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    What is the farthest miles you have gone in one day ?

    Longest I've ever done on a motorcycle is 740, but that was almost 30 years ago. On our Spyders, my wife and I have done 690–695 mile days on three different occasions, doing the Smackdab Summer Solstice Run. http://smackdab281.org
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    Can Am goes electric

    I would be all over the CT1 motorcycle if they sell it.
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    Can Am goes electric

    I doubt an electric Ryker would have a CVT. Electric motors make maximum torque from zero RPM to the engine's limit, so a CVT would be redundant. An electric doesn't need to run in a "sweet spot" the way an IC engine does. There are plenty of direct-drive electrics.
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    New Spyder Lineup 2020

    From the website, the only remaining manual transmission model is the F3-S. Is this new, or was this the case in 2019?
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    Missing - Joke Forum, so I'll just start a thread.

    I met a man who claimed he'd built a stretch limo out of two Daihatsu hatchbacks. It ended up being one big Charade.
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    Ryker Ykester!!!

    I can guess at two possible factors: 1) meeting the much more stringent emissions requirements of road-going vehicles, and, 2) Being softer tuned for better reliability, especially with the thermal issues inherent in summer/desert heat, which sleds don't have to endure.
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    Ryker Ykester!!!

    Properly tuned, a CVT should run at the engine's peak torque RPM, regardless of speed. You should already BE at the engine speed you'd shift down to get to on a manual transmission. That's the beauty of a CVT.
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    Ryker Ykester!!!

    People routinely foul up that comparison by bench-marking the most expensive motorcycles against fairly ordinary, middle-of-the-range cars. If you want to compare the cost of a Spyder RT Limited to a car, choose a similarly top-of-the-line luxury automobile like a Toyota Avalon Limited, which...
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    Spyder is REALLY different - tried test ride, barely made it out of the dealer's lot

    We all hear this a lot from motorcyclists. Try replying by asking, "So, tell me—how well could you control a two-wheeler after your first ride across a parking lot or one block down the street?" It's curious how often the "two-wheels-good" people malign the Spyder for being "training wheels"...
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    So it's called the Ryker!

    I thought that was a bunch of typos until I saw the author's name. T-That Ex-xplains it.
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    So it's called the Ryker!

    That's because you'd be hard pressed to find a vehicle less marketable to "urban stunters" than a nanny-bot governed machine that has no clutch and cannot wheelie.
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    So it's called the Ryker!

    An area dealer (Pitbull Powersports) uploaded a video from the Ryker intro to their Facebook feed. I grabbed a GIF of the glove box, and the quick-release footpeg adjustment, two interesting features I thought you'd all like to see. Here's a link to the whole video, for those of you on...
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    So it's called the Ryker!

    The Rally Edition has a slightly higher (1" I think) ride height, different tires, and a re-calibrated nanny mode that won't freak out on soft/loose surfaces.
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    So it's called the Ryker!

    The more exposure I get to the Ryker, the more I like it. I doubt I'll like it enough to give up the greater power, better ergonomics, manual 6-speed, and cruise control of my '13 RS-S. Or the paid-in-full title I have for it.
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    So it's called the Ryker!

    I'm also thinking this is lessons learned from the way they market their Sea-Doo Spark. Sell a deliberately de-contented "bait" version at a loss, so you can advertise the MSRP, but offer a much more desirable "real" version just one step up on the food chain.
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