I got a bit excited that finally there was a review online for the Canyon from someone who has ridden one. Alas my disappointment that it was just an opinion piece from a Spyder ryder based on press releases. I have a few mates who ride adventure bikes, but I can't do two wheels due an injury. I would love to tour with those guys on three wheels, but the Ryker Rally is just a day ride with no storage. If you do get to ride one, can you please post up a review as the Canyon is currently not available in Australia. Not even certain it will become available in Australia as it currently does not meet Australian design regulations with some of the lights etc. Not sure they will modify them for a smaller market of only a few hundred. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts on the Canyon, please ride one and post another review. Cheers.
I test rode a few Can-Am models a few years ago, I was surprised I liked them as much as I did. I was in an urban area though and the width stopped me. A bike gets through traffic much more easily where the Can-Am was so wide you'd be stuck like a car. Now I live on a dirt road in an area with tons of them and I'd stayed away from a Can-Am due to the belt issues picking up gravel and shredding. Will be interesting to see if they actually work out. I own a GS incidentally and it's an awesome bad/dirt road bike, but for anything more challenging it's a big heavy, expensive machine, you need years of dirt bike experience to really go on them. Something like my 690R is a lot better for most people on a lot of dirt or anything approaching a trail.
I'd tend to agree. I'm interested to see this thing out in the wild, but I'm not convinced it will offer much more than offroad styling. Personally I've become less interested in street riding lately, so I've been looking at getting a scrambler for some light trail running with a bike that I can easily load into the bed of my truck.
@@3WK-ADV I'm getting old so I also happen to love the full weather coverage of the RT model, I'm also tall so the extended windscreen is handy. The Canyon seems to have much less coverage for wind and weather. As to a scrambler, the only thing I'd tell you is the amount of suspension travel on an enduro is a big advantage, but you also get the tall seat height with it. I'm too big for pretty much any bike so it's not an issue for me, but consider that carefully. Light weight makes rough going so much easier, it's night and day. Also the ability to comfortably stand is everything, the bikes handle way better when standing on rough surfaces.
My thoughts coming from a true adventure rider. The real issue is when the stuff hits the fan. I ride the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route ever few years. 1350 miles of 90% remote offroad. Very remote and limited access. Sure it would mostly be doable on the canyon or even the ryker. But not on Magruder Cooridor or Lolo Motorway. Pot holes off camber, deep ruts, bolder fields, wash outs, fairly steep long loose rocky up hills for miles at times. Where even on my bike if i stop i would have trouble getting going again. With only 1 wheel trying to push all that weight up hill, i jave mu doubts about it. Even with mud terrain tires. So while im not there yet, in 10 years when i retire, this might be better suited for me as a long distance adv style open cockpit vehicle. Maybe by then. With after market lift kits, and maybe.....just maybe an AWD version will be released. If Can Am truly wants a piece of the adventure/overlanding pie. Then an AWD version is a must. Then i would sell all my bike for this. As i can haul as much supplies with me to make my planned 2 years on a bike after retirement a reality. Have plenty of gear to do what ever i wanted all alone in the wilderness. But until that happens, i wait for realworld reviews...and i watched that same video with the nyken. Video was done by the guys over at revzilla on their youtube channel. So thats my thoughts.
Thanks for sharing your perspective here! I also have my reservations about the Canyon handling true adventure riding rigors. Time will tell but hopefully we are all pleasantly surprised. Good call out on the AWD as well!
I wish it was 3WD. I would trade in my ryker rally. It looks cool. I have put 14k on my ryker on all kind of terrain. Lots of fun, it sucks on muddy and sandy terrain. Plus I reallly hate that you have to buy those specific tires that no one carries.
Hated to give a like as was sitting at 69 but thanks for your opinion still waiting on a real review from someone as looking to get maybe this one or just the F3 in 2025 or 2026
THERRE IS a video of the stryker and the yamaha with the two front wheels going to ATV trails, the sad thing is if the RUT is down the center, your screwed. THe video is on youtube.
it honestly makes no sense at all. and that price tag is going to scare pretty much everyone away. Just a giant fail in my eyes. Nothing the Ryker Rally can't do.
Yeah I definitely want to see what it can do vs the Ryker Rally or traditional adv bikes. They definitely have some work to do to prove that this is worth it.
Biggest concern for everyone in Australia on these, is how will it go off road with a belt. Has more storage, more grunt, greater ground clearance, more comfort, ability to use gears etc, when compared to the Ryker Rally. So it should has some success on reasonable dirt roads on long tours. Full on off road, I am not so sure. A video worth watching is one done by the Revzilla crew with a Yamaha Nikon and a Ryker Rally on some fairly serious off road terrain. They went ok, but when it got real serious, they came up short. I would love to see someone take the Canyon on the same tracks and see how it performs. That video is worth a watch. Cheers from Australia.
I got a bit excited that finally there was a review online for the Canyon from someone who has ridden one. Alas my disappointment that it was just an opinion piece from a Spyder ryder based on press releases.
I have a few mates who ride adventure bikes, but I can't do two wheels due an injury. I would love to tour with those guys on three wheels, but the Ryker Rally is just a day ride with no storage. If you do get to ride one, can you please post up a review as the Canyon is currently not available in Australia. Not even certain it will become available in Australia as it currently does not meet Australian design regulations with some of the lights etc. Not sure they will modify them for a smaller market of only a few hundred.
