This channel has better production values than most TV shows - I can't imagine how long each segment takes to make. Between the music, the historical cut-scenes, location shoots, testing, graphics. It's insane.
Kawasaki: "We've made a street bike that's really fast, has weak brakes, and steers like a water buffalo on acid." Bombardier: "Have you _seen_ our entire product line?"
...Bombardier; "Kawi; you know not what you have, cause I have your 2020 ninja 1K and it is a gem in every way, from brakes, steering to comfort level! - my tricycles are for pansies and so that everyone may laugh at them"
@@usheffi I was referring to the original Kawi H2 Mach III, a three cylinder 2-stroke that did one thing well, and one thing only: go in a straight line, very very fast. The front suspension was about as solid as a pair of half-boiled cannolini's, the brakes were an afterthought, and the powerband was a binary Oh Shit setting somewhere on the tachometer, but in spite of that, it's one of the sought after classics.
@@usheffi Nope! and based on the video, not likely to either. :) My experience with the Kawi H2 Mach III was a coworker restoring one, and telling tales of when he first rode the bike.
In the space of 15 minutes I went from not ever having heard of Can Am motorcycles to being sad about it's downfall to hopeful about its revival. Thanks Ryan!
The art of storytelling is what it is on top of it creative audio video is just a bonus. Damn you spoil youtube because most of it looks lame after your videos.
The Can Am dirt bikes of the mid 70's were very popular and blew everything thing else out of the water. I had a Yamaha DT250 at the time and wanted a Can Am in the worst way. Sad they didn't keep up with development and faded away.
@@enallane5538 Which proved to be their downfall. If they would have kept up with suspension development etc. they would probably still be around. No one could touch the guys around 1975 that had one. They were light, fast and handled well.
BRP in Merida Mexico is a scam, horrible service, arrogant and prepotent staff, seems like they are too busy laundering money to actually deal with real clients
@@gggromay all brands have places like that I like the manufacturers for what they do but dealerships I definitely stay away from and I worked at a Kawasaki dealership
Great history lesson on Can-Am, most of which I didn't know. After riding motorcycle for over fifty years, medical issues made riding a thing of the past. My wife must have seen it coming and told me, for several years, to test ride a Spyder. I was dead set against three wheels, most especially if two were up front. Eventually I sadly sold all my bikes and listened to my wife. I now own a 2021 Spyder F3. I was lukewarm about the idea at first but now I'm very glad that I bought it. The Spyder keeps my knees in the breeze and a smile on my face. And you can't beat that.
The year was 1974 . I was in my second year at high school. I had heard about the awesome power of the Can Am Rotax engine and I wanted one. I worked after school for months and saved every dollar. I bought a new, 1974 Can Am TNT 125 for $1065 and took it out for the first time to the grounds of my high school. The power was amazing! It had a plastic tank and fenders so it could handle abuse. I even bought the same shirt that Ryan wears in the video. When I turned 16 I licensed it and rode it to work. I loved that bike. It was unlike anything else in the market.
This show is slowly becoming what the old top gear use to be. Its an entertainment masterpiece, wrapped in the familiar cloth of a "motorcycle review". Keep after it, I see the channel really going places!
Absolutely. You can see that Ryan was a Top Gear fan and his videos are all the better for it. Top Gear was a worldwide cultural phenomenon of the 2000's. It's so heartening to see it's influence in this quality online production of the 2010's.
Rourke Buechel Sorry but this is, AND WAS at the time of your comment, better than Top Gear. And more creative. I liked their content back in the day. However they they didn't think they needed help with writing their script and their technique got old after a while. Ryan on the other hand puts 100% effort into his videos. He's a wizard at entertainment.
The fact you can still buy and ride running Skidoos from the 60s is honestly a testament to their quality. I had a 64 Olympic and while it made all the power of a lawnmower, it's narrow frame and grunty single cylinder were ideal for cutting new trails for the bigger sleds to follow.
As a Ryker owner, I think this video is a perfect representation of why some people will love Rykers, and some will wonder why anyone rides them at all. They are unruly, physical machines where you really do feel the road like nothing else. You can swing the back end out with ease and spin tires all day long. If a normal bike is a horse, elegant and fierce, the Ryker is a giant boar, wild and instinctual. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
Proud to be Canadian and proud to work for BRP as a supplier. The company is in terrific shape and lots of nice things are coming. This has to be the best video about CanAm! Great research!
I met a guy with no legs riding his Spyder during Bike Week in Daytona. He loved it and I've looked at them with respect ever since. I've been shot and had my hand blown open in the US military, so I might switch to one one day. I wish they would switch to automatic gears and make it a bagger. Thanks for another awesome video!!!
How to improve your evening after a long day: 1) A glass of single malt. 2) Watching a skinny Canadian talk about...Pretty much anything. I'd watch Canadian local weather channel if Ryan was the weather man.
The Can Am 3 wheelers are perfect for my riding buddy who got run over on his Harley by a city dump truck. After a year in the hospital and rehab, he can ride with us again. And he doesn't have to strap his walker thingy to the rack anymore. He has since graduated to using a cane. Thank you Can Am. Also, Jimmy Eliis championship winning Can Am is on display at the CT Motorcycle Museum in Rockville, CT. Scary to think of riding it today.
Serious question. Why couldn't your buddy ride a Trike with 2 wheels at the rear instead? A nice Harley trike looks a million times better than these things.
