blacklightning
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Well, it was around 60+ degrees today, so I decided to take a ride down to Team Powersports and test ride the new ryker. I will try to be direct and to the point on my views, but you should take one for a test ride of your own.
There are many things to say about this trike, but the first thing that comes to mind is a line from the Color Purple, "You sho is ugly!". Keep in mind, that this is only my opinion, and I am also the person that thought the F3 series was ugly, right up until I ordered one.
Before starting the bike up, you will need to set up the handle bars and foot pegs for your personal seating position. You will notice that the pegs are just plain iron pegs, with no rubber padding at all (so wear good boots or shoes to absorb the vibration). Then when you move the handle bars, you will notice that the set up is pretty stiff, and the bars are smaller than most bars on your typical murray bicycle. Then you crank the bike up and notice the vibration at the mirrors. The vibration is nearly as bad as on a harley, but only for the mirrors. I tend to think that is from the smallish handle bars, not just from the motor, as the rest of the bike doesn't vibrate that bad. I am not a small person, so the seat on this thing is pretty smallish to say the least. The rally edition has an extension behind it to place a passenger seat, or box. But I noticed that this extension says "maximum weight 22 pounds".
Not sure what this means, but I am sure the fully loaded capacity is greater than that. Then you take the parking brake off, and move forward. The brake seems to be mechanical and not electronic, which means that if someone wanted, they could turn the parking brake off, and roll the bike away without having the key (that was brought to my attention by my buddy KK). Once you give it gas, it picks up speed pretty quick. Now, I have heard people say that it is quicker than the F3. I think that is total BS. Yes, it has a really quick 0-60, but it will run out of breath very shortly thereafter. If you are going 20 or 30 and give it gas, it will pick up pretty quick. But if you are going 60 and want to give it gas to pass, don't expect F3, RT, or RS passing power. Handling seems to be pretty good, but you can tell that some of the steering components are smaller and cheaper than on the spyder. I owned a 2012 RSS with the V-Twin. The V-Twin is a high reving engine and something that I had to get used to. But this thing revs quite a bit higher, but without the nice exhaust tone. As I ended my test ride, and shut the bike off, I noticed that there was a N on this display. Now, since the bike only has forward and reverse, I had to wonder if parts (or all) of this display was sourced from one of Can am's other products, like maybe a 4 wheeler or something.
Now, to end this long post, I think this is for someone who wants to get a new 3 wheeler with a warranty without spending new spyder money. Yes, it is cheaper made, but it list for $10k, not $30k. So you get what you pay for. GM makes an Escalade, but they also made a Cavalier because they made different vehicles for different people.
So, go down and give it a test ride for yourself.
Thanks for reading.
There are many things to say about this trike, but the first thing that comes to mind is a line from the Color Purple, "You sho is ugly!". Keep in mind, that this is only my opinion, and I am also the person that thought the F3 series was ugly, right up until I ordered one.
Before starting the bike up, you will need to set up the handle bars and foot pegs for your personal seating position. You will notice that the pegs are just plain iron pegs, with no rubber padding at all (so wear good boots or shoes to absorb the vibration). Then when you move the handle bars, you will notice that the set up is pretty stiff, and the bars are smaller than most bars on your typical murray bicycle. Then you crank the bike up and notice the vibration at the mirrors. The vibration is nearly as bad as on a harley, but only for the mirrors. I tend to think that is from the smallish handle bars, not just from the motor, as the rest of the bike doesn't vibrate that bad. I am not a small person, so the seat on this thing is pretty smallish to say the least. The rally edition has an extension behind it to place a passenger seat, or box. But I noticed that this extension says "maximum weight 22 pounds".
Not sure what this means, but I am sure the fully loaded capacity is greater than that. Then you take the parking brake off, and move forward. The brake seems to be mechanical and not electronic, which means that if someone wanted, they could turn the parking brake off, and roll the bike away without having the key (that was brought to my attention by my buddy KK). Once you give it gas, it picks up speed pretty quick. Now, I have heard people say that it is quicker than the F3. I think that is total BS. Yes, it has a really quick 0-60, but it will run out of breath very shortly thereafter. If you are going 20 or 30 and give it gas, it will pick up pretty quick. But if you are going 60 and want to give it gas to pass, don't expect F3, RT, or RS passing power. Handling seems to be pretty good, but you can tell that some of the steering components are smaller and cheaper than on the spyder. I owned a 2012 RSS with the V-Twin. The V-Twin is a high reving engine and something that I had to get used to. But this thing revs quite a bit higher, but without the nice exhaust tone. As I ended my test ride, and shut the bike off, I noticed that there was a N on this display. Now, since the bike only has forward and reverse, I had to wonder if parts (or all) of this display was sourced from one of Can am's other products, like maybe a 4 wheeler or something.
Now, to end this long post, I think this is for someone who wants to get a new 3 wheeler with a warranty without spending new spyder money. Yes, it is cheaper made, but it list for $10k, not $30k. So you get what you pay for. GM makes an Escalade, but they also made a Cavalier because they made different vehicles for different people.
So, go down and give it a test ride for yourself.
Thanks for reading.
hyea: cueman
