It has been an interesting journey owning both a 2015 Can-Am Spyder F3-S and a 2016 Harley Tri Glide Ultra. There is about a $14k difference in price but I swear, I had to spend a bunch to fit myself to the Spyder in comparison to the Tri Glide. I have a deteriorating left hip from injuries that made fitting the F3-S more difficult than my TGU.
First off, the Spyder did not come with a windshield like the Harley and so I had to experiment with two different shields to find one that worked well. Secondly, I had to mess with the seats on both machines with driver backrests for each and added a complete BRP Cannonball seat to the Spyder for comfort. On the Harley, I just added a $200 Air Hawk. Thirdly, the Harley needed floor board extenders to get the boards out a bit where the Can-Am required me to replace the footpegs for BRP floorboards to get comfortable.
Suspension wise, I added a DK Custom Lift kit on the Harley to make the ride better and added a Baja Ron Ronbar antisway bar on the Can-Am to make it corner flatter.
Grips needed to be changed on both trikes to add comfort.
It seems to me that it was a bit of a longer journey parts wise to get the Can-Am dialed into my personal physiology but I am happy to report that both rides now are pretty darn comfortable.
The performance of the two trikes is so different that it makes riding each of them on different days a real hoot!
The Can-Am has 115 horsepower and a very linear 3 cylinder Rotax engine that makes the 800 pound machine a real screamer. OTOH, the Harley is significantly down on horsepower and much heavier but has plenty of torque and just has an addictive rumble and feel as I ride down the road that brings gobs of smiles. I feel very fortunate to own both of them and now that the Can-Am is dialed in, the pleasure factor for both bikes is high and yet quite different in terms of how they get you down the road.