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 The Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) Spyder is a fine piece of mechanized eye-candy that could just as easily have arrived from the future as Quebec. To some of you, it might look like a giant backwards-flying tricycle. Or if you're like me, you see an open roadster's front workings surgically grafted onto the ass of an Italian sportbike, all wrapped up nice and pretty in snowmobile-esque bodywork. These disparate elements are forced by some excellent science to work together in the same system, as though the idea was pipelined straight down Jacob's Ladder from Dr. Frankenstein's frontal lobe. In other words, it's fuggin' cool. FULL STORY... PHOTO GALLERY
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (features@motivemag) » | « » 2:06 AM 10-9-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by features@motivemag » |
The Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) Spyder is a fine piece of mechanized eye-candy that could just as easily have arrived from the future as Quebec. |
Little known fact: Quebec is the future. It's not an actual place; it's a wormhole in the time-space continuum.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Wellington P Funk) » | « » 1:02 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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read some earlier reviews... will have to check this out when it comes available in FL.  yellow please.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Wellington P Funk) » | « » 1:06 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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Who translated those headings? Google?!  In our business class we had a guy from the Spyder marketing team come talk to us about the product and their strategies. Fun product but expensive, even the guy admitted it.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Wellington P Funk) » | « » 1:12 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by Wellington P Funk » | Little known fact: Quebec is the future. It's not an actual place; it's a wormhole in the time-space continuum. |
That's funny, every time I go to Montreal, I feel like I've been transported back to about 1975.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (features@motivemag) » | « » 1:28 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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zero to douche - instantly...just gotta buy one of these. absolutely hideous. id rather just have a normal aprilla.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (the_marcus) » | « » 1:35 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by the_marcus » | | Fun product but expensive, even the guy admitted it. |
Just wait until the Chinese versions are rolling off the ships... Seriously, the Can-Am Spyder looks very cool, I'd love to drive it!
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder » | « » 1:39 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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All the real-world disadvantages of a motorcycle and of a car rolled into one.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (features@motivemag) » | « » 2:45 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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I remember reading about this in Cycle Canada about 3 or 4 years ago and waiting for it ever since.
Does it require a motorcycle license or just a regular class license?
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (MEIN_VW) » | « » 3:22 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by MEIN_VW » | That's funny, every time I go to Montreal, I feel like I've been transported back to about 1975. |
how so? lol
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (alman) » | « » 3:37 PM 10-9-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by alman » | I remember reading about this in Cycle Canada about 3 or 4 years ago and waiting for it ever since.
Does it require a motorcycle license or just a regular class license? |
From an e-mail conversation with the Can-Am PR lady a few months back: "Spyder is classified as a roadster so all motorcycle law’s apply, including the need for a proper motorcycle endorsement to ride in NY and NJ. The only three states in which this does not apply to is Deleware, California and South Carolina. (At 0-60 in 4.5 seconds this thing should really be classified as a sports car!!)"
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (stu@motivemag) » | « » 1:58 PM 10-13-2007 | |
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 Cynicism and praise put aside, I am interested in this thing. I wouldn't drop the Aprilia Futura from my wish list for it, but I'd welcome a test run.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Ducati Minor) » | « » 2:06 PM 10-13-2007 | |
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I've seen a few of these in person. Goofy as hell.T-Rex is the better trike (coincidentally also made in Quebec). 
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Old school) » | « » 2:20 PM 10-13-2007 | |
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While I love the idea of the Can-Am Spyder, I can't see how the vehicle would be more fun than riding a real bike that leans.-Rick
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Traum) » | « » 7:58 PM 10-13-2007 | |
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that "bike" looks goofy as hell, but the photography on this piece is absolutely stunning!
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Old school) » | « » 8:50 PM 10-13-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by Old school » | | I've seen a few of these in person. Goofy as hell. T-Rex is the better trike (coincidentally also made in Quebec). |
The T-Rex is about twice the price, if not more.
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Friend of mine is a mechanic at a local motorcycle shop, and they've got a T-Rex in there for repairs (electrical problems). Under the skin (and particularly inside the wiring harness!), they ain't pretty. Looks home-built.Bombardier is a huge company; I'd trust them to sort out details better.
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I think these would be nice for any trip requiring a LOT of luggage, or sedate two up riding. I would totally hate it around every corner and in traffic since lane splitting isn't feasible even in California where it's legal.
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| Re: (leaftye) » | « » 6:11 AM 10-14-2007 | |
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The MOTIVE reading experience is improving.  Do you guys run mac or something? All the special characters in the text come out out as a series of random characters.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (Traum) » | « » 7:51 AM 10-14-2007 | |
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| Quote, originally posted by Traum » | | While I love the idea of the Can-Am Spyder, I can't see how the vehicle would be more fun than riding a real bike that leans. -Rick |
This thing is built-in like a skidoo, hence the large handlebar to give you enough strength on the inside ski (err, wheel). When you get how it works, it is really really fun to drive. It is not the bike that leans, its you.
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (OliDrew) » | « » 3:47 AM 7-22-2009 | |
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T-Rex for the win. 5th gear's review of it was cool because of Tiff's driving. Such an awesome thing.Back from the dead! 
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| Re: Ulterior Motive: BRP Can-Am Spyder (VTECjustkickedinyo) » | « » 3:54 AM 7-22-2009 | |
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