**** 2008 CAN AM SPYDER ROADSTER SM5 **********THE SPYDER ROADSTER IS A THREE-WHEELED ROADSTER FOR THE ROAD, WITH TWO WHEELS IN FRONT AND ONE IN THE REAR, AND CAN BE DESCRIBED AS PART MOTORCYCLE, PART CONVERTIBLE SPORTS CAR. IT OFFERS ALL OF THE OPEN-AIR BENEFITS OF A MOTORCYCLE AND MANY OF THE PEACE-OF-MIND FEATURES OF A CAR, SOMETHING NOT TRADITIONALLY FOUND IN OPEN-ROAD RIDING. ITS REVOLUTIONARY 3-WHEELED STANCE ALTERS THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN VEHICLE AND ASPHALT. LEAVING RIDERS FOREVER CHANGED BY WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS THE Y-FACTOR.THE SPYDER HAS STATE-OF-THE-ART POWER AND TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING A ROTAX 990 V-TWIN ENGINE FEATURING DUAL-OVERHEAD CAMS AND FOUR VALVES PER CYLINDER. THIS SAME 106 HORSEPOWER ENGINE IS FOUND IN A NUMBER OF REPUTABLE MOTORCYCLES. IT WILL BE AVAILABLE WITH TWO TRANSMISSION OPTIONS, A SEQUENTIAL MANUAL FIVE-SPEED (SM5) AND SEQUENTIAL ELECTRONIC FIVE-SPEED (SE5) TRANSMISSION.Mileage:8200