes:

I stopped at the local Honda dealer today to show him my 2013 RT. We talked about trikes. He says the Spyder is a lot better handling than conventional trike. They don't do conversions, nor service the trike part of Goldwings, so he had nothing to defend in that arena. I asked about the 400 number. He said could be, but Honda sells about 200,000 Goldwings a year so no big deal. Plus, the 'wings that are being traded in have already been sold by Honda! :yes: I think the conversion kit manufacturers are going to feel Spyder impact a whole lot more than Honda. He wasn't aware of the R18 conversion from Holland.

 

[PatrickH]

R18

WasWinger,

Is the R18 the 2-front 1-rear wing trike conversion? Because I diligently tried 2 separate wing trike conversions before deciding on the Spyder I would have been very interested in trying the R18 (if I'm remembering correctly what it is) before buying my Spyder.

PatrickH

I stopped at the local Honda dealer today to show him my 2013 RT. We talked about trikes. He says the Spyder is a lot better handling than conventional trike. They don't do conversions, nor service the trike part of Goldwings, so he had nothing to defend in that arena. I asked about the 400 number. He said could be, but Honda sells about 200,000 Goldwings a year so no big deal. Plus, the 'wings that are being traded in have already been sold by Honda! :yes: I think the conversion kit manufacturers are going to feel Spyder impact a whole lot more than Honda. He wasn't aware of the R18 conversion from Holland.