This east of Rochester, NY. Yesterday afternoon, whilst I was out
running some errands on the motorcycle, I (on a two-lane state highway)
caught up with, got stuck behind, and finally was able to pass, one of
these.

http://www.stevkan.com/wildfirecar.htm

He was poking along about 40 miles per hour in a 55 zone...

Search youtube for several videos of the thing.

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-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> This east of Rochester, NY. Yesterday afternoon, whilst I was out
> running some errands on the motorcycle, I (on a two-lane state highway)
> caught up with, got stuck behind, and finally was able to pass, one of
> these.
>
> http://www.stevkan.com/wildfirecar.htm
>
> He was poking along about 40 miles per hour in a 55 zone...

If you see it again do the world a favor and shunt it into
a ditch. 65 mph from a 650cc engine? If it was streamlined
worth a damn and geared properly it should be able to do 85
easy.

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'07 FJR13AW '99 EX250-F13
OMF #7

Mark Olson wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>> This east of Rochester, NY. Yesterday afternoon, whilst I was out
>> running some errands on the motorcycle, I (on a two-lane state
>> highway) caught up with, got stuck behind, and finally was able to
>> pass, one of these.
>>
>> http://www.stevkan.com/wildfirecar.htm
>>
>> He was poking along about 40 miles per hour in a 55 zone...
>
> If you see it again do the world a favor and shunt it into a ditch.
> 65 mph from a 650cc engine? If it was streamlined worth a damn and
> geared properly it should be able to do 85 easy.

Possibly a kick at the front fender? :-)

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

WTF IS "HI-PO"?
26 Hp? my bike is rated at 100 stock

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> http://www.stevkan.com/wildfirecar.htm

This site sez:

> This 3 wheeled street legal vehicle will be titled and registered
> as a motorcycle.

Not here in British Columbia (Canada). I already had a big tussle
with the bureaucrats in the DMV trying to get my Vespacar registered
as a bike and no go.

SQ

"Sean_Q_" <nospam@no.sapm> wrote in message
news:nFnsk.112301$nD.6168@pd7urf1no...
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>
> > http://www.stevkan.com/wildfirecar.htm
>
> This site sez:
>
> > This 3 wheeled street legal vehicle will be titled and registered
> > as a motorcycle.
>
> Not here in British Columbia (Canada). I already had a big tussle
> with the bureaucrats in the DMV trying to get my Vespacar registered
> as a bike and no go.
>

The US has an "experimental car" classification and if they
only bring a certain small number of the things in every year
they can get it street legal under that classification.

3 wheelers are very prone to tipovers, that is why you can't
buy 3 wheel ATVs anymore.

Ted

On Sep 7, 12:48*am, "Ted Mittelstaedt" <t...@toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> "Sean_Q_" <nos...@no.sapm> wrote in message
>
> news:nFnsk.112301$nD.6168@pd7urf1no...
>
> > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>
> > >http://www.stevkan.com/wildfirecar.htm
>
> > This site sez:
>
> > *> This 3 wheeled street legal vehicle will be titled and registered
> > *> as a motorcycle.
>
> > Not here in British Columbia (Canada). I already had a big tussle
> > with the bureaucrats in the DMV trying to get my Vespacar registered
> > as a bike and no go.
>
> The US has an "experimental car" classification and if they
> only bring a certain small number of the things in every year
> they can get it street legal under that classification.
>
> 3 wheelers are very prone to tipovers, that is why you can't
> buy 3 wheel ATVs anymore.
>
> Ted

Not the ones with teh two wheels in the front. They'll kick the back
out easy but that's easy to drive around...if you didn't drive a damn
FWD car.

--
Keith

S'mee wrote:

> "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote:
>> 3 wheelers are very prone to tipovers, that is why you can't buy 3
>> wheel ATVs anymore.
>
> Not the ones with teh two wheels in the front. They'll kick the back
> out easy but that's easy to drive around...if you didn't drive a damn
> FWD car.

...such as the Can-Am Spyder, eh?

A short, roly-poly woman in our club recently bought a Spyder. She's in
her early 50s, has a stated inseam of 24 inches (though I think that
might be an exaggeration), and failing hips. It fits her well. She was
having trouble - due to the hip trouble - holding up her former low
two-wheeled Japanese cruiser.

I sat on the thing for a bit; not sure I could get used to how *wide* it
is...

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> ..such as the Can-Am Spyder, eh?
>
> A short, roly-poly woman in our club recently bought a Spyder. She's in
> her early 50s, has a stated inseam of 24 inches (though I think that
> might be an exaggeration), and failing hips. It fits her well. She was
> having trouble - due to the hip trouble - holding up her former low
> two-wheeled Japanese cruiser.
>
> I sat on the thing for a bit; not sure I could get used to how *wide* it
> is...

Never mind *her*, what did you think of the Spyder?

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'07 FJR13AW '99 EX250-F13
OMF #7

On Sep 7, 7:46�am, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:

> ..such as the Can-Am Spyder, eh?

I was very surprised to see that a local rider has a Spyder. I talked
to him in a bank parking lot. He only has one leg, so he uses an air
shifter.

On Sep 7, 8:12�am, Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:

> Never mind *her*, what did you think of the Spyder?

It's well made, but it's a three-wheeled motorcycle that the rider
straddles and the seating is tandem.

If I started with a clean sheet of paper, my three-wheeler would have
side-by-side seating and would be very low and more car-like.

Mark Olson wrote:

> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>> ..such as the Can-Am Spyder, eh?
>>
>> A short, roly-poly woman in our club recently bought a Spyder. She's
>> in her early 50s, has a stated inseam of 24 inches (though I think
>> that might be an exaggeration), and failing hips. It fits her well.
>> She was having trouble - due to the hip trouble - holding up her
>> former low two-wheeled Japanese cruiser.
>>
>> I sat on the thing for a bit; not sure I could get used to how
>> *wide* it is...
>
> Never mind *her*, what did you think of the Spyder?

<lol> She is quite wide, as well.

I didn't ride it. The sitting took place last week at our BMW rally, and
I would not have wanted to drive it around the grounds with a thousand
Beemers parked closely about. It did feel as if it was wider than my
ex-sidecar rig, but that may be an illusion.

She mentioned that she is considering trading it for a newer one with an
automatic gearbox, which is apparently now available.

I have seen several Spyders on the local highways and the riders appear
to be enjoying themselves. It looks as if it is a viable alternative to
the trike-style motorcycle for those no longer capable of handling a
two-wheeled unit.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

On Sep 7, 8:46*am, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> S'mee wrote:
> > "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote:
> >> 3 wheelers are very prone to tipovers, that is why you can't buy 3
> >> wheel ATVs anymore.
>
> > Not the ones with teh two wheels in the front. They'll kick the back
> > out easy but that's easy to drive around...if you didn't drive a damn
> > FWD car.
>
> ..such as the Can-Am Spyder, eh?

Actually I was thinking of the one PM did in the early 80's used a VW
front in. Sequental shifter (before it was cool) clutch lever on the
shifter. Heater.

> A short, roly-poly woman in our club recently bought a Spyder. She's in
> her early 50s, has a stated inseam of 24 inches (though I think that
> might be an exaggeration), and failing hips. It fits her well. She was
> having trouble - due to the hip trouble - holding up her former low
> two-wheeled Japanese cruiser.
>
> I sat on the thing for a bit; not sure I could get used to how *wide* it
> is...

Lucky you. I think the nearest one to me is either Seattle or Cour d'
Lane....maybe Post Falls.
--
Keith