Bob Denman
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BRP was working around it with a computer-controlled system, that would lean the bike into the turns for you...
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Next generation 2017 tilting model
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Bob Denman
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GREAT video! :clap: :2thumbs:
Thanks! :thumbup:
I've seen the Tilting MotorWorks bikes up close.
While I don't care for them; they might just "scratch your itch"! :thumbup:
Thanks! :thumbup:
I've seen the Tilting MotorWorks bikes up close.
While I don't care for them; they might just "scratch your itch"! :thumbup:
IdahoMtnSpyder
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Edit: Oops. I see someone already posted the video link but here my comment anyway.
Somebody posted this Motorcycle.com link earlier but here it is again. These guys speak fairly positively of the Tilting Motor Works conversion of a HD. They do mention something about the steering being a bit odd, but I don't recall exactly what it is. Didn't bother to watch the video again to catch the comment but I think it's something like counter steering exists at lower speeds, but at higher speeds you have to really steer, or vice versa.
Somebody posted this Motorcycle.com link earlier but here it is again. These guys speak fairly positively of the Tilting Motor Works conversion of a HD. They do mention something about the steering being a bit odd, but I don't recall exactly what it is. Didn't bother to watch the video again to catch the comment but I think it's something like counter steering exists at lower speeds, but at higher speeds you have to really steer, or vice versa.
latony007
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I don't see any way of taking the Spyder with the geometry it has now and making it lean. They would have to so radically redesign it they might as well start with a clean sheet. That would definitely be cheaper.
As to a niche market, I love the fact that the manufacturers are exploring new ideas. I don't understand the pushback when it comes to introducing new ideas. I believe at one time that the Spyder was a new idea.
Yamaha thinks someone will buy this. I would certainly be interested in trying one.
http://rideapart.com/articles/three-wheel-yamaha-fz-09-headed-production
Do we really want to ride in a world where the newest technology on a bike is the shovelhead engine.
Im dying to try one of these see how it performs in comparison not to a spyder but to a regular sport bike. If i could get the same performance out of this as my sport bike i would be all over it. Its obviously not meant to replace a spyder, especially an RT. Like the sport bike i have now there is enough storage on this for basically your registration under the seat lol.
isthatahemi
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Really? Pushback on fixing the Spyder's one and most significant flaw?
A leaning Spyder, should be built. I ride a snowmobile every winter all winter, for the past 20 years, and I strongly feel the Spyder's on real flaw is it leaning the wrong way. I love my Spyder, but it acts like a centifuge, and that's not ideal. The fact is they could narrow it by a foot or more, improve the whole riding experience, and have fewer drawbacks. I am buying the next big name brand leaner on the market. I'd like a Honda Neowing, but I'd bet money Yamaha gets to the market first.
And some of the comments above are pretty uniformed...."haven't seen a successful leaning trike"? In the Internet age we live in that is just a display of ignorance that leaves me confused. There are many scooters and aftermarket leaning trike conversions that make our Spyder's look like 60's technology.
A leaning Spyder, should be built. I ride a snowmobile every winter all winter, for the past 20 years, and I strongly feel the Spyder's on real flaw is it leaning the wrong way. I love my Spyder, but it acts like a centifuge, and that's not ideal. The fact is they could narrow it by a foot or more, improve the whole riding experience, and have fewer drawbacks. I am buying the next big name brand leaner on the market. I'd like a Honda Neowing, but I'd bet money Yamaha gets to the market first.
And some of the comments above are pretty uniformed...."haven't seen a successful leaning trike"? In the Internet age we live in that is just a display of ignorance that leaves me confused. There are many scooters and aftermarket leaning trike conversions that make our Spyder's look like 60's technology.
Shootinjimster
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Looks like Yamaha is ready to move ahead with production
I saw two articles from this year about about the MWT-9.
http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle...three-wheeler-bound-for-production/30875.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/yamaha-mwt-9-leaning-trike-set-to-enter-production-104923.html
Yamaha is also working on a pretty cool offroad leaning scooter. Likes like a blast.
I saw two articles from this year about about the MWT-9.
http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle...three-wheeler-bound-for-production/30875.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/yamaha-mwt-9-leaning-trike-set-to-enter-production-104923.html
Yamaha is also working on a pretty cool offroad leaning scooter. Likes like a blast.
IdahoMtnSpyder
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All of the above is your opinion. None of it is irrefutable fact. I know of no mass produced leaning three wheeler suitable for Interstate riding. That is what is meant by, "haven't seen a successful leaning trike".
Of course the Spyder acts like a centrifuge. All vehicles going around a curve do. That's physics. What's different is how the design accommodates the forces involved.
Bob Denman
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They're not going to build it... They just put enough work into it, so that they could tie some design elements up with patents...
