finding neutral

[wmh9680]

Good Morning, hope everyone is riding. It's another beautiful day in ChicagoLand and it's gonna warm up again soon.

I've often wondered when you are riding along in 5th gear can you put her in neutral from 5th to coast like you can in a car. PS I have set paddle shifter.

Thanks Mike

 

[Lew L]

No

No I just don't think it can be done with our type of transmissions.

It would cause----------Kaos

 

[Highwayman2013]

Not with an SE.

 

[wmh9680]

Yeah, I didn't think so. So times I just like to take her out of gear and coast. Thanks, Mike

 

[Bob Denman]

While most of us have done this over the years in our cars (and perhaps motorcycles too!); it's usually a better idea to be able to power-away from a problem, with your right wrist. :thumbup:

 

[ARtraveler]

Also agree, not a good idea to go neutral when highway driving. When you need power, you need power.

I had a Saab, 4 on a tree that had the "freewheeling" feature. When on, you just had to lift off the accelerator and it would automatically coast. The feature did not save many mpg--it already got 35-40 and gas was about 35 cents a gallon in those days.

When parking on a hill one time, I forgot to engage the handbrake. My Saab started rolling backwards down the hill. Never used "freewheeling" after that. :yes:

 

[Triple B]

Also agree, not a good idea to go neutral when highway driving. When you need power, you need power.

I had a Saab, 4 on a tree that had the "freewheeling" feature. When on, you just had to lift off the accelerator and it would automatically coast. The feature did not save many mpg--it already got 35-40 and gas was about 35 cents a gallon in those days.

When parking on a hill one time, I forgot to engage the handbrake. My Saab started rolling backwards down the hill. Never used "freewheeling" after that. :yes:

Was that because you "used to have) a Saab? :roflblack:

 

[Easy Rider]

I've often wondered when you are riding along in 5th gear can you put her in neutral from 5th to coast like you can in a car. PS I have set paddle shifter.

NO. Well not unless you click it DOWN the right number of times.
And depending on your speed, the computer might not LET you shift down too many gears.

Neutral is below 1st and that's the ONLY way to get there.

 

[jerpinoy]

No No and nothing will benefit you in doing so.

 

[Chupaca]

Ahhh..!!

Gotta love the manual...just pull in the clutch and coast, release and power out...:roflblack: eat your hearts out se ryders...:roflblack: do agree not a good idea to go to neutral even on the manual I only pull in the clutch...