Can Am Ryker 900 Hard Fact’s - Mike Mas

[3WRDR]

Wow! I am really torn with these Rykers. On one side I am really interested in owning one BUT I test rode a Rally Edition and hated the handling on the highway. To be fair I've never owned a 3 wheeler. Now, considering how reviews and so 180 degrees out of phase one thing I am at least partially but highly convinced of is that these some of these Rykers have a serious factory defect or quality control issue. It would seem some might have loose or poorly aligned suspension components which I suspect on the one I rode and where some other reviewers hated these things on the highway. For the life of me I can't see where someone could ride the one I rode and say it handled great at highway speeds. What do you guys think? Could it be that proper ones properly aligned and setup from the factory are the ones people are happy and ones which are not are the ones people like me just can't see riding on the highway for more than a couple miles?

 

[ARtraveler]

Wow! I am really torn with these Rykers. On one side I am really interested in owning one BUT I test rode a Rally Edition and hated the handling on the highway. To be fair I've never owned a 3 wheeler. Now, considering how reviews and so 180 degrees out of phase one thing I am at least partially but highly convinced of is that these some of these Rykers have a serious factory defect or quality control issue. It would seem some might have loose or poorly aligned suspension components which I suspect on the one I rode and where some other reviewers hated these things on the highway. For the life of me I can't see where someone could ride the one I rode and say it handled great at highway speeds. What do you guys think? Could it be that proper ones properly aligned and setup from the factory are the ones people are happy and ones which are not are the ones people like me just can't see riding on the highway for more than a couple miles?

:welcome: I note this is your first post. The thread above is from July of 2019. The last post above was September 2019. There are many other threads on the subject. Don't base your opinion on just this one thread.

 

[chris56]

after 10.000 miles - I would say the first thing is to change the "hanging" Handlebars to much higher Superbike / Cross style ones ..this changed my ryding significant positiv .. the front is now stable also on higher speeds, much easier to handle in the curves and I have the feeling that the front shocks have less stress than before .. she feels now like a new Bike ..(took used cheap Handlebars from an Aprilia) !