Some early thoughts....

[OJ UK]

Well I took my F3-S out for a ride today, covered around 60 miles and I have no belt vibration at the
speeds that others are noticing it. Maybe this is as a result of the UK model having a different rear
sprocket. The acceleration is HUGE!! 100mph is only a few seconds away irrespective of what speed you started
out with. Needless to say it's not as quick as a liter sports bike but it's still very impressive and entirely adequate.
The handling is not as crisp as my RS-S with a BajaRon swaybar but you don't feel as if the bike is trying to eject
you at every sharp turn.
The six speed transmission is excellent although gear changes are a little slower than the RS-S 5 speed but I can get used
to that. Also the throttle blipper on down shifts is not as fast in matching revs.
I can see this bike not requiring as much tweaking as earlier models, so much Kudos to Lamont for his input during
the development of the F3.......and I mean that. It's also good to see that a large company has taken on board
suggestions from someone like Lamont despite the fact that he was one of the Spyder Five, they didn't have to.
As I have posted elsewhere my Lazer modular helmet does fit into the frunk and that being so I can see that there'll be no problem
with my Schuberth S2. More when I ryde again!!

 

[SPYD3R]

CONGRATZ

CONGRATZ OJ.....
the more your ride, the bigger your smile will become.....
i have about 2000 miles on mine now, and it gets better each time i take her out....
Dan P
Easley, SC USA
SPYD3R F3-S

 

[IGETAROUND]

Congratulations on your new F-3. Always look forward to your posts, like your humor and insights.:clap::clap:

 

[one2doo]

The more miles the more fun.:yes:

 

[Tom in NM]

Interesting. . .

. . . observation on the belt & sprocket, maybe I have a British Spyder too. :dontknow:

Thanks for for taking the time off from riding to post.

Tom

 

[Chupaca]

Thanks..!!

For an honest review..:2thumbs: I think you and your F3 will be very well aquainted in due course. Glad it is working out..!!sorry for tge delay...:thumbup:

 

[Professor]

Spyder Five

You said that Lamont was "one of the Spyder Five". What is that?

 

[OJ UK]

A HISTORY LESSON FOR YOU ALL>>>>>

You said that Lamont was "one of the Spyder Five". What is that?

http://www.spyder.brp.com/gb/spyder5/landing

Make some coffee and settle back watch the videos in full screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5rGjHhZYEI#t=71

The guys who have just begun their 'Spyder Journey' can understand the passion of others who
went before and why the Can-Am Spyder is what it is.

 

[Ronbo]

YOUR SPROCKET

Well I took my F3-S out for a ride today, covered around 60 miles and I have no belt vibration at the
speeds that others are noticing it. Maybe this is as a result of the UK model having a different rear
sprocket. The acceleration is HUGE!! 100mph is only a few seconds away irrespective of what speed you started
out with. Needless to say it's not as quick as a liter sports bike but it's still very impressive and entirely adequate.
The handling is not as crisp as my RS-S with a BajaRon swaybar but you don't feel as if the bike is trying to eject
you at every sharp turn.
The six speed transmission is excellent although gear changes are a little slower than the RS-S 5 speed but I can get used
to that. Also the throttle blipper on down shifts is not as fast in matching revs.
I can see this bike not requiring as much tweaking as earlier models, so much Kudos to Lamont for his input during
the development of the F3.......and I mean that. It's also good to see that a large company has taken on board
suggestions from someone like Lamont despite the fact that he was one of the Spyder Five, they didn't have to.
As I have posted elsewhere my Lazer modular helmet does fit into the frunk and that being so I can see that there'll be no problem
with my Schuberth S2. More when I ryde again!!

How is your sprocket different? And do you think I could get one here? Major vibration above 45 mph
thanks!

Ron

 

[Bob Denman]

(The European F-3s run the RT sprocket.)
Glad to hear that the F-3 is going to be a success on your side of the Pond also!! :clap: :2thumbs:

 

[ARtraveler]

Thank you for the update OJ. :cheers::cheers: to many more smiles and miles. :yes:

 

[OJ UK]

How is your sprocket different? And do you think I could get one here? Major vibration above 45 mph
thanks!

Ron

I don't know what to suggest Ron. The 'Euro' F3 has a different size rear sprocket but also possibly a different belt size.

The first thing that I would advise anyone who has this problem to do would be to work with your dealer. It's his problem too
...but it's not his fault.

My F3's steering alignment was out by quite a bit and that was checked and corrected before it was delivered to me.

The amount of assembly that the dealer has to do on this model, as you can see from my pics, is minimal so any faults are like to
have been on the bike when it was built at Valcourt

 

[Ronbo]

SPROCKETS

I don't know what to suggest Ron. The 'Euro' F3 has a different size rear sprocket but also possibly a different belt size.

The first thing that I would advise anyone who has this problem to do would be to work with your dealer. It's his problem too
...but it's not his fault.

My F3's steering alignment was out by quite a bit and that was checked and corrected before it was delivered to me.

The amount of assembly that the dealer has to do on this model, as you can see from my pics, is minimal so any faults are like to
have been on the bike when it was built at Valcourt

Thank you very much for your reply! SPYDERPOPS Harvey made some big improvements by measuring and changing belt tension. It was about 300 n too low (loose). Thanks again and enjoy your riding!

Ron