Has anyone noticed that the bike , the RT , shifts into neutral when coming to a stop . It only does this about 5 persent of the time , but it is aggrating when the light changes , and you are in no go mode . I am verry careful to make sure I do not toutch the brake petal ,so thats not the problem . This did happen on my last RT also . Anyone else experience this? :dontknow::dontknow:
I can get my 2013 RT (& some other SE's too!) to disengage the clutch while at reasonable speed by rolling the throttle back until the engine is in a 'neutral throttle' state, where the finely balanced revs mean it's not driving OR engine braking.... and if I slow then coast to a stop with a neutral throttle like that it can sometimes shift the box into Neutral.... Not that I do this often, but when I do it can be a bit annoying sometimes, cos once the clutch disengages, the computer doesn't readily let you re-engage any gear while your SE is moving at anything more than a few mph!!
I suspect this 'neutral throttle clutch disengage' thing is what's happening to you meerkat, and then once or when that happens, the computer 'tries to guess' what your lack of definite control inputs might be leading to, so it sometimes erroneously selects Neutral as you gently let your SE coast to a stop without the clutch engaged.... :shocked:
Simple solution I've found tho (especially since the gearbox actually
IS still a manual gearbox, only with the addition of a computer controlled auto downshift fail-safe & a Centrifugal or Electro/Hydraulic clutch) is to just use the flappy paddles as they were designed & intended to be used and actively change down thru each gear as you slow until you are in first; and then use your foot on the brake pedal to come to a complete stop & hold it there! By using the paddles and changing down,
you are effectively retaining control of your vehicle the whole time and not leaving the computer free to bring that 'fail-safe downshift' followed sometimes by a 'best guess change into neutral' thing into play....
While it's a pretty good thing and even pretty good at what it does, the computer is quite simply, not as smart or adaptable as a person can be; it can only work with what it's been programmed to do, & if you don't clearly indicate what you intend by using the controls you have access to in order to tell it, then sometimes it's gonna get it wrong! Use the flappy paddles to tell it when & where to change down - it won't let you damage anything if you try too soon, and it'll always know you want to go 'down' rather than into neutral when you stop, cos that takes a different paddle movement! And if you get it wrong every now & then & haven't changed down when you should've, it's even got a 'fail-safe downshift' programmed in to save the engine, clutch, or gearbox from any potential damage! :thumbup:
