Ryker 900 Rally test: Can-Am bends over backwards
Less intimidating, less heavy and less expensive: the new Ryker from Can-Am (BRP group) tightens its belt to rejuvenate and widen the audience of these atypical three-wheelers accessible with the car license. MNC went to Portugal to check the relevance of this approach … Test.
Can-Am Ryker test page 2: Details in captioned photos
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| Triple vision. The Ryker retains the characteristic "Y" look of the Can-Am 3-wheeler, which inevitably evokes a snow scooter. Normal: the Canadian group Bombardier Recreative Products (BRP) which manufactures them also builds snowmobiles and jet skis ! |
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| Rally, really ? The top of the range Ryker is the Rally version tested here by MNC, only available in 900 cc. This version receives more upscale and fully adjustable Kayaba suspensions (hyper accessible preload at the rear), an additional "Rally" driving mode (Eco and Sport on standard), reinforced tires and rims, protections (grille, hoof, hand guards) and a specific seat. Its ground clearance is 102 to 112 mm. |
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| It is not allowed. Considered an L5e tricycle, the Ryker drives with a simple B (car) license – 7 hour training if applicable – like MP3s and Harley Trikes. This questionable tolerance concerns all 3-wheels weighing less than "1000 kg" (!) And whose wheels are spaced at least 460 mm apart. No power limit is imposed on them unlike A2 bikers bridled at 47.5 hp ! |
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| 3-wheel, 2 blocks. Rotax, the historical supplier of Can-Am engines, supplies two versions of the same block: a twin-cylinder of 50 hp and 49.7 Nm and a 3-cylinder of 82 hp and 79.1 Nm. MNC regrets not having been able to test the twin, no doubt more struggling to tow the three packed quintals. The service interval is 10,000 km and the consumption quite high: from 7.9 to 9.1 l / 100 km at a train of senators ! |
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| Strong arguments. Thanks to its simplified design compared to the Sypder, the Ryker would weigh "138 kg" less. Consideration: a trimming of many elements of comfort (standard single-seater seat, minimalist fairings, no windshield) and a non-lockable 7-liter rikiki trunk. Impossible to accommodate a helmet unlike the vast front space of Spyder ! |
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| Trendy 3-wheeler. Like all Can-Ams, the Ryker is full of electronics: power steering, coupled ABS braking, roll control, traction control, trajectory correction and two driving modes (Eco and Sport), which affect the responsiveness of the vehicle. accelerator and sensitivity of these non-deactivatable aids. The Rally edition also carries a mode of the same name, which leaves more freedom without allowing real follies. Very, too, controlled… |
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| Instrumentation. The display is a simple 11.4 cm wide numeric keypad, well provided with but a little gloomy and devoid of remote controls. This dashboard provides information on speed, engine speed, mileage, two trips, consumption, remaining range, time, fuel level and even engine temperature. The Ryker also receives two USB sockets, always practical. |
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| Security ! The obsession with safety is felt as soon as the Ryker is started: to start, the coded key must first be placed under the tank before pressing the starter for the first time to activate the ignition. Then the accelerator must be turned forwards (yes, yes!) And the brake pressed to unlock the last safety devices. Under these conditions, the engine can be started via the starter button! Remember to release the parking brake, on the left under the tank, otherwise it beeps stridently ! |
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| Everything for the look. The mirrors turned over at the end of the handlebars produce a "beef" effect but are ineffective: narrow field of vision, vibrating mirrors, limited range of adjustments, the total! The Ryker, on the other hand, has a good degree of finish, although necessarily a little "plastic" … The swingarm is in particular a beautiful part. |
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