Anyway, thanks for your thoughts on the Canyon, please ride one and post another review.
Cheers.
I test rode a few Can-Am models a few years ago, I was surprised I liked them as much as I did. I was in an urban area though and the width stopped me. A bike gets through traffic much more easily where the Can-Am was so wide you'd be stuck like a car. Now I live on a dirt road in an area with tons of them and I'd stayed away from a Can-Am due to the belt issues picking up gravel and shredding. Will be interesting to see if they actually work out.
I own a GS incidentally and it's an awesome bad/dirt road bike, but for anything more challenging it's a big heavy, expensive machine, you need years of dirt bike experience to really go on them. Something like my 690R is a lot better for most people on a lot of dirt or anything approaching a trail.
I'd tend to agree. I'm interested to see this thing out in the wild, but I'm not convinced it will offer much more than offroad styling. Personally I've become less interested in street riding lately, so I've been looking at getting a scrambler for some light trail running with a bike that I can easily load into the bed of my truck.
@@3WK-ADV I'm getting old so I also happen to love the full weather coverage of the RT model, I'm also tall so the extended windscreen is handy. The Canyon seems to have much less coverage for wind and weather.
As to a scrambler, the only thing I'd tell you is the amount of suspension travel on an enduro is a big advantage, but you also get the tall seat height with it. I'm too big for pretty much any bike so it's not an issue for me, but consider that carefully.
Light weight makes rough going so much easier, it's night and day. Also the ability to comfortably stand is everything, the bikes handle way better when standing on rough surfaces.
Glad that I will buy one in Redrock trim.
@@RichardJoashTan I can’t wait to see them in action!
lol dude.. you spam every single Canyon video this. no way you don't work for Can am lol...
My thoughts coming from a true adventure rider. The real issue is when the stuff hits the fan. I ride the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route ever few years. 1350 miles of 90% remote offroad. Very remote and limited access. Sure it would mostly be doable on the canyon or even the ryker. But not on Magruder Cooridor or Lolo Motorway. Pot holes off camber, deep ruts, bolder fields, wash outs, fairly steep long loose rocky up hills for miles at times. Where even on my bike if i stop i would have trouble getting going again. With only 1 wheel trying to push all that weight up hill, i jave mu doubts about it. Even with mud terrain tires. So while im not there yet, in 10 years when i retire, this might be better suited for me as a long distance adv style open cockpit vehicle. Maybe by then. With after market lift kits, and maybe.....just maybe an AWD version will be released. If Can Am truly wants a piece of the adventure/overlanding pie. Then an AWD version is a must. Then i would sell all my bike for this. As i can haul as much supplies with me to make my planned 2 years on a bike after retirement a reality. Have plenty of gear to do what ever i wanted all alone in the wilderness. But until that happens, i wait for realworld reviews...and i watched that same video with the nyken. Video was done by the guys over at revzilla on their youtube channel. So thats my thoughts.
Thanks for sharing your perspective here! I also have my reservations about the Canyon handling true adventure riding rigors. Time will tell but hopefully we are all pleasantly surprised. Good call out on the AWD as well!
It think it’s great for light off road use which is their target user. After all how many pickup trucks actually haul big stuff around.
Definitely a good point, a lot of this stuff is marketed as a “lifestyle” more than a true tool
I wish it was 3WD. I would trade in my ryker rally. It looks cool. I have put 14k on my ryker on all kind of terrain. Lots of fun, it sucks on muddy and sandy terrain. Plus I reallly hate that you have to buy those specific tires that no one carries.
100% some sort of power to all wheels would have taken this think to another level.
Hated to give a like as was sitting at 69 but thanks for your opinion still waiting on a real review from someone as looking to get maybe this one or just the F3 in 2025 or 2026
THERRE IS a video of the stryker and the yamaha with the two front wheels going to ATV trails, the sad thing is if the RUT is down the center, your screwed. THe video is on youtube.
If it’s on and off road machine it needs to be all wheel drive
it honestly makes no sense at all. and that price tag is going to scare pretty much everyone away. Just a giant fail in my eyes. Nothing the Ryker Rally can't do.
And I am happy that I will buy a Canyon Redrock because the only fail here in MY eyes is yours.
@@RichardJoashTan LOL dude you are absolutely ridiculous.
Yeah I definitely want to see what it can do vs the Ryker Rally or traditional adv bikes. They definitely have some work to do to prove that this is worth it.
@@3WK-ADV big price tag, want to see it off road, and NO WRINCH? your not going to push it if stuck.
Biggest concern for everyone in Australia on these, is how will it go off road with a belt.
Has more storage, more grunt, greater ground clearance, more comfort, ability to use gears etc, when compared to the Ryker Rally. So it should has some success on reasonable dirt roads on long tours. Full on off road, I am not so sure.
A video worth watching is one done by the Revzilla crew with a Yamaha Nikon and a Ryker Rally on some fairly serious off road terrain. They went ok, but when it got real serious, they came up short.
I would love to see someone take the Canyon on the same tracks and see how it performs. That video is worth a watch.
Cheers from Australia.