**** "DO'S & DO NOTS" for NEW SPYDER OWNERS... ****

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I'm now wondering how much I am going to get my hands slapped for over revving my 1330 when I take mine in for it's first service. Just in the process of learning and a few "fast takeoffs" I missed a few shifts and brought the revs up.

And after getting comfortable with riding on the highway I went to see my son down in Richmond on 95 there may have been a few times I went up to 90 mph just to pull out and get away from large groups of cars around me.

Will I end up in the BRP tech jail for some overrevving and excessive speed? I didn't realize that the nanny was also a tattletale!

Don't worry about it. Running the engine under 4000 rpm much of the time is a problem for the 998 V-twin only. That's mostly because of the clutch design. As far as high revving either engine the only issue would be running it above redline for extended periods, and there is an electronic limiter anyway. Your occasional times of high rev will hardly register in the histogram. Since I have BUDS I decided to get a picture of the RPM histogram for my 2014 RTS. As you can see it shows 0% above 6000 rpm although the maximum reading is 6040. A big share of my highway riding is at 65+ with some spurts above 80 so you'd have to really kick it in the butt for quite a while to register time above 6000 rpm. Redline is 7500 rpm.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

Thanks for the info, I think I'm good there. I'll wait and see if I get a lashing when the tech finishes up on it.:lecturef_smilie:

 

[gsmurrf]

Mister you have answered so many of my questions! I rode my 2011 RT for 700 miles wrong! Just not the riding the brake thing, now I know better. It only had 4000 miles on it when I got it. So after 45 years on two wheels I have had an adjustment period, I'm hoping I did not ruin anything, but MAN!! What a difference. Now that I've read your advice, everything makes better sense. I knew something was off in the performance, I just did not know what to do. So thanks a million!

 

[JayBros]

Spyders have what's called a Constant Mesh Transmission. When the rider shifts from Neutral to Reverse or 1st, the transmission goes CLUNK!

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT! IT'S NORMAL, UNAVOIDABLE, AND IT DOESN'T HURT THE ENGINE OR TRANSMISSION.

 

[Peter Aawen]

Just a quick post to bring this "Do's & Do Nots" Sticky back up to the top of the Sticky list.

Here's hoping everyone is still finding it useful. :thumbup:

 

[iSilentP]

Great info. Is there a PDF version of this available anywhere?

 

[Peter Aawen]

Great info. Is there a PDF version of this available anywhere?

Sorry, but No.

Not unless you select it & 'print it' to a file...

 

[FrogmanDave]

Great info. Is there a PDF version of this available anywhere?

Here you go https://1drv.ms/b/s!AkwG_PkfxBwilK9pOt6nJ-HSR5hkdQ?e=qk9SxD

 

[Peter Aawen]

Here's another reminder post to bring this thread up in the list of Sticky Threads at the top of the Index - just in case you haven't read it yet!