New Spyder rider - thought I had a shifting problem, but found this...

[DickB]

I've been riding my 2014 RSS for about a month. When I tried to shift from 1st to Neutral, sometimes nothing would happen. I would have to do it 2 or 3 times to get it to work. I recently came across this (attachment) in the Service Manual. I realized that when downshifting gears while riding, I would snap the paddle quickly, but when stopped in my garage or parking lot I did it more leisurely. From the manual, you can double shift from 1st to Reverse by pressing the R button and pulling on the paddle for 1/3 second. But apparently if you pull the paddle for 1/3 second without pressing R, nothing happens. If I snap the paddle while in 1st it shifts to Neutral every time.

Seems weird to me, but OK.