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Thanks guys I’m making the big leap from two to three. I just have one question, after test riding two Spyders, the first thing I noticed is how touchy the steering is! Is this common and will I get used to it?
Welcome to the Forum, and the Wonderful World of Spyder Ryding! 
Sadly, yes, the touchy steering is quite common, but on new bikes, or those that have 'not yet been touched by anyone but dealers', that often comes back to the really poor wheel alignment many Spyder leave the factory with and that few Spyder dealers have the slightest skill or knowledge about correcting!! So one of the first things to do for any new or 'not yet been touched by anyone but dealer' Spyders, simply find someone who can do a proper alignment, laser is good, but by no means the only option, and get it wheel aligned properly!
The second most common reason for this is simply that as a new ryder, you are most likely simply trying too to steer it around everything &/or respond to every little bump or irregularity in the road - DON'T! Relax your grip on the bars; drop your elbows & shoulders; loosen up; look out waaaay ahead, and scan back to the front of the bike, planning your path as you go; then repeat; and don't try to force the Spyder to follow your chosen path, simply gently and smoothly guide it along as close a line to that path as you can get, remembering that you've probably got more than 3 times the rubber on the road than most 2-wheeled bikes, and because of its reverse tryke configuration and power steering, traction control, etc, your Spyder is FAR MORE RESPONSIVE than any 2-wheeled bike and most cars, so it IS going to give you more feedback from the road and you're going to need to practice not responding to every little twitch!
But Yes, you will either get used to it, or you'll fix it and really start to enjoy the Miles of Smiles these things can bring
And once you do start to get a handle on all that ^, getting over those 'new rider' jitters and concerns, and you start to learn how to take advantage of everything the Spyder has to offer as well as learning how to move your body around in order to counter the feeling you're about to be thrown off, simply because the Spyder doesn't lean in at all like a 2-wheeled bike, so you hafta move in order to counter that feeling and to keep all three wheels doing their thing for you, then you'll also discover that pretty much NOTHING will keep up with well ridden Spyder in the tight twisty stuff with short straights and possibly questionable surfaces due to the unrivalled stability and traction of the platform; absofreakinlutely NOTHING will out-brake your Spyder once you truly come to grips with how well the Brembo Brakes, EBD, ABS, Traction Control et al will all kick in when asked by an appropriately heavy foot and fully utilise the massive surface area of the tires contact patch with the road and the extremely light vehicle weight also comes into play; and then all that will improve exponentially once again once you finally toss the OEM Kendas &/or any of their clones that are one of the most limiting features of the Spyder's capability and you start running real tires at a suitable (lower) pressure due to the lighter weight of the Spyder to that of almost any car!! And then there's similar increases in handling and performance available if you upgrade the OEMpool noodle... err, Sway bar for a better quality a/mkt sway bar; or upgrade the Shocks & coils for units that aren't made by the cheapest bidder at the lowest price; and/or get an ECU Upgrade to unleash some of the significantly greater power output the engine is truly capable of without even getting anywhere near the much greater 'safe' & reliable limits these same engines are allowed to run at in other platforms, instead of being strangled almost into oblivion at the Can Am factory because apparently, Spyder Ryders can't be trusted with too much power!! 
So Yeah, give it some saddle time and you'll get used to it, especially if you try to relax and practice keeping it all smooth, looking well ahead and gently guiding the Spyder where you want it to go rather than trying to fight it to force it into doing what you want. Enjoy!
Ps: It's best not to ask support questions in this 'Welcome' section, not too many of us visit here frequently, and there's better sections and thousands of threads to check out & read thru if you want answers on just about anything to do with Spyders/Rykers &/or Spyder/Ryker ryding where you can add a post asking a question or maybe even share your knowledge & experience; and if you can't find where whatever you want to talk about has already been discussed, feel free to start a new thread on it in the appropriate section too, only please do try to briefly ask your question in the title - it helps everybody to know what you're after &/or on about.
Sadly, yes, the touchy steering is quite common, but on new bikes, or those that have 'not yet been touched by anyone but dealers', that often comes back to the really poor wheel alignment many Spyder leave the factory with and that few Spyder dealers have the slightest skill or knowledge about correcting!! So one of the first things to do for any new or 'not yet been touched by anyone but dealer' Spyders, simply find someone who can do a proper alignment, laser is good, but by no means the only option, and get it wheel aligned properly!
The second most common reason for this is simply that as a new ryder, you are most likely simply trying too to steer it around everything &/or respond to every little bump or irregularity in the road - DON'T! Relax your grip on the bars; drop your elbows & shoulders; loosen up; look out waaaay ahead, and scan back to the front of the bike, planning your path as you go; then repeat; and don't try to force the Spyder to follow your chosen path, simply gently and smoothly guide it along as close a line to that path as you can get, remembering that you've probably got more than 3 times the rubber on the road than most 2-wheeled bikes, and because of its reverse tryke configuration and power steering, traction control, etc, your Spyder is FAR MORE RESPONSIVE than any 2-wheeled bike and most cars, so it IS going to give you more feedback from the road and you're going to need to practice not responding to every little twitch!
But Yes, you will either get used to it, or you'll fix it and really start to enjoy the Miles of Smiles these things can bring
And once you do start to get a handle on all that ^, getting over those 'new rider' jitters and concerns, and you start to learn how to take advantage of everything the Spyder has to offer as well as learning how to move your body around in order to counter the feeling you're about to be thrown off, simply because the Spyder doesn't lean in at all like a 2-wheeled bike, so you hafta move in order to counter that feeling and to keep all three wheels doing their thing for you, then you'll also discover that pretty much NOTHING will keep up with well ridden Spyder in the tight twisty stuff with short straights and possibly questionable surfaces due to the unrivalled stability and traction of the platform; absofreakinlutely NOTHING will out-brake your Spyder once you truly come to grips with how well the Brembo Brakes, EBD, ABS, Traction Control et al will all kick in when asked by an appropriately heavy foot and fully utilise the massive surface area of the tires contact patch with the road and the extremely light vehicle weight also comes into play; and then all that will improve exponentially once again once you finally toss the OEM Kendas &/or any of their clones that are one of the most limiting features of the Spyder's capability and you start running real tires at a suitable (lower) pressure due to the lighter weight of the Spyder to that of almost any car!! And then there's similar increases in handling and performance available if you upgrade the OEM
So Yeah, give it some saddle time and you'll get used to it, especially if you try to relax and practice keeping it all smooth, looking well ahead and gently guiding the Spyder where you want it to go rather than trying to fight it to force it into doing what you want. Enjoy!
Ps: It's best not to ask support questions in this 'Welcome' section, not too many of us visit here frequently, and there's better sections and thousands of threads to check out & read thru if you want answers on just about anything to do with Spyders/Rykers &/or Spyder/Ryker ryding where you can add a post asking a question or maybe even share your knowledge & experience; and if you can't find where whatever you want to talk about has already been discussed, feel free to start a new thread on it in the appropriate section too, only please do try to briefly ask your question in the title - it helps everybody to know what you're after &/or on about.
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