@@1974UTuber tadpole(2 wheels at the front) trikes are inherently more stable in a corner, aerodynamically better and have a simpler drivetrain than traditional delta trikes
I work at a BRP dealer and have worked my way up the ranks. When I was at the bottom of the totem pole so to speak, I got to drive rykers and spyders around our property for various reasons, I love them. They are very fun and definitely not for everyone, but don't underestimate them
The trikes that have 2 wheels in the front, are beautiful. They seem to be light years better at handling too. The conventional "chopper" trikes are just painful looking.
Ritalie I disagree with you that this is beautiful. But I could see this actually being bought by someone who can actually ride a motorcycle, not like the harley trike
We exept you if you would like to join us,here in Canada.REAL Canadian,original founding family. neighbors of the Bombardier brothers.no just kidding hehehe.
I went to the Bombardier museum once when visiting one of the manufacturing facility and they had a bunch of old prototype ski-doo for races, some that were never completed. One was a huge ski-doo, wider than a car with its front being made entirely of 6 or 8 independent engines. They were never able to synchronize them all to make it go forward but it really talks about what kind of ideas they are willing to try to get progress going.
From one Canadian to Ryan F9... Thank you for showing that Canada is full of innovation, rebels, risk-takers and some awesome history that can only be described as Canadian Kick Ass! Your videos are always the highlight of TH-cam! Can wait for the next!
Can-am pretty much dominates the offroad market, at least when it comes to speed, their outlander 850's and 1000's are ungodly machines. with insane horsepower that is to the point where it is scary to ride. lets just say I know that from experience, 70 mph down a dirt road on atv tires is freaky.
The increasing quality of your videos in the last year has been great to watch. I love your vids and the fact that you are Canadian makes me proud while, at the same time, you understand what riding in Canada is all about. Keep up the fantastic work and forever stay with the Canadian perspective. That's why I watch. Best of luck to you in the future!
@@Dave5843-d9m Documentaries don't negate his behavior when the cameras are off. People always have more than one side, and the bell end side can be pretty well hidden.
When I went to the US, i felt strangly like the UnitedStatians were ,y countryman, when next to british and south africans. We were Americans, even if I was A french speaking one, they were really interested in learning about weather Canadian french and united state french were similar. We may not have freedom of speach, the second amendment or retarded medieval units, but in a way, we are one family, united by America and a belief in individual freedom and rights and the rule of common law.
@@cripto136 our retarded medieval units put men and vehicles on the moon. The world is navigated in nautical miles. Speech is spelled with two "e"s. French is spelled with a capital.
@@stevek8829 We used metric for the moon landing, it is the unit used by science and is generally more practical and easy to understand when doing calculations.
In the city where i live there is a guy who rode motorcycles all his life and had an illness and he is now in wheelchair for the rest of his life. He rides a can-am and that's why i love this thing, it gives you the chance to keep riding, no matter what.
There are 3 motorcycle channels worth watching on TH-cam. Fortnine, MotoTrek, and Pedro Mota. Okay, maybe there are more, but you three are my favorites. Ryan has a great conglomeration of knowledge and product reviews, you have taught me an enormous deal about riding a big adventure bike, and Pedro is just a blast to follow on his adventures. I was pleasantly surprised to see the video you and Ryan tossed back and forth.
Awesome! I never 'understood' the whole Can Am thing as a spotty teen in late 70s in Australia when I picked up a Can Am brochure at local dirtbike shop. I recall they definitely had a rep as an 'experts only' machine.
killing a rare free evening by flipping through the FortNine video catalogue in the summer of 2022.. and I firmly believe this channel is criminally under-rated. The cinematography, editing, audio engineering, scripting, and production is ridiculously good --- and not in an over-the-top way either. It's so good, you don't realize how good it is until you re-watch the same video 3 or 4 times in a row just to take it all in. And manages to appeal to veteran riders, noobs, wanna-be's,, and cagers what are interested in the 2 wheeled world equally, without being condescending on the one end, or over-simplifying it at the other end. I don't know how the hell you manage to pull it off, consistently and repeatedly....but you do. And I for one really really appreciate every single video Ryan, you thank us at the end of the video. But allow me to return the thanks to you and the entire crew behind these incredible works of art. indeed, THANK YOU!
This video gave me chills, and I'm ~90 miles south of Canada as the crow flies. Great video. Also, the idea of a Ryker on snow tires gets me all tingly.
I learned to ride as a early teen in the mid 90s on my dad's old Can Am 250 from the 70s, all orange. It felt way too big for me it was like riding a horse. Super fun and did great on the trails. The basement at my Omas house in Quebec was like a motocross time capsule. They had 3 orange monsters of various displacements, boots, oil, gear, and Can am race posters everywhere. A glorious memory and where my love for motorcycles began.
Aneesh - production is amazing, blows everything i have seen on youtube out the water, keep having to remind myself these videos are not on major tv network. Amazing work, well done!
My first bike ever was a TNT 250. What a great dirt bike, light, balanced, smooth power delivery and built like a submarine in the wet. Bought it from Walt Healey Yamaha in Calgary (long gone, as are the trails I used to ride on). But what a bike. Excellent video! Thank you Fort 9.
Not only did I loved the Canadian flavour but I was utterly impressed with the editing. You definitely have an inborn sense showmanship and you know how to bring it out when needed. You got me.
As a regular motorcycle rider, I used to make fun of the backwards three wheelers, but then I had a chance to ride a buddies Ryker 900. I couldn’t believe how much I liked it! Roll on burnouts, little power slides, and the acceleration! If I had space in the garage, I would probably be getting one.
Ahh the Elan... the 2-5-0... the mach 12... if they ever resurrect the name with similar power under the hood and the same ease of maintenance, BRP would own the entire snowmobile industry...
I recently saw the announcement of Can-Am getting into motorcycles again with a new all electric lineup and immediately remembered this video. I know there's still a long way before electric motorcycles become capable of replacing the ICE ones but this video makes me believe that Can-Am will be able to deliver something especial, just like they did in the past.
This is probably the best execution of a history lesson/motorcycle introduction I’ve experienced and I’ve been a cop watching videos for the last 7 years
Swear to god, you need to get the guys at The Grand Tour to have you on as a guest presenter. Your production quality is top notch and your videos are all interesting.
I got a lump in my throat there at the end and almost burst into the national anthem. Very well done. I've had a Spyder now for about 4 years and it's a pretty awesome ride. Oddly enough they aren't the only Canadian company making Motorcycle engine powered 3 wheelers. Maybe a video on the Campagna T-Rex next :)
I watched the car-tire-on-a-bike video by accident. It was quirky enough to watch this one. This guy is a game-changer. Wayyyy more fun to watch than the chumps who do their boring videos holding an I-phone. This is quality stuff.
I loved my Can-Am 250. I had a 1977 and trashed my leg on it in 1980 right outside the Planetarium in Vancouver. Still miss that bike. Love this channel and echo many of the positive comments below!
Good history lesson! Now I remember where I got the three-inch-long scar on my left shoulder. A 250cc CanAm TNT and a 110 lb16-year-old were not a good mix.
@@zazarays I remember the CanAm motorcycles as very powerful and very fast bikes. No, they did not handle well, mostly due to the poor suspension and frame flex.
I just bought a 2008 Can Am Spyder and I am grateful for this history lesson. It'll give me some ammo against riders who want to downgrade my bike. Love your content.
Speaking as one American, a summer snowmobile sounds pretty damn awesome. Especially when built by my personal favorite snowmobile company. Just wish the Spyder/Ryker had a thumb throttle.
I own a 2017 Cam-Am Spyder RT also a 2019 Spyder ST, to say I love them is an understatement. The amount of tech in these bikes is off the charts. The Rotax power plant is dependable as hell. Yes with the stock tires at 20 psi do cause the bike to feel "squiggly". The cure is good quality auto tires at 32 psi. A totally different world. Also with all the tech the bike has to use a belt drive to transfer power to the rear tire is a let down. I would and will buy another one. Your channel really is amazing. Keep up the good work bro.
This sort of thing is why I watch your videos, Ryan. Fantastic production values, and more about the history of Bombardier (BRP) than I knew before. Still don't think it's a motorcycle, but I'll wave at people riding (not driving - riding) one.
Even with Three Wheelers: Good Job! I see the comment regularly that this is the best Motorcycle related content on YT but after nearly exhausting your library I am convinced you have the best "Do-It-Yourself" content on the Inter-Web! I watch everything from Auto-Centric to Xylophone Repair and Race/All Terrain/Off Road/4X4 to DIY of every topic and I do not see the consistent high quality and creative thoughtfulness of F9. Nobody, Nowhere, Knowhow. I will shut up now and start at the top. Thanks for the great Videos and for sharing your talents.
Dude, that Can Am moto jersey is the coolest garment I have seen in years. Can Am was considered a top shelf choice of serious off-road & enduro riders from the mid 1970's until 1981 or so. I know this first hand because I'm old & graduated from High School in 1981 after riding them since 1977 & went away to college & met other Can Am owners who had just purchased a recent Qualifier. I loved & still miss those high rev snappy power bands of the 2-stroke Can Am's for off road (you definitely had to know how to ride & manhandle them) & Yamaha RD 350's & RD400's for the street. Also had a 1977 Suzuki Triple 2-stroke liquid cooled GT750 (Water Buffalo or Tea Kettle)Very sad to see them all go away. Yep, Suzuki conquered everything off-road at the time with their lighter, easily ridden, more manageable & very quick new RM's. Back to the point, I gotta get me a new Can Am jersey. Also, love the traditional colour scheme on the Ryker.
Wow 😳 this was so awesome! Informative! Gripping! Exciting! I know any Canadian that watches it will feel a sense of pride! Thank you for such quality content!
What a great job you did on this documentary. I remember the CanAm in the 70's. It caught my interest but I never pulled the trigger. I feel the same way about the spider, I'm curious but I'm a long ways away from pulling the trigger. I'm impressed with this company's ambition and innovation.
3:12 -Let me run over a braille Agatha Christie and I'll tell you who-done-it. That's brilliant. I literally laughed out loud. How many people staff this channel?
@@FortNine holy shit, 2 people 2 freaking people accomplish this nice of a job, consider me and im sure many others very impressed i thought it was something like a team of 10-12 with you just as it's figurehead or something *stupid i know*
Nicely done. I am a biker but also love the Ryker. Different riding experiences for sure but each has its own thrills. The Ryker is a fun machine and the absence of the refinements found on the Spyder I think are actually a plus. Both full road niches that nothing else touches (and don’t say Polaris Slingshot as it is a car).
Rotax is still owned by Bombardier, still produces the engines for their quads, snow mobiles, aircrafts, and even motorcycle engines for BMW (and according to wikipedia for Aprillia too).
I need to thank the Algorithm gods for suggesting this channel to me. The production value is better than most Hollywood movies these days! Thank you Ryan for these videos. Just a few more days and I'll have powered through all of them
Recently purchased my Ryker Rally after 25 years on two wheels. It is a fun machine! Take all the normal worries of two wheels away and just leaves the fun and the wind!
This channel has better production values than most TV shows - I can't imagine how long each segment takes to make. Between the music, the historical cut-scenes, location shoots, testing, graphics. It's insane.
This episode from FortNine was a better 'historical review' than all of the History's Channel's productions over the last 10 years.
Agree this is amzing
Agreed.
This still stands up 2 years later.
This channel is genius
You are without question the best quality motorcycle related channel on TH-cam.
STFU! you should know yammie noob is the best(jk)
@@armanrgun47 Yammie Noob my arse!
44Teeth is goddamn good, too.
Best channel on TH-cam, full stop. Motorcycle or not.
@@armanrgun47 Crashes into Porsche* "Guys!, Give me money!"
This channel has spoiled me. After a few videos here, I find myself looking at content from other channels and going "Meh, whatever"
IKR.i rewatch old episodes just waiting for new content from F9
Same.
Going from this to yammienoob or something makes the other stuff look like garbage.
John Ridley same
Dido
Kawasaki: "We've made a street bike that's really fast, has weak brakes, and steers like a water buffalo on acid."
Bombardier: "Have you _seen_ our entire product line?"
...Bombardier; "Kawi; you know not what you have, cause I have your 2020 ninja 1K and it is a gem in every way, from brakes, steering to comfort level! - my tricycles are for pansies and so that everyone may laugh at them"
Kawis actually have some great motorbikes!
@@usheffi I was referring to the original Kawi H2 Mach III, a three cylinder 2-stroke that did one thing well, and one thing only: go in a straight line, very very fast. The front suspension was about as solid as a pair of half-boiled cannolini's, the brakes were an afterthought, and the powerband was a binary Oh Shit setting somewhere on the tachometer, but in spite of that, it's one of the sought after classics.
@@georgeerhard1949 in that case I can't really comment, since I've never tried it. Have you tried the Z900?
@@usheffi Nope! and based on the video, not likely to either. :)
My experience with the Kawi H2 Mach III was a coworker restoring one, and telling tales of when he first rode the bike.
You made me feel proud to be Canadian.
And I'm Australian.
Well done! Haha.
o00osimbasmateo00o Hey don't forget our Gogomobile. Aussie autotech at it's highest level.
🇨🇦lololo
Aussies are just upside down canadians anyway
YAHTZEE!
Don’t forget to poor maple sirop on your chest. 😂😅
I was getting all patriotic there at the end.... Then I was like, "wait, I'm an American."
LOL 😂 Me too! Then I started thinking about putting my state flag under my American flag.
me tree! then i realized im swedish.. ohwell.. go husqvarna i guess!
lol sorry about that!!!!!
🇨🇦👍🤫
Same
In the space of 15 minutes I went from not ever having heard of Can Am motorcycles to being sad about it's downfall to hopeful about its revival. Thanks Ryan!
The art of storytelling is what it is on top of it creative audio video is just a bonus. Damn you spoil youtube because most of it looks lame after your videos.
The Can Am dirt bikes of the mid 70's were very popular and blew everything thing else out of the water. I had a Yamaha DT250 at the time and wanted a Can Am in the worst way. Sad they didn't keep up with development and faded away.
@@Doug_Morgan sounds like they did keep up with RnD but invested all their resources into power instead of it as a bike.
@@enallane5538 Which proved to be their downfall. If they would have kept up with suspension development etc. they would probably still be around. No one could touch the guys around 1975 that had one. They were light, fast and handled well.
@@Doug_Morgan hopefully you get to experience a can am :p sounds like a crazy deathtrap on wheels that is so cool that you can't not ride it XD
I never tought I'd shed a mapple syrup tear while watching a motorcycle journalist giving an history lesson about Canada's most controversial brand.
BRP in Merida Mexico is a scam, horrible service, arrogant and prepotent staff, seems like they are too busy laundering money to actually deal with real clients
@@gggromay all brands have places like that I like the manufacturers for what they do but dealerships I definitely stay away from and I worked at a Kawasaki dealership
@@gggromay had to look up prepotent. It's a good word lol. For others: preeminent in power, authority, or influence; predominant:
I think you meant “Sled” a tear
@@gggromay isnt that just mexico in general. its one big drug laundering business.
Great history lesson on Can-Am, most of which I didn't know. After riding motorcycle for over fifty years, medical issues made riding a thing of the past. My wife must have seen it coming and told me, for several years, to test ride a Spyder. I was dead set against three wheels, most especially if two were up front. Eventually I sadly sold all my bikes and listened to my wife. I now own a 2021 Spyder F3. I was lukewarm about the idea at first but now I'm very glad that I bought it. The Spyder keeps my knees in the breeze and a smile on my face. And you can't beat that.
The year was 1974 . I was in my second year at high school. I had heard about the awesome power of the Can Am Rotax engine and I wanted one. I worked after school for months and saved every dollar. I bought a new, 1974 Can Am TNT 125 for $1065 and took it out for the first time to the grounds of my high school. The power was amazing! It had a plastic tank and fenders so it could handle abuse. I even bought the same shirt that Ryan wears in the video. When I turned 16 I licensed it and rode it to work. I loved that bike. It was unlike anything else in the market.
This show is slowly becoming what the old top gear use to be. Its an entertainment masterpiece, wrapped in the familiar cloth of a "motorcycle review". Keep after it, I see the channel really going places!
Absolutely. You can see that Ryan was a Top Gear fan and his videos are all the better for it.
