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F3 or F3 S - auto or manual?

Great deal. You must be a good negotiator. When I first started looking I was trying to go cheap. For a Ryker 900 Rally a local dealership wanted 15,450 out the door.
They charged a lot to put it together, $500 for lifetime battery, and a host of other charges. That's when I decided to buy used from a private seller. Ended up with a 2015 F3-S with $2500 worth of upgrades for 11K. Has 5,500 on the clock.

Congrats again. I know I love mine.
 
Newby said:
Thanks for all the replies. :2thumbs:

Wish I could find a manual nearby to test ride. When it is a dry day so the dealer will let me, I'm going 90 miles to test a '21 F3-S SS. Starting to think 2 year unlimited miles warranty and road side assistance is a good reason to go for a new one and forget about the manual transmission. I should be able get use to the semi-automatic and if I want to sell it later as was said I can sell it easier. I have driven lots of things from 2 wheel motorcycles to 5 ton Army trucks to boats with automatic, manual, semi-automatic transmissions with 1 wheel drive to 4 wheel drive.

Don't need a semi-automatic now but might later. Plus I will still have my H-D Tri Glide for manual shifting.

Might as well to pay just a little more for a F3-S SS and get all the goodies.

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Just asking. Did you get a semi auto or manual?
 
Newby said:
Semi auto - no other option in 2021. Liking it and I will be keeping my H-D Tri Glide so I can enjoy both.

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I did not know that. Bear in mind, there are so many changes year to year on these bikes that it's near impossible to keep up. One should always edit one's signature to include the current model and year of your bike in it. It's at the "settings" link at the top of every page next to your name. Click the pic to see. It will show up at the bottom of every post you make automatically. Welcome aboard!

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I traded an FJR1300 with 'computer aided' clutch, 97,000 miles, for my 2020 F3 Ltd. The FJR gave a choice of shifting with foot or paddle, no clutch lever, and I found that I shifted up with paddle and down with foot. The transition to the F3 semi-auto was easy EXCEPT for one thing: the FJR shifted up with the finger and down with the thumb while the F3 is just the opposite! I can't tell you how many times I downshifted at higher than normal rpms! Took way to long to get past the 'muscle memory' but after 2000 miles, I finally got it.
 
McRuss said:
I traded an FJR1300 with 'computer aided' clutch, 97,000 miles, for my 2020 F3 Ltd. The FJR gave a choice of shifting with foot or paddle, no clutch lