Has anyone found a way to remove the start delay using the ECO button?

[jcthorne]

When stopping for gas or photo opp, after turning the key off, I hold the mode button and the display remains on. This has been covered before on this board. So, when ready to start again, turn the key to on, start and the engine fires and the computer will reset the display. I love it. No waiting and I guess my BRP underware will be revoked for not reading the card. I love life outside the box!

Where did you find the BRP underwear?

[Deer Slayer]

Where did you find the BRP underwear?

They are leather, made from empty billfolds.

[MrBones]

Great one Bob!!

[Many brands]

I was told - to wait the2 seconds for the main screen to come on -- because the computer was "re-booting". ????

[GA-SPYDER]

I have never seen so many people sniveling over something so inconsequential...



There's a real easy solution: sell the bike, and get something else to be miserable over.

[Joker1913]

As already stated, there is no delay, only the inconvenience of pressing the ECO/Mode button. Although I'm so used to it now I don't even really notice it.

Anyone who is thinking there is a delay may be waiting for the dials to go through their cycle before pressing the ECO/mode button and then the starter. You do not have to do this. As soon as you turn the key you can press the ECO/Mode button and hit the starter immediately afterwards. The bike will start even while it's finishing it's dial cycle.

At first I thought I had to wait for it to display the 'read safety card' message before I could press ECO/Mode to acknowledge it. However, one day I just pressed the button without thinking about it and the message was cancelled before it came up. I now do the key, button, starter procedure all within 1 second and it's up and running.

Works on my wife's F3T, thanks

[Firefly]

OK, to work throught that:

1. I never flick the red run switch to turn off the bike. I use the key. So my run switch is already in the on position when I switch on with the key. That may have an impact as you're turing on with the key and then putting the red switch to run. May add a delay?

2. You say you're pressing the ECO switch for 1 second, again that's not required. Just a quick press and release is all that's needed. Then hit the starter.

So to go through the order:

1. Make sure run switch is on
2. Turn key to on
3. Quick press on ECO/Mode
4. Hit starter

It should start immediately.

Must disagree. You should always turn the bike off using the kill switch. This programs your muscle memory to hit the kill switch in the event of an emergency. If you use the key all the time instead you may have a delay in shutting down during an emergency as you fumble with the key.
This has been a common practice in cycling for decades.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Deer Slayer]

Never used a kill switch. On the two diffrent deer I killed with a Goldwing the lean angle sensor killed the engine. Is there a tip sensor on our Spydees? No kill switch on a car? We are only one wheel away.
No kill switch in my early days. From 1957. Just conversation.

[Rogue Hawk]

Learn to live with it, it's a feature that BRP has decided that you will like.

They want you to feel like a A+ junior pilot with a big pre flight check.

[larryd]

Never used a kill switch. On the two diffrent deer I killed with a Goldwing the lean angle sensor killed the engine. Is there a tip sensor on our Spydees? No kill switch on a car? We are only one wheel away.
No kill switch in my early days. From 1957. Just conversation.

Most modern cars with electronic fuel injection have high pressure fuel pumps and are equipped with inertia switches that instantly turns the fuel pump off in a accident or a sudden harsh bump...This causes the engine to turn off immediately...

Anyone know if our Spyders are equipped with such a device???

larryd

[Steven Young]

Some folks just want to complicate things.

[Bob Denman]

IMG_1988.jpg

I'd need a nap, before I could even finish reading that mess...

This is more my speed :

P1000566.jpg

[Dray]

This works for me on my 2015 F3S. Scoot in neutral, brake on, switch on, hold eco mode button
and press start. Starts right up, took awhile for me to figure this out. Just be sure to put in neutral
when parking.

Dray

[Ken B]

I have a 2016 F3 Limited and I DO have to wait😡

I have an F-3 2016 and you only wait for the word Cam-Am to appear then push the mode button and the starter button at the same time it will start. The computers will continue to up load.
Safe travels

[Vegasf3t]

Start delay is approximately 12 seconds. So unless you're
a paramedic, relax and enjoy the ride.

[Leeallen1111]

I put my helmet on, turn the key, put my glasses on, put my gloves on, by then the computer is ready to let me start. Enjoy the ride. Lee


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[warrensr]

After I turn the key on and wait a second for the speedometer and tac to clear, I press the eco button and the bike starts up without waiting for the screen to come up.

[Windjamer]

Turn key on, hit mode, have brake depressed, then it starts

I have a 2016 F3 Limited and I DO have to wait😡

[acpd22]

I have never seen so many people sniveling over something so inconsequential...



There's a real easy solution: sell the bike, and get something else to be miserable over.

Look at all the hoops you have to jump through to start a zero turn lawnmower!

[Wildrice]

I started my 2015 F3's & began reading all about this procedure. During reading all the post-- I ran out of gas--is this inconsequential too ?
PS: My wolf loves gorilla meat :-)

[Peteoz]

I started my 2015 F3's & began reading all about this procedure. During reading all the post-- I ran out of gas--is this inconsequential too ?
PS: My wolf loves gorilla meat :-)

Na.....that's a bonus, Wildrice. Reading about the procedure saved you running out of gas alone on the highway. That is obviously an undocumented feature of the procedure that comes free !

Pete.

[threefingers2]

That's right Garb55, if the BRP police ever catch you not reading the safety card every time your in a heap of trouble..

You mean you don't read it everytime

[Peter Aawen]

....This is more my speed :

P1000566.jpg

Hey Bob, I just noticed this - if it's what I think it is, then you know that the 4 small gauges were optional/aftermarket add-ons (or alternatives to the basic warning lights for no oil/high coolant temp) & for the big one you could choose a tach with hour meter instead of that speedo with odometer?!?

Most of the old trucks & 'bikes I learnt to drive/ride on only had a speedo or a tach if they had anything.... & if they did they usually didn't work anyway!! All that extra stuff is just extraneous giggle dials to keep the driver/rider from getting too bored following that bloke with the red flag....

[hillbillywhisperer]

I don't know what year your F3 is but my '16 F3 Limited has no wait time. I turn the key on, hit the mode button and press start. My baby's running.

This but mine is a 17.

[armyspydervet]

Sledgehammer...I promise it works. One good whack and you wont need to use the mode button anymore