2015 Polaris Slingshot SL - Coolness Factor = 45.3%

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#11 Unread post by ceemes »

Complete and utter fail.

Morgan has been doing it longer, better, with more class and style for decades.

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#12 Unread post by ceemes »

totalmotorcycle wrote:
Hanson wrote:A

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#13 Unread post by Grey Thumper »

All the disadvantages of a car plus all the disadvantages of a bike, plus none of the benefits of either. Fail.
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#14 Unread post by zombiekatzu »

Gotta agree with the rest. Government licensing as a motorcycle doesn't make it one. I mean, would you give 'the wave' to one of these as it passed?
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#15 Unread post by totalmotorcycle »

zombiekatzu wrote:Gotta agree with the rest. Government licensing as a motorcycle doesn't make it one. I mean, would you give 'the wave' to one of these as it passed?
You bring up a lot of interesting points of discussion...

Would you (you being 3rd party) wave at:

1. Scooters?

2. Can-Am Spyders?

3. Trikes? (like the Harley-Davidson Tri-Glide)

4. Motorcycles with sidecars?

Just lumping them into the area of "might or might not" ... Could be quite interesting here.

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#16 Unread post by Hanson »

I wave at all of the above.

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#17 Unread post by zombiekatzu »

yeah, I'd wave at all of those
totalmotorcycle wrote:
zombiekatzu wrote:Gotta agree with the rest. Government licensing as a motorcycle doesn't make it one. I mean, would you give 'the wave' to one of these as it passed?
You bring up a lot of interesting points of discussion...

Would you (you being 3rd party) wave at:

1. Scooters?

2. Can-Am Spyders?

3. Trikes? (like the Harley-Davidson Tri-Glide)

4. Motorcycles with sidecars?

Just lumping them into the area of "might or might not" ... Could be quite interesting here.

Mike
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#18 Unread post by jstark47 »

As a motorcycle, it's a fail. Not a motorcycle.

As a vehicle it's kind of cool, though probably not very useful. And I agree with Ceemes, Morgan does this better.
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#19 Unread post by blues2cruise »

JackoftheGreen wrote:Yeah...

I give the Spyder a lot of latitude, most of you know I've voted it either Cool or Awesome every time it's come up. But you sit ON a Spyder, and control it with bars, and some sort of hand throttle (I admit I've never learned the particulars of the Spyder), and it's got a saddle and bags and I just SEE a kind of motorcycle with the Spyder.

This thing is different. It's a roadster, plain and simple. SXS seating, steering wheel, stick -- or maybe a slap? -- shift and obviously pedal operated throttle, brake and clutch. The legal niche that allows the Spyder to be registered and insured like a motorcycle just shouldn't apply to this -- three wheeled or otherwise. So for that reason, this just has to be a Fail.

That said, as anything other than a motorcycle, this machine is absolutely CHERRY! It looks like Fun with a capital F, like Fun wearing a miniskirt and high heels. What an insane rush it must be to flog that beast through a canyon.
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#20 Unread post by blues2cruise »

jstark47 wrote:As a motorcycle, it's a fail. Not a motorcycle.

As a vehicle it's kind of cool, though probably not very useful. And I agree with Ceemes, Morgan does this better.
Indeed!
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