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Would you be interested in a tiliting trike?

Tanshanomi said:
Not always. Some leaning trikes have passive tilt, with no direct link between tilt and steering. Others use extremely sophisticated active management, such as the Carver (which was brilliant).

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I knew there was some work in this direction but I was not aware of a working, much less a production model.

More of a car than a trike but the same technology could be applied. Pretty interesting.
 
The first time I see BRP unload a tilting Spyder at a demo event, I'm first in line. Some people can't understand the thrill behind the current Spyder I have. Some, even here, won't understand the thrill behind a tilting Spyder either. I say bring it one.
 
Ron,
I've thrown my name onto the pile with the folks who are building the Persu; I'll let you jknow what I hear from them... :thumbup:
As of now, there's not much info on their website, so I'm going to remain skeptical, but hopeful...
 
Of course I'm interested... it's fun!

I see it mentioned above, but nobody appears to have ridden a Piaggio MP3. Same concept, works fine, feels much like any other scooter while riding. Wheels are narrow enough that you *can* drop it, but the two wheels up front do preclude much of the risk of washing out from gravel in a turn or front braking leaned over.

Setting the wheels on your reverse tilting trike even wider, like that bike in the photo at the top, or as wide as the Spyder's, and you're faced with even less risk. Honestly, I don't see how a Spyder-sized reverse tilting trike is any less safe or harder to operate than a Spyder. If anything, from a physics perspective it's safer, as you won't need a Nanny trying to keep a rigid trike planted.

I'm not sure BRP will ever put out a leaning Spyder. Yeah, they patented it, big whup- everybody patents everything, just as often to preclude someone else from building to that design versus building it yourself.

I just think that if BRP had the idea to build a leaner, they would have done it by now. Trouble is, as I've written here before, the moment they put one out with a similar level of polish to the current Spyder lineup, it'll cannibalize the existing designs something fierce. Yes, there are people (some in this thread) who have no interest in a leaning trike, but I'd venture that BRP would ultimately sell far, far more leaning trikes than rigid trikes if they get the formula right.

It's a chicken-and-the-egg deal: some Spyder riders, understandably defensive about their unique machine, swear that they have no interest in a leaning trike. Well, it's easy to say you don't want one *when there isn't one*. Once there is? Same fit, finish, polish, safety, but the perk of feeling that lean in the twisties? Might as well print your own money at that point.

I love my Spyder. I love the "go kart" feeling. It's like nothing else on the road. But just because I love chocolate doesn't mean I don't love vanilla, too. I contain multitudes. :doorag:
 
All leaning on a trike does is assists in preventing inside wheel lift. Rather than leaning.... Put the front end on a rack so the bike doesn't stay centered between the front wheels. So when you turn right... The front slides over to get closer to the right wheel helping keep it planted around the corner. A few inches of shift would have A HUGE affect on decreasing inside wheel lift and increasing corner speed. Make it speed sensitive so the shifting only engages after a certain speed. The bike always remains upright :thumbup:
Side thought..... I wonder if the ones who think the spyder needs to lean have ever experienced first hand how hard these things will rail a corner as is :dontknow:
 
How many Spyder riders have ridden a Ski Doo? It would be fun if you could bank a Spyder like you can do with a sled in deep snow. Or for those in warmer climes, like you bank (& spin) a wave runner.

Heck, even if there was a way to tell Nanny to loosen up and let us do circle burnouts and lurid slides that would be too fun! Can't they just reprogram the VSS to allow for a larger yaw angle? Maybe not the RTs, just for the RS/RSS
 
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asp125 said:
How many Spyder riders have ridden a Ski Doo? It would be fun if you could bank a Spyder like you can do with a sled in deep snow. Or for those in warmer climes, like you bank (& spin) a wave runner.

Heck, even if there was a way to tell Nanny to loosen up and let us do circle burnouts and lurid slides that would be too fun! Can't they just reprogram the VSS to allow for a larger yaw angle? Maybe not the RTs, just for the RS/RSS
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I don't ride ski-doo's but I ride real snowmobiles :roflblack: I have a 2013 M8 and a 2013 XF High Country and I travel west 3-4 times a year and north 5 or so times. There is NOTHING even close for summertime fun that compares to the things you can do and the insane terrain you can conquer on those things. Sidehilling is my favorite activity... I like to get it setup where I can go above and below trees then stop on the hill and be able to maintain the sidehill. :clap:

I do agree, they could get the nanny to loosen up a bit it would be awesome. Camaro's have 3 settings on their stabilitrak system. There's the normal driving and then the sport setting that lets you get a certain degree of yaw in your travel before it pulls you back and then OFF which is wfo.
 
what?

I have only two questions in regards of a leaning trike:

1,-what do you gain ? ( in comparison with Spyder? )

:dontknow::dontknow::dontknow::dontknow::dontknow::dontknow:

2,- what do you loose? ( in comparison with Spyder? )

- design, all tilters i've seen are but ugly
- frunk, - no tilters ever will have so you really better off on two wheeler for way less money
- price, - not that Spyders are Cheap but imagine a few 1000s extra on price tag
- feeling of firmness of that strong frame because tilter has to watch out for weight, look at them rather rods the frame is built off on tilters
 
My Tri-Glide will handle just as well as my Spyder did in the curves, Now on rough roads the Spyder is hands down smoother...... That i gotta say..


Not even close---I ride both quite a bit, and the tri does not handle the curves as well as the Spyder
 
I would love to see BRP design and sell a tilting Spyder. It doesn't have to replace the existing design, they could sell them all side by side like the RS, RT, and ST. I'm always looking for something new and fun which is why I was attracted to the Spyder in the first place. I think the existing Spyder is an excellent design and it should continue as long as there is a demand, but that doesn't mean BRP, who has been one of the few companies that can actually successfully market innovative vehicles, should not design a tilting model. I'd bet it would be great fun to ride.
 
ARCTIC said:
Side thought..... I wonder if the ones who think the spyder needs to lean have ever experienced first hand how hard these things will rail a corner as is :dontknow:
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Given that post-swaybar/post-upgraded shocks I've railed a corner hard enough to not only send the DPS flashing but *actually trigger a limp mode*... yeah, I'd say I've experienced it. :D :thumbup:
 
Would buy one if they make them, i am an equal opportunity rider, i currently ride a Spyder, a Heritage Classic, a Triumph rocket3, a Honda blackbird and a Ninja 500, i knew something was missing, a leaning trike!!:)
 
budro said:
My Tri-Glide will handle just as well as my Spyder did in the curves, Now on rough roads the Spyder is hands down smoother...... That i gotta say..


Not even close---I ride both quite a bit, and the tri does not handle the curves as well as the Spyder
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19 Thousand miles on my Ex- Spyder.
Over 17 Thousand miles on my Tri-Glide and still counting.....

But i'm not arguing, I'm simply explaining why I'm right....:roflblack:
 
Someone is going to make a tilting spyder-like 3 wheeler. My folks generation didn't get to the moon by standing out on the back deck and looking at the moon and saying it can't be done. Doing the tilting 3 wheeler is WAY past my pay grade, but we have a lot of smart people in this world and someone is working on it. Move over I'm already in line and my tent is staying until the doors open.
 
Harley actually had a prototype for a leaning trike called the Penster, about the time BRP started producing Spyders. Don't know whatever happened to it, but it looked like a blast to me.
And yes I would love a leaning Spyder. Seems like the RS would be more suited to leaning, than an ST or RT, so like someone else already suggested have both versions available.
 
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