Yes, you read it right. For those who love the feel of the open road, wind whipping in your hair (or past your law-abiding helmet), without the quiet nagging guilt of leaving a family parent-less, comes the
Can-Am Spyder Roadster - The Family Man's Motorcycle. Often dubbed a 'tricycle', you should immediately dispose of the images of red-painted childhood wonder. This is no kids toy. Instead it is a shiny, gleaming machine of awesomeness. And it's coming to a road near you... take a look:
One of the safety selling points is the (supposed) fact that with the third wheel up front, it makes this ride nearly impossible to roll. Personally, I would like to see some hard data on this, but that's just me. That said, when I was doing research online to try to find how many accidents involving these platforms rolling had been recorded, I found nary a one. Well - I found one. A news purveyor in CA recorded a deadly accident involving a few first time riders taking two of these platforms into the mountains. The article made it a point to say that the Roadster was obviously not as safe as it purported to be. What the reporter failed to mention was just
how the riders were able to flip the Roadster. Banking too hard, too fast? No. No, they were able to accomplish this feat by
driving them off the side of a mountain. I don't know many vehicles that could survive that kind of rigorous activity unscathed. At any rate, with a few exceptions, this seems to be one safe (and sweet) ride.
