Prospective new Spyder rider-couple of questions, please?

[BoxyLady]

thanks again folks for great responses.....regarding throttle blipping, I was referring to the rev matching anyone who rides a motorcycle has to do when downshifting from a high speed, high gear, down to a lower speed, lower gear, when entering a turn, for example, to avoid upsetting the bike balance before turn-in. Using cars as an example, most all dual-clutch cars today do the throttle blipping for you as you paddle shift. You can actually hear the rev-matching taking place just as if you were performing the process yourself via the heel-toe process with a manual transmission, and the engagement of the lower gear is virtually undetectable from a balance standpoint . An out-of-town dealer I spoke to told me that the spyder does not do this with the semi-auto transmission. they explained that unless you slow down to a speed before engaging the lower gear to turn in, where the computer wants you to be from a rev standpoint, it will prevent the lower gear engagement. Sounds like from what folks here have said, that is hooey; they are able to downshift into the higher rev range of lower gears, when required, without an issue, so that's good enough for me....

Going to take a longer test ride this afternoon on the pearl white F3 and see what happens!

Thanks

Carolyn

[Bob Denman]

The Spyders DO match the rpm levels for the next gear chosen...
My 2010 RT was pretty good at doing a HORRIBLE job of it...
By the time I got my 2014 RT: they had it nicely sorted out...
And the 2018 is even better!!

[BoxyLady]

indeed. took another ride today, and pushed it a little bit. The system most definitely rev matches on downshifts. I tried all kinds of combinations to drop down into a lower gear at different ranges of the engine revs and the system shifted down every time with a nice blip.......

[jnt]

After V-Rods, you would probly prefer the F3-? I suggest trying the RT also. It might surprise you. After all, if you are test-riding, test more than one.

As to the course, you may find it helpful. I set up the course in the manual when we got W's Spyder. I had quite a few miles on her Spyder prior to the course, but it still helped me get to know the machine better.

HAPPY SHOPPING!!

[BoxyLady]

started a separate thread regarding acquisition-it's a done deal !