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Can Am On Road

Adventures

Hitting The Open Roads with Renee Lortie

By Casey Leger wheeler. “I chose the Can-Am Ryker because
I spent the last 7 years around my parents’
ne of the most difficult aspects of Spyder,” she says. “When they released the
Odealing with social isolation can be the Can-Am Ryker for the first time, I knew I had
claustrophobic, trapped feeling that comes to have one. I would say the Can-Am Ryker
with having to stay home, or for some, having is a sportier model. What got me is that it is
to split time between home and work and customizable. The panels are interchangeable
very little else. and ultimately the three-wheel aspect of the
bike makes me feel safe.”
Could social isolation be a little easier to
handle for motorcycle and trike riders? As a novice rider, Renee credits Ontario
East Powersports for their help in getting
“As a woman rider, it makes me feel
empowered, and I enjoy the ‘wind therapy’ her on the road. “They were extremely
riding offers. It is a great stress relief,” welcoming,” she says of the staff at OEP,
says Renee Lortie, a Cornwall Community who also outfitted her husband with his trike.
Hospital nurse and proud owner of a 900cc Currently, Renee’s favourite ride is along
Can-Am Ryker. “When I ride, I don’t think the Saint Lawrence River, but she has lofty
about anything except the road ahead, ambitions: “I dream of traveling with our
especially with good music. If I’m not at Rykers one day down south, or even overseas,
work or working out and it’s a nice day, I am ‘ryding’ through the beautiful scenery,” she
either working on my bike or riding it!” says.

Renee feels she is far from an experienced Renee also has a goal of running a full
rider - she’s never ridden a ‘regular’ two- marathon.
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