The system will automatically shift down the gears when you slow or come to a stop, but will not go back up without your input. In layout it is similar to Honda’s DCT system, with one small paddle being used to shift up, and another to shift down. The transmission is controlled via switchgear on the left side of the handlebar. Forget about filtering, forget about darting in and out of traffic, especially with the Spyder F3-T’s somewhat agricultural semi-automatic transmission. Riding through an urban environment, all that width means you’re more or less confined to the same sort of actions you might make in a car. I almost ran a Harley-Davidson Freewheeler into a car once because I had forgotten that the back was so much bigger than the front. I prefer things this way having two wheels behind you puts you at risk of suffering an out-of-sight-out-of-mind lapse of focus. You can see them in your peripheral vision and accurately determine how much space is needed to get around this or that thing. Unlike a trike (and definitely do not call this a trike), the Spyder’s set-up puts its two wheels up front. It is wide – about 5 feet from port to starboard – and when sitting behind the ‘bars it feels even wider.Īt least you can accurately gauge that width, since it’s in front of you. As such, urban areas are where the three-wheeler shines the least. This is a vehicle made for big, open roads and crossing states and provinces that don’t allow filtering (ie, lane splitting).

Built in Quebec by Bombardier Recreational Products – not to be confused with Bombardier, Inc., which sold off BRP in 2003 – the Spyder F3-T has a distinctly North American feel.

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