Sarge707
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If I had to do it over again I would have gotten the Paddle shift BUT the vacuum assist makes it MUCH easier BUT not as easy as my 2012 RT sm5?
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F3 Clutch updated to vacuum assist.....
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If I had to do it over again I would have gotten the Paddle shift BUT the vacuum assist makes it MUCH easier BUT not as easy as my 2012 RT sm5?
Firefly
Active member
The F3-S comes in both SM and SE transmissions.
Considering the price for the parts on the vacuum clutch kit is about $175 compared to $2,500 extra for an SE.....
If you're not mechanically inclined I would have your dealer do the install.
It's not bad, but they have some bad instructions and there's a few things that can be done differently to make it much easier.
Michaelscs
Member
I'm sorry, but that is incorrect information. The F3,F3-S, and F3T are all available with a manual or semi-auto.
I personally love the my manual transmission on my F3. I have had a chance to spend quite a of time on a F3 with a sem-auto and I feel much more engaged with the manual. I enjoy the sportiness and the feeling of skill involved in a good shift. I also think I can make a smoother shift when riding aggressively in the higher rpm range.
Utter Crap in 2015 BRP released the new F3 series, F3 manual and the F3-S was Semi there was never a F3-S manual:banghead:
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Michaelscs
Member
Your just wrong on this!
Read this: http://can-am.brp.com/content/dam/c...cuments/Lineup/2015_F3-Spec-PAC-Sheet EN_.pdf
I have personally driven 3 2015 F3-S's. Two with a manual trans(SM6) and one with a semi-auto(SE6)!!!
You might want to let my dealer know he can't sell this, because it doesn't exist!!!:lecturef_smilie:
http://bessersbikebarninc.com/Motor...apids-MN-ecac49ff-45e0-486e-8cc4-a671003df7c1
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Firefly
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Sorry Bruce but that simply is incorrect. They've always offered the F3-S in both manual and semi-auto. There are people out here who own them.
Ok I here what you saying Firefly its just odd I have never struck that here in NZ and I've been involved in selling the F3 series here since they arrived. I take it all back what I said.
Firefly
Active member
Ok I here what you saying Firefly its just odd I have never struck that here in NZ and I've been involved in selling the F3 series here since they arrived. I take it all back what I said.
Maybe things are different over there?
Marker
New member
I have Lamonts fog lights and headlight kit and no radio interference. I have an F3Limited
Marker
New member
Sorry Bruce but you are wrong the F3S comes in with or without a clutch
https://www.brp.ca/spyder/build-and...d/8ba5760c-2757-4027-977f-1f9a66a50bc6/step/2
cmarsala
Member
F3S
I have a 2015 F3S SM6, yup you read it here, it's a 6 speed manual, Sorry Bruce!:doorag::yikes::yes:
I have a 2015 F3S SM6, yup you read it here, it's a 6 speed manual, Sorry Bruce!:doorag::yikes::yes:
billybovine
Active member
It's not a kit. It's a list of parts and instructions. Tell your dealer to look for BRP Clutch Assist memo# 122791.
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DGUZZI
New member
F3 Clutch effort
As spring is fast approaching, I have to reconsider the lever effort on my wife's' F3s. I put the assist kit on last summer, and to tell you the truth, I see "MAYBE" a 10% improvement. Dont get me wrong, it is improved. But She needs a better lever pull than that. And frankly, the improvement was not worth the money. So I guess I'm asking, have any of you had this same experience, and what did you do about it?
I'm considering putting a small vacuum canister in line to the solenoid.
Thanks Dave.
As spring is fast approaching, I have to reconsider the lever effort on my wife's' F3s. I put the assist kit on last summer, and to tell you the truth, I see "MAYBE" a 10% improvement. Dont get me wrong, it is improved. But She needs a better lever pull than that. And frankly, the improvement was not worth the money. So I guess I'm asking, have any of you had this same experience, and what did you do about it?
I'm considering putting a small vacuum canister in line to the solenoid.
Thanks Dave.
Damn, I was wondering all this time what that silver thing was on the left side of my handlebar on my F3S:shocked: I thought maybe it was a brake lever but was told that my 2015 F3S only has a foot brake lever:joke: I thought my trike was a semi-auto so I just STOMP on that little lever on the left side of the engine and it seems to shift gears semi-automatically. Since I don't have a hand paddle, I can't use the stomping technique to make that little lever go the other way. :banghead:
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Yazz
MOgang Member
I had our dealership install my clutch assist and it helps me, but everyones hands are different. Riding with a cramped hand is not fun. Been there, done that.
If you start a new thread with your clutch assist problem/solution, someone will know how to help you.
I personally do not feel a need for a clutch assist on my 2015 F3S but do realize how stout it is in terms of pressure required to pull in and keep the lever in the disengaged mode. When I am in town, I immediately shift into neutral to prevent any extra strain on my hand/wrist/arm. It is amazing that the clutch handle on my Spyder is more stout than my Harley Davidson trike which is a machine not built to as elegant standards IMHO.
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