Top Gear was a worldwide cultural phenomenon of the 2000's. It's so heartening to see it's influence in this quality online production of the 2010's.
@@TimpaNidevo I actually noticed a very Jeremy Clarkson manner to his speech, but without the cocky attitude.
You can't go wrong emulating Top Gear (at least to a certain extent). "Oh, cock!"
Rourke Buechel Sorry but this is, AND WAS at the time of your comment, better than Top Gear. And more creative. I liked their content back in the day. However they they didn't think they needed help with writing their script and their technique got old after a while. Ryan on the other hand puts 100% effort into his videos. He's a wizard at entertainment.
I’m replying from the future. This channel exceeds anything Top Gear ever did
Came to watch a FortNine video,
sat through a FortNine movie.
You, sir, are amazing.
Viewed on a 55'' screen we all clapped spontaneously at the end.
You sat through a commercial.
It's not just him, his whole crew!
I didn't want the video to end, lol
“Let me run over a Braille Agatha Christy and I’ll tell you who done it”
That is hilarious 😂
No it wasn’t. But okay
@@keithquinn5624 I found it funny
The fact you can still buy and ride running Skidoos from the 60s is honestly a testament to their quality.
I had a 64 Olympic and while it made all the power of a lawnmower, it's narrow frame and grunty single cylinder were ideal for cutting new trails for the bigger sleds to follow.
As a Ryker owner, I think this video is a perfect representation of why some people will love Rykers, and some will wonder why anyone rides them at all. They are unruly, physical machines where you really do feel the road like nothing else. You can swing the back end out with ease and spin tires all day long. If a normal bike is a horse, elegant and fierce, the Ryker is a giant boar, wild and instinctual. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
This is more than a review- it's art.
umm its colser to a documentary than a review lol
I learned something.
arman rgun: Closer to a eulogy, I’d say.
There is a review in there somewhere...
@@ypirnay I have no idea what that means xD
A 15 minute 29 second love letter of Canadian pride.
Those Canadians are a class act - respect for them and whatever it is that Cam Am is trying to do with the Spyder!
A beautiful love letter to Canada, Bombardier, And Motorsports history, all at once.
Well done 👍🏼
Proud to be Canadian and proud to work for BRP as a supplier. The company is in terrific shape and lots of nice things are coming.
This has to be the best video about CanAm! Great research!
BRP though
Anybody else read that as BuRP?
Can-Am is a much better name.
I met a guy with no legs riding his Spyder during Bike Week in Daytona. He loved it and I've looked at them with respect ever since. I've been shot and had my hand blown open in the US military, so I might switch to one one day.
I wish they would switch to automatic gears and make it a bagger.
Thanks for another awesome video!!!
How to improve your evening after a long day:
1) A glass of single malt.
2) Watching a skinny Canadian talk about...Pretty much anything. I'd watch Canadian local weather channel if Ryan was the weather man.
It aint just him. But yeah, good team
@@GarlTsagan the team are two guys, Ryan and Aneesh
@@GarlTsagan 9
The most down-to-earth youtuber the world has ever seen... Thank you for that. Awesome content as always.
Kind regards
I feel like I just watched a full length movie.
From the 80’s
The Can Am 3 wheelers are perfect for my riding buddy who got run over on his Harley by a city dump truck. After a year in the hospital and rehab, he can ride with us again. And he doesn't have to strap his walker thingy to the rack anymore. He has since graduated to using a cane. Thank you Can Am. Also, Jimmy Eliis championship winning Can Am is on display at the CT Motorcycle Museum in Rockville, CT. Scary to think of riding it today.
Serious question.
Why couldn't your buddy ride a Trike with 2 wheels at the rear instead?
A nice Harley trike looks a million times better than these things.
@@1974UTuber because not everybody want's to pay 3 times as much for an inferior product
@@1974UTuber not to mention you can have alot more fun on these lightweight Rykers then you can on the glorified Harley mobility scooter
@@1974UTuber tadpole(2 wheels at the front) trikes are inherently more stable in a corner, aerodynamically better and have a simpler drivetrain than traditional delta trikes
@@1974UTuber I would expect a harely fan to care about aesthetics above all else.
I work at a BRP dealer and have worked my way up the ranks. When I was at the bottom of the totem pole so to speak, I got to drive rykers and spyders around our property for various reasons, I love them. They are very fun and definitely not for everyone, but don't underestimate them
Get rained on like on a motorcycle, get stuck in trafic like on a car, the beauty of tricycles.
A bottle of maple syrup just popped in front of me.
The trikes that have 2 wheels in the front, are beautiful. They seem to be light years better at handling too. The conventional "chopper" trikes are just painful looking.
Ritalie I disagree with you that this is beautiful. But I could see this actually being bought by someone who can actually ride a motorcycle, not like the harley trike
I hated these things until I had a girlfriend lol I wanted to buy her a grom but I figured a 3 wheeled trike would be safer.
@@thumpertorque_ those groms make monster power, very very unsafe bikes while you're going at the 50mph top speed
Lane splitting is illegal in Canada so, you'd be rained on and stuck in traffic regardless of whether or not it has 3 wheels.
Master storyteller. Once again you made something I couldn't careless about incredibly interesting.
My thoughts as well.
I'm not even Canadian but this makes me patriotic 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
We exept you if you would like to join us,here in Canada.REAL Canadian,original founding family. neighbors of the Bombardier brothers.no just kidding hehehe.
As a Canadian I actually cried to this cause I’m amazed by this video of this amazing company. Love my 99 600 MXZ.
Same here.
Oh Canada, my Canada.
Did I do it?
Am I I Canadian now?
Even Canadian hyper nationalism is tame lol
I went to the Bombardier museum once when visiting one of the manufacturing facility and they had a bunch of old prototype ski-doo for races, some that were never completed. One was a huge ski-doo, wider than a car with its front being made entirely of 6 or 8 independent engines. They were never able to synchronize them all to make it go forward but it really talks about what kind of ideas they are willing to try to get progress going.
Weird, wild and Canadian. Yep! That's us right there! 🙌
So, what would you say about the T-Rex 3 wheeler?
Hey. Please start making actual motorcycles again. That would be pretty cool.
@@weldonyoung1013 the t rex is a car though, bombardier was all about small and fast.
@@FrostyIgnition would agree with that as the T-rex is not a sit-on-top.
Oh Canada! 🇨🇦
So proud to have you guys as fellow North Americans!!
Great pride, great history, and as always...great video!
From one Canadian to Ryan F9... Thank you for showing that Canada is full of innovation, rebels, risk-takers and some awesome history that can only be described as Canadian Kick Ass! Your videos are always the highlight of TH-cam! Can wait for the next!
Your Maple syrup, your whiskey, hockey and these videos I think that’s all you guys got bud.
Oh sorry snowmobiles are fun as fuck too. Those three wheeler things are horrible tho guy.
Alright jet ski’s are super fun too. You guys are alright aye
You guys forgot tyranny, tyrannical government witnessed a few weeks ago
This is by far the best three wheeler pitch ever.
Still, I would never buy one.
But I don't hate them that much anymore.
May Can-Am rise once more.
Not a motorcycle, but its a hoot to ride. Like a go-kart with a handlebar. Yeee haaa!
We can start by being friends 👋
Haha exactly my feelings too
Always wanted a can am when I was young fella
Can-am pretty much dominates the offroad market, at least when it comes to speed, their outlander 850's and 1000's are ungodly machines. with insane horsepower that is to the point where it is scary to ride. lets just say I know that from experience, 70 mph down a dirt road on atv tires is freaky.
Well if Can-Am put the 2 wheels at the correct end of the Trike, maybe the company would be doing better now. 🤣
Good Lord, the quality of F9 vids are amazing. Truly.
The increasing quality of your videos in the last year has been great to watch.
I love your vids and the fact that you are Canadian makes me proud while, at the same time, you understand what riding in Canada is all about.
Keep up the fantastic work and forever stay with the Canadian perspective. That's why I watch.
Best of luck to you in the future!
A young Clarkson with amazing talent but dosnt get the credit he deserves
Less of a bell-end than Clarkson though
If you think Clarkson is bell end you should watch his documentaries. He wrote, produced and presented them.
@@Dave5843-d9m Documentaries don't negate his behavior when the cameras are off. People always have more than one side, and the bell end side can be pretty well hidden.
@@mfbfreak what about young clarkson?
He's definitely more of a James May with his intimate knowledge of everything mechanical, obsession with detail, and over all sheer nerdiness.
I’m not from Canada, but somehow I can hear ‘oh Canada’ in my head and feeling so proud. Ryan you’re good.
Hey so.... The review was good but honestly I really loved the mini doc on the history of cam an and would love to see more of stuff like this.
I feel proud to be Canadian, and I have never been to Canada.
Always a treat to watch.
Forget calling it "the best motorcycle Content on TH-cam"....this channel consistently puts out the best content of any kind on TH-cam.
Is it strange that as an American I watch this and have the same feeling of pride as I would for a brother but for Canada?
Because at the end of the day we're all the same! 🇨🇦
When I went to the US, i felt strangly like the UnitedStatians were ,y countryman, when next to british and south africans. We were Americans, even if I was A french speaking one, they were really interested in learning about weather Canadian french and united state french were similar. We may not have freedom of speach, the second amendment or retarded medieval units, but in a way, we are one family, united by America and a belief in individual freedom and rights and the rule of common law.
Nah, it’s a bit like that with Australia and NZ
@@cripto136 our retarded medieval units put men and vehicles on the moon. The world is navigated in nautical miles. Speech is spelled with two "e"s. French is spelled with a capital.
@@stevek8829 We used metric for the moon landing, it is the unit used by science and is generally more practical and easy to understand when doing calculations.
This is journalism. Excellent production, great research, fun to watch. Good work!
In the city where i live there is a guy who rode motorcycles all his life and had an illness and he is now in wheelchair for the rest of his life. He rides a can-am and that's why i love this thing, it gives you the chance to keep riding, no matter what.
Finally, Thats their target market is!
Didn't think the first time I would be crying watching a movie would be here but oh well, I am a proud Canadian now
I can not believe the amount of work you must put into your videos !! This is a professional documentary not a youtube video !! Awesome!
This video is going to sell more Rykers than anything Can-Am did themselfs, in canada.
@The Insufferable Tool , no go-carts are another little known Canadian product - the 3 wheeler T-Rex.
"Steer?"
"Nah im good"
😂😂😂
Great work. Love the writing and post production finesse and dedication to detail. Respect!
There are 3 motorcycle channels worth watching on TH-cam. Fortnine, MotoTrek, and Pedro Mota. Okay, maybe there are more, but you three are my favorites. Ryan has a great conglomeration of knowledge and product reviews, you have taught me an enormous deal about riding a big adventure bike, and Pedro is just a blast to follow on his adventures.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the video you and Ryan tossed back and forth.
Awesome! I never 'understood' the whole Can Am thing as a spotty teen in late 70s in Australia when I picked up a Can Am brochure at local dirtbike shop. I recall they definitely had a rep as an 'experts only' machine.
killing a rare free evening by flipping through the FortNine video catalogue in the summer of 2022.. and I firmly believe this channel is criminally under-rated. The cinematography, editing, audio engineering, scripting, and production is ridiculously good --- and not in an over-the-top way either. It's so good, you don't realize how good it is until you re-watch the same video 3 or 4 times in a row just to take it all in.
And manages to appeal to veteran riders, noobs, wanna-be's,, and cagers what are interested in the 2 wheeled world equally, without being condescending on the one end, or over-simplifying it at the other end.
I don't know how the hell you manage to pull it off, consistently and repeatedly....but you do. And I for one really really appreciate every single video
Ryan, you thank us at the end of the video. But allow me to return the thanks to you and the entire crew behind these incredible works of art. indeed, THANK YOU!
Bombardier should put this as a welcome on their frontpage. And pay you good money for it. Excellent, sir!
Well Can Am isn't parts of Bombardier anymore.
Watching this felt like I watched a movie, rise, fall & return of can-am, the video is 😍
This video gave me chills, and I'm ~90 miles south of Canada as the crow flies. Great video.
Also, the idea of a Ryker on snow tires gets me all tingly.
I lost my son when he was 5 months old so the story of Bombardier really resonates with me. Will have to get a Can Am someday because of that.
I learned to ride as a early teen in the mid 90s on my dad's old Can Am 250 from the 70s, all orange. It felt way too big for me it was like riding a horse. Super fun and did great on the trails. The basement at my Omas house in Quebec was like a motocross time capsule. They had 3 orange monsters of various displacements, boots, oil, gear, and Can am race posters everywhere. A glorious memory and where my love for motorcycles began.
The production values here... Truly among the best I've seen on TH-cam.
Aneesh - production is amazing, blows everything i have seen on youtube out the water, keep having to remind myself these videos are not on major tv network. Amazing work, well done!
Weirdly educational! in more ways than one.
Keep up the amazing work with the videos.
With Love, from India.
My first bike ever was a TNT 250. What a great dirt bike, light, balanced, smooth power delivery and built like a submarine in the wet. Bought it from Walt Healey Yamaha in Calgary (long gone, as are the trails I used to ride on). But what a bike.
Excellent video! Thank you Fort 9.
Not only did I loved the Canadian flavour but I was utterly impressed with the editing. You definitely have an inborn sense showmanship and you know how to bring it out when needed. You got me.
Hits "Like" first, and then proceeds.
Jayanth standard procedure with this channel
Same
As a regular motorcycle rider, I used to make fun of the backwards three wheelers, but then I had a chance to ride a buddies Ryker 900. I couldn’t believe how much I liked it! Roll on burnouts, little power slides, and the acceleration! If I had space in the garage, I would probably be getting one.
1972 Ski-Doo Elan was my first snowmobile. I think I have hearing loss from the thing.
Best part were the back fires. ..right at the ole' crotch!
Ahh the Elan... the 2-5-0... the mach 12... if they ever resurrect the name with similar power under the hood and the same ease of maintenance, BRP would own the entire snowmobile industry...
@@coolhandchunk Yes lol, and the thing had 0 stability so child me had a hard time with keeping speed in deep snow.
WHAT???
Me too.
I recently saw the announcement of Can-Am getting into motorcycles again with a new all electric lineup and immediately remembered this video. I know there's still a long way before electric motorcycles become capable of replacing the ICE ones but this video makes me believe that Can-Am will be able to deliver something especial, just like they did in the past.
This is probably the best execution of a history lesson/motorcycle introduction I’ve experienced and I’ve been a cop watching videos for the last 7 years
"Before anyone gets to say Tabarna,... " That got me pissing my pants
Great job, and great video
me too :D
4:25 " excite riders by castrating them on a propeller" absolutely brilliant. :o)
That's pretty interesting way of saying cool
Everytime is see one of your videos i enjoy this quality!
dude, how great is the production value on this channel?
I'm not particularly interested in motorcycles, yet I sit and watch every video that comes out of this channel absolutely enthralled.
Swear to god, you need to get the guys at The Grand Tour to have you on as a guest presenter. Your production quality is top notch and your videos are all interesting.
This was absolutely perfect! You are a genius at this
I got a lump in my throat there at the end and almost burst into the national anthem. Very well done. I've had a Spyder now for about 4 years and it's a pretty awesome ride. Oddly enough they aren't the only Canadian company making Motorcycle engine powered 3 wheelers. Maybe a video on the Campagna T-Rex next :)
I watched the car-tire-on-a-bike video by accident. It was quirky enough to watch this one. This guy is a game-changer. Wayyyy more fun to watch than the chumps who do their boring videos holding an I-phone. This is quality stuff.
I loved my Can-Am 250. I had a 1977 and trashed my leg on it in 1980 right outside the Planetarium in Vancouver. Still miss that bike. Love this channel and echo many of the positive comments below!
Great video about such a great brand. From Ski Doo to Evinrude, Rotax, and Brembo, their whole catalogue is top notch! Vive la Canada
Time to watch another wonderful video! 😄😊
@Max Pain Perhaps we can start riding snow bikes with adaptable ski's and tracks for the winter. 😆
I notice my second gen KLR 650 front fender looks like a snow machine ski mounted upside down. Hmmm 🤔
I honestly think it should win the Oscar this year!
Imo this is hands down the best video review of the Ryker on youtube.
Also thank you Canada for this beast!
Brought a little tear to my eye at the end there. 🥲
I have to agree. Really well researched, edited and presented. An excellent production.
That was incredible! I felt like I was watching the old Top Gear, or The Grand Tour.
I agree. They have went the Top Gear route, and I absolutely love it.
Its way better than TG or Grand Tour because Ryan isn't a twat
Good history lesson! Now I remember where I got the three-inch-long scar on my left shoulder. A 250cc CanAm TNT and a 110 lb16-year-old were not a good mix.
Mate it's Canadian af that you were able to forget the origin of a 3-inch scar in the first place.
@@boiledelephant So true
Are yall talking about that Black widow bike? I dont understand what was going on there. It didnt handle good? Why did the racers refuse to ride it?
@@zazarays I remember the CanAm motorcycles as very powerful and very fast bikes. No, they did not handle well, mostly due to the poor suspension and frame flex.
Love it! Every time I find one of these super old videos, I find out that Ryan puts out gold even in his younger years.
I just bought a 2008 Can Am Spyder and I am grateful for this history lesson. It'll give me some ammo against riders who want to downgrade my bike. Love your content.
Speaking as one American, a summer snowmobile sounds pretty damn awesome. Especially when built by my personal favorite snowmobile company. Just wish the Spyder/Ryker had a thumb throttle.
I own a 2017 Cam-Am Spyder RT also a 2019 Spyder ST, to say I love them is an understatement. The amount of tech in these bikes is off the charts. The Rotax power plant is dependable as hell. Yes with the stock tires at 20 psi do cause the bike to feel "squiggly". The cure is good quality auto tires at 32 psi. A totally different world. Also with all the tech the bike has to use a belt drive to transfer power to the rear tire is a let down. I would and will buy another one. Your channel really is amazing. Keep up the good work bro.
This sort of thing is why I watch your videos, Ryan. Fantastic production values, and more about the history of Bombardier (BRP) than I knew before. Still don't think it's a motorcycle, but I'll wave at people riding (not driving - riding) one.
Where did you see someone riding one as opposed to sitting on top of one?
Even with Three Wheelers: Good Job! I see the comment regularly that this is the best Motorcycle related content on YT but after nearly exhausting your library I am convinced you have the best "Do-It-Yourself" content on the Inter-Web! I watch everything from Auto-Centric to Xylophone Repair and Race/All Terrain/Off Road/4X4 to DIY of every topic and I do not see the consistent high quality and creative thoughtfulness of F9. Nobody, Nowhere, Knowhow. I will shut up now and start at the top. Thanks for the great Videos and for sharing your talents.
Dude, that Can Am moto jersey is the coolest garment I have seen in years. Can Am was considered a top shelf choice of serious off-road & enduro riders from the mid 1970's until 1981 or so. I know this first hand because I'm old & graduated from High School in 1981 after riding them since 1977 & went away to college & met other Can Am owners who had just purchased a recent Qualifier.
I loved & still miss those high rev snappy power bands of the 2-stroke Can Am's for off road (you definitely had to know how to ride & manhandle them) & Yamaha RD 350's & RD400's for the street. Also had a 1977 Suzuki Triple 2-stroke liquid cooled GT750 (Water Buffalo or Tea Kettle)Very sad to see them all go away.
Yep, Suzuki conquered everything off-road at the time with their lighter, easily ridden, more manageable & very quick new RM's. Back to the point, I gotta get me a new Can Am jersey. Also, love the traditional colour scheme on the Ryker.
Wow 😳 this was so awesome! Informative! Gripping! Exciting! I know any Canadian that watches it will feel a sense of pride! Thank you for such quality content!
merci. Incroyable oeuvre d'art ce court métrage!
What a great job you did on this documentary. I remember the CanAm in the 70's. It caught my interest but I never pulled the trigger. I feel the same way about the spider, I'm curious but I'm a long ways away from pulling the trigger. I'm impressed with this company's ambition and innovation.
This is not a TH-cam video. This is actual art. Amazing content on the channel.
Canadian Top Gear for bikes, I love it. The production quality is just stunning, this should have millions more subs.
3:12 -Let me run over a braille Agatha Christie and I'll tell you who-done-it.
That's brilliant. I literally laughed out loud.
How many people staff this channel?
Two! The guy in front of the camera, and the guy behind it. ~RF9
FortNine you sir deserve an oscar
How are you guys so good!?
Bom-bah-dih
@@FortNine holy shit, 2 people 2 freaking people accomplish this nice of a job, consider me and im sure many others very impressed i thought it was something like a team of 10-12 with you just as it's figurehead or something *stupid i know*
Nicely done. I am a biker but also love the Ryker. Different riding experiences for sure but each has its own thrills. The Ryker is a fun machine and the absence of the refinements found on the Spyder I think are actually a plus. Both full road niches that nothing else touches (and don’t say Polaris Slingshot as it is a car).
Rotax is still owned by Bombardier, still produces the engines for their quads, snow mobiles, aircrafts, and even motorcycle engines for BMW (and according to wikipedia for Aprillia too).
Were also used in some Buells.
@@Frejborg Correct! The Buell Blasts were entry-level bikes used in the HD Eagle Rider safety courses, if memory serves.
I need to thank the Algorithm gods for suggesting this channel to me. The production value is better than most Hollywood movies these days! Thank you Ryan for these videos. Just a few more days and I'll have powered through all of them
Recently purchased my Ryker Rally after 25 years on two wheels. It is a fun machine! Take all the normal worries of two wheels away and just leaves the fun and the wind!