Motoexotica is EXCITED to offer to you the new 2008 Can-Am Spyder. We are offering serial number 502 in Yellow. The bike is showing only 373 miles on the clock, and comes with all books and the highly sought after 1st owners group jacket. Includes a 2 year factory warranty. The 1st run edition of these Spyders is only 600 bikes. This particular bike has a full, custom Yoshimura exhaust installed on it which is impossible to find! The wild vehicle you see before you is the 2008 Spyder. Think of the Spyder as a cross among a sports car, snowmobile and motorcycle, but whatever you do, don't call it a trike-any relationship to poorer-handling, sometimes unstable vehicles with two wheels in back is purely in the number of wheels. The Spyder utilizes two 14-inch wheels in the front with a sports-car like double A-arm suspension, while the rear 15-inch wheel is attached to a motorcycle like swing arm with a single shock. This layout handles more like a Ferrari than any tricycle. At the heart of the Spyder is a 998cc Rotax engine derived from the same 60-degree V-twin found in the Aprilia Mille, retuned for torque and re-geared to accommodate the extra weight of the Spyder. Interestingly, it's mounted with the crankshaft running transversely and the cylinders in-line with the chassis rather than across the frame. Can-Am claims the Spyder makes 106 horsepower and 77 lb-ft of torque at the rear (driven) wheel, all transferred there via belt final drive. Besides looking like a snowmobile on wheels, the Spyder's seating position is also very snowmobile-esque. The triple-disc, anti-lock brakes are all linked and are operated by the right foot lever-the rear brake on a traditional motorcycle-leaving the space where a front brake lever would normally be vacant. The system works similarly to the brakes in a car. The clutch and gear selector are in their normal motorcycle positions. On the road the Spyder feels like a convertible sports car with a funky seating position, yet it was still comfortable for the entire ride. You back up with the gear-driven reverse, operated by a toggle switch on the left handlebar. Once moving, the Rotax engine really comes on strong and provides motorcycle like acceleration. The radiator on the Spyder is positioned to the right of the engine to accommodate the oil cooler on the left, and the body cowling is shaped to act as a duct to feed the radiator cool air while moving.