I would consider the bit you state you are a very aggressive rider.
No Spyder is going to be as fast as any decent performance motorcycle. It's like 800 or 900 lbs, plus rider, being pushed along by a 1330 cc high torque engine, making 115 bhp on a good day. Even with performance exhausts and air filters, the engine is largely limited by valve size, cam timing and the fact it is a long stroke motor. To make serious power would require extreme engine internal modifications or perhaps turbo charging if compression was lowered.
I would say performance is on par with a decent performance car, not a super car, not a hyper car, but a middle of the road sports car or sports sedan.
It will pull quite keenly off the line, but it's not going to be anything like even a 600 cc sport bike. It's just too heavy. I've accelerated on on ramps with a 600 cc sport bike and it was just in another league altogether.
As for top speed, they mainly like to cruise at 70 to 75 mph. Yes, you can go faster, but they aren't really comfortable at high speeds. They may look aerodynamic but they aren't. It's like pushing a garden shed along, sideways.
With better shocks and improved sway bars they will corner quite well, but the reality is, when the bike senses you are nearing the limits, the electronic systems, often called the nanny, will cut in and bring you back down to earth. That may not be your limits, but it will be what the bike thinks the limits are. You won't be drifting and power sliding, it just won't let you do that to any great extent without going into limp mode.
The F3S models will be faster than the RT LTD or Sea to sky models it is true, but if you are looking for a sports tourer like a BMW R1300RT or RS, or any of the Japanese sport touring bikes built on a de-tuned sport bike engine, it's just not happening.
I came off a 2014 Triumph Trophy 1215 TTSE. It would cruise all day at way in excess of triple digit speeds and haul two up with luggage on freeways and highways at alarming speeds. And that, compared with other sports touring bikes was only like 160 bhp. I had a BMW K1300GT which was 180 bhp and that was even faster. The Spyder is not that kind of machine.
No Spyder is going to perform like a large sports touring motorcycle. In fact, riding them like that is just not possible, even with an F3S. If that is your expectation, I think you are going to be very disappointed. These are different machines, meant for a whole different way of riding. They'll cover long distances no problem, but if you are cruising at 90+ mph, the thing isn't going to feel very happy doing it, neither engine revs wise, or stability wise.
If it is truly what you want and your expectations have been reset, I would recommend as new a machine as possible. They made constant minor improvements. In fact 2024 and later bikes are largely the same and have more modern electronics from a rider display perspective. Note, many dealers will not work on Spyders that exceed 10 years old, so the newer the better. If you think you are going to do all the work yourself, that's fine, but there are some things that require the dealer and their BUDS electronics systems to set up and configure.
I'm not trying to put you off, but I just want you to understand that these are not high performance machines in the motorcycle sense.
