Bike or Trike

[spydercowboy]

Why do so many refer to their trike as a bike?:lecturef_smilie: Bad habit, shame, what? I read some of these posts and see the word bike and have to re-read to see if they are indeed talking about a Spyder and not some bike.:banghead: Just curious.:dontknow:

 

[pickelhead]

The correct terminology is either Spyder or bike, NEVER EVER Trike! :lecturef_smilie:

 

[retired1]

Kids ride trikes, grownups ride bikes!:roflblack:

 

[TicketBait]

Mine isn't a bike or a trike, it's a Roadster!:ani29:

 

[Bob Denman]

"Bike" just kind of rolls off the keyboard easier...
It doesn't matter what it's called; it's more important what it does for you anyway! :thumbup:

 

[boborgera]

Calling the Spyder, Or for that matter my Tri Glide a bike ,
In my opinion is a Freudian slip.
Just read some of the comments when a biker doesn't wave back to someone on a Trike.

 

[harrypottar]

Kids ride trikes, grownups ride bikes!:roflblack:

i like my triky, it goes wery, wery fhast and its scarwee

 

[asp125]

We have a garage full of motorcycles.. so calling the Spyder a bike once in a while is habit.

Bike: A vehicle consisting of a light frame mounted on two wheels one behind the other.
Trike: Originally a three wheeled horse drawn carriage. Any vehicle consisting of three wheels other than a motorcycle & sidecar combo.
Roadster: Originally an open carriage drawn by a single horse, later to mean a lightweight open automobile with two seats. (Think 32 Ford Roadster)

BUT - if you want to get down to semantics. The Spyder is clearly not a "bike" - too many wheels. It is also not a true "roadster" - too few wheels (even though Can Am insists on the term, incorrectly)

Wikiquote: The Can-Am Spyder ("Spyder") is a three-wheeled motorcycle manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products.[SUP][1][/SUP] The vehicle has a single rear drive wheel and two wheels in front for steering, similar in layout to a modern snowmobile. The Spyder uses an ATV-like chassis. The manufacturer refers to it as a "roadster," but in technical terms it is more of what has been traditionally called a trike.

The Spyder is a trike, or more correctly a reverse trike - but that's too many letters to type all the time.

Besides, we don't have to get all anal about it, do we?

Some guy named Billy Shakespeare said "What's in a name, that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet."

 

[spydercowboy]

I was just wondering. I just call the thing a Spyder most of the time. But to me it is a trike. Has three wheels and isn't a bike with sidecar. I also just figured everyone is so used to saying and typing "bike" they don't think to say or type "trike". Like I said, was just wondering.

 

[paulbrinker]

Mine is neither. Mine is a Byke.

 

[Pennyrick]

I was just wondering. I just call the thing a Spyder most of the time. But to me it is a trike. Has three wheels and isn't a bike with sidecar. I also just figured everyone is so used to saying and typing "bike" they don't think to say or type "trike". Like I said, was just wondering.

Been riding in the wind for 60 years. Most of that time on two wheels. Force of habit to call it a bike after all that time.

 

[jerpinoy]

:yes::yes::yes: A lot of people call their :spyder2: different names. some of us refer as their NANNY, SHE, RIDE:yes: TRIKE,BIKE whatever we call our:spyder2: as long as we are happy , I am very happy with my
:yes:CAN AM SPYDER RT SE5:yes:

 

[Sarge707]

Mine isn't a bike or a trike, it's a Roadster!:ani29:

:agree: Proper and Correct!!

 

[napper39]

now this is why i hated scool,too many deferent thoughts of what to call that spyder call what you will and we can all be happy,trike ,spike ,motor,ride,horse,roadster,bad boy,cats meow,will what ever just ride and wave to all open air riders and be happy i am.:yikes::spyder:

 

[NancysToy]

We have a garage full of motorcycles.. so calling the Spyder a bike once in a while is habit......

BUT - if you want to get down to semantics. The Spyder is clearly not a "bike" - too many wheels. It is also not a true "roadster" - too few wheels (even though Can Am insists on the term, incorrectly)...

The Spyder is a trike, or more correctly a reverse trike - but that's too many letters to type all the time....

Some guy named Billy Shakespeare said "What's in a name, that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet."

Well said!

I, too, have a garage full, including a motorized tricycle, but I sometimes slip, just out of out of habit. We have the same difficulty with our Terra-Trike pedal tadpole trikes. We often refer to "riding our bikes".

I also have difficulty with the Spyder being called a "roadster". To me that is a '32 Ford highboy or a bathtub Porsche (also a Spyder, BTW).

The Spyder is indeed a trike...specifically a "reverse trike" or "tadpole trike". That's a mouthful, however. I just call it a Spyder, and let people figure it out from there.

Willy Shakespeare was right!

 

[Ga Blue Knight]

I call mine "Ida Da Spyda"!

 

[Bob Denman]

Mine is neither. Mine is a Byke.

Or "Tryke" perhaps?

 

[flaggerphil]

Having ridden since I was 17 (1968) I call it either the Spyder or the bike. Just habit. I also have many, many, many people who come up to talk to me about it call it a bike. So, who am I to say?

 

[Oldmanzues]

I can not get to excited about I call my Spyder. Is a trike, Roadster, reverse trike or thing-a-bob. I just call it a fun machine.
For the older crowd on here. What do you call a Whizzer, beside bad names.
Olfmanzues

 

[NancysToy]

For the older crowd on here. What do you call a Whizzer, beside bad names.

I cannot repeat those words on a family-oriented forum! I have owned vewry few bikes that I actually hated, during my liftetime, the Wheezer was one (and the first). I wasn't too fond of my BSA Victor 441 or my Honda CB550-4, either.