anyone ride the can am spyder?

[That Nice Guy Beck!]

thoughts?

[zzilla]

A dear friend of mine rode one during a leg of the Kyle Petty Love Ride a few years ago and they had to pry her off the seat cause she didn't want to dismount on her own.

I also saw a lady riding one on post last week. Made her butt look big

[Slide Panda]

Rides a bit like a snowmobile.  It takes a little getting used to, since the controls feel bike like, but any attempt of counter steering results (predictably) is "Oh shit!  The other way!) - so that takes a moment to get used to.  At very low (parking lot) speeds it feels very twitchy, but you also have to turn the bars quite a ways to induce a tight turn.  When you pick up some speed, that twitchy feel transitions into a taut/responsive feel

Because of the snowmobile like ride, you actually want to hang to the outside of a turn.  It's a big stable platform, so it's fun to hang off - but there's one issue.  All the brakes are controlled with the foot control - there is no hand control for the brakes.  So if you're scooted off the saddle, it can make finding that peddle difficult.

With the two front tires and the flat, car like tire profile it's got quite a bit of traction - though I have it on good authority that you can still spin up the rear from a stop light if you want.  I've got no FHE on that. 

It's an interesting ride, can be fun, but of course it's not a proper bike

[erkishhorde]

You could always rent one. I was cruising around last weekend and saw at least 10 of them on the 5 south by Griffith park. Looked like a family since there were at least 4 of them that had an adult and a kid, none of which had any proper gear obviously.

[Monster Dave]

They are fun to ride - different might be a better expression. They have great storage space both under the seat and in the front trunk area. But the price point is way to high IMO.

Would be fun to rent - not sure about long term though.