Spyder Trikes?!

This particular blog isn't about any riding experience but about a new type of ride out there on the road. And supposedly on the rise in sales.

Its called the Spyder. It has three wheels and looks like a backwards tricycle we use to ride as kids. The only thing it can compete with is a Lancer Evolution on a quarter mile track. Not to bad right? Well, when you compare to performance motorcycles it is bad. Especially for the price. Base price for this hard core monster $15,599. Base price for an R1 $11,699.

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Now don't get me wrong. I think that this will be great for people that don't want to venture into the two wheel realm. Or those who could be handicapped. You get the feel of wind over your body and 360 degree view you would on a street bike. But without the excitement of leaning into turns and really feeling "in tune" with your machine. Mine respectively a sport bike I commute on. (00' CBR 600F4)

Although I do believe that those who fear to take a seat on any two wheeler and who decide to just suck it up and live a little will find that a true motorcycle will be much more satisfying. I have seen a few of these Spyders out on the road in NC. I don't see them lasting at all. That is if they can even get started. Its an in between battle that just doesn't seem as if it could work out. Look back on the days when they had three wheeled ATVs. I've ridden them and they are more dangerous and unstable than any motorcycle I've ridden on. Now they have discontinued them because of that very reason.

All they did with the Spyder is switch the wheel positioning around and added stabilizers. Just spruce it up with technology and everything's alright now... Right?? Well, I don't know because I haven't ridden the Spyder. I like to think of of it this way though. ANYTHING on two wheels runs naturally by laws of physics known as gyroscopic effect. Keep momentum going and the bike stays up... period. All you need is a persons natural stabilizers to balance things out until momentum is fast enough. Then physics takes over.

I don't like how allot of people claim that motorcycles are "unstable" machines. The only things that make a motorcycle unstable is the rider. If you choose to ride irresponsibly then you are the one who is unstable and should not ride. Pretty simple I think. Same thing applies with cars as well as this backwards trike.

Another advantage about the motorcycle world is that motorcycles are allot more diverse. You can choose from cruisers, adventure, touring, sport touring, sport, dual sport, motards, and so on. All of them different sizes and weights. The Spyder is simply that. A Spyder, nothing more and nothing less. Not much to much to choose from for the cost of over 15k. If it floats your boat then cool. Go ride your little heart out. Just don't wave at me expecting a wave back.