My local dealer no has the Vanderhall along with the SPyder/Indian/Slingshot
May try and test ride the Vanderhall and Slingshot soon myself
Still wondering about when it rains how much off the tires gets into the cockpit?
My local dealer no has the Vanderhall along with the SPyder/Indian/Slingshot
May try and test ride the Vanderhall and Slingshot soon myself
Still wondering about when it rains how much off the tires gets into the cockpit?
With the slingshot nothing comes out of the tires don't know about the Vanderhall ' I was out yesterday riding in the rain yesterday you'll get wet going slow once you get up to any kind of speed it kind of goes over and out the back. I have a roof coming in and a tall windshield but probably still get a little wet ! Time will tell 📞
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Bob, you pull the trigger on the Slingshot, keep us informed on your experience. We don't see much on this forum about that Polaris item.
Bill The Slingshot probably isn't right for most riders....And if they ride two up, they would be limited to just day rides, What with the lack of storage space ... And it has a large foot print almost the size of a small car.. It comes with a back-up camera, And you will need it...Where i would pull right into my garage with the T/G i have to go in very-very careful... Its fast and it rides a little like the Spyder, You get the sensation of the tail wagging the dog...Just like my Spyder did...
I really didn't want to give up my T/G....But i couldn't handle the nonsense of having the transmission fluid refiled and the primary drained every 5 or 8 hundred miles...
And the treatment i got from Harley every time i talked to them on the phone..
Once When i asked if they could exchanged it for another T/G...The answer was ;If we did it for you we would have do it for everyone.. If Harley went out of business tomorrow it wouldn't bother me in the least....
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Bob, your points are well taken, storage seems almost nil. No more long rides to the mountains with the wife. I guess the Sling Shot is a non starter for me. Gotta go with what works.
Big chuckle at your HD remarks, my response, "roger that".
Bob, in your comment in post #46, I was thinking about the space for travel situation on the SS, why wouldn't they build a trailer for that beast, or at the very least, a hitch for an after market. I'm not a pull trailer fan, but seems that would solve the space problem for those that want to do the getaway rides, and don't consider the SS for that very reason. It obviously has the power to pull a trailer, I'm not familiar with the rear suspension or how it accommodate a pull trailer.
The trailer setups I've seen for Spyders might be what they do for Slingshots but I think it's terrible. Off the axle somehow so every bump the trailer tongue would bounce as well. But I don't think there is another way on a Spyder. Isn't the SS basically the same? If someone made a bumper for that car you'd have it made. Then just about any bumper pull setup would work.
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There must be some good reason that Polaris engineers have not made this a priority on the SS and perhaps you have hit upon the reason. The single rear wheel frame does not support the hitch design for a trailer.
Oh Good Grief, totally insane! Maybe Warren Buffet can afford them, but then I cannot visualize him driving a SS.
That could also be a serious issue, that rear tire is huge and 'out there', sadly there is no good fix for additional space for the 'long ride' that I can think of. Just having this machine for day rides and around town doesn't work for me as one who does the 'two up' thing. For a single rider, there's always the side seat and some little storage behind the passenger as I recall.
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Sorry, IMO a Slingshot is not a trike even though it has 3 wheels. It is a convertible 3 wheel car.
It's all about the seating position and your place "In The-Wind".
Is this a trike?
Is this a trike?
THIS is a trike...
And this is a trike
I'm not sure people who drive these are very concerned with their classification. I've met people on spyders who would tell you that they had no interest in motorcycles until they saw the spyder and bought it. I don't really have an opinion one way or the other. I wouldn't be interested in them. But then I'm not interested in any new bikes. Never own something you can walk away from without turning around just to admire it. If you're saying they shouldn't be on a trike forum well they have three wheels. Should they be shut out just because we don't approve of they're configuration.