There’s no question that the Can-Am Spyder is a stable beast – the two front wheels and all that weight keep the trike (yes, trike - "three wheels", literally etymologists will back me on this) on the road through corners. Even going into turns at 40 mph, I felt gravity’s grip – the G’s yank you away from the direction you’re steering, as they do when you’re driving a car. My test ride - on the new Spyder F3 model - took me down surface streets and onto the 15 freeway there wasn’t much opportunity to fully explore the Spyder’s high-speed capabilities, as my ride took place right during San Diego’s rush hour. The sensation going through turns is that of being pulled, and holding on tight – sometimes, it seemed, for dear life. This three-wheeled thing is also not a motorcycle. A motorcycle moves with you, and you with it you lean into turns, your hands and feet are both in play when you brake, and you feel the engine right underneath you. Even with my admittedly limited motorcycle riding experience, I immediately felt what I can only describe as a lack of oneness with the Spyder. I use the term “operating” because that’s what it felt like. Still, operating the Spyder really isn’t like riding a bike. It is, in the fact that just like on a bike, there are quite a few more ways you can be injured or killed riding a Spyder than there are if you’re in a car. It isn’t, in the fact that it steers very much like the snowmobiles and quads I used to ride as a teenager. “Riding the Can-Am Spyder,” warned both the pre-ride instructional video and the Can-Am rep, “is NOT like riding a motorcycle.” Well, it is and it isn’t. READ MORE: Tire Roasting Roadster: The 2015 Can-Am Spyder F3
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