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11-09-2018, 03:42 PM
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You all were right .......
My 2016 Road Glide Special, as great as it is, is too heavy for me and I lack the technical skill to do things like turn around in a driveway or small parking lot. It is also a pain to back walk it out of the garage and try to turn facing the street. It is super comfortable and I could easily ride to California on it. But, that opportunity does not happen often So I traded it at Brewer's Cycles for a 2017 Can-Am Spyder F3 with 1027 miles on it and a whole lot of accessories already put on by the previous owner. He and his wife were out for a ride one day and almost hit by a car so his wife made him get rid of it. He traded for a 4-wheeler. The F3 has a zippity-doo-dah touring seat with backrests, saddlebags, phone/gps holder, and auxiliary lights, Six speed manual with reverse. The only thing I need to add is a tall windshield. No built in radio or navigation system. I am still learning on it as it is completely different from a motorcycle. Quick little sucker, though.
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11-09-2018, 06:27 PM
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Pics or it didn't happen
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11-09-2018, 07:31 PM
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Beat me to it!  You need to install a six speed manual with reverse trans? 
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11-09-2018, 09:07 PM
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as soon as the windshield comes in and I get it tinted.
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“We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.”—George Orwell, 1946 "The race may not always be to the swift nor the victory to the strong, but that's how you bet." - or - that's how the smart money bets...attributed to Damon Runyon
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11-09-2018, 10:24 PM
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Doesn't it have a transmission?
Not enough gears or no back em up gear? Or all of that? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk
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11-09-2018, 10:54 PM
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A wise move Fred.
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11-10-2018, 06:49 AM
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Congrats to you Fred best of luck with it and use it in good health
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11-10-2018, 10:04 AM
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You have the semi auto trans as (standard?) equipped?
Specs>>> https://jp.brp.com/content/dam/canam...2_EN_Final.pdf .
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11-10-2018, 10:13 PM
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This is the 6 speed manual trans, not the semi-auto. The one thing I could do well was shift n' clutch so its OK. Has reverse which means I will be riding it more. Besides the windshield it needs an auxiliary jack for the phone. I won't miss the radio because I could barely hear it anyway on the hiway. In town it was OK. I am kinda concerned about going fast on twisties. The bike will hold the road OK and stay in lane but the centrifugal force wants to throw the driver off, it doesn't lean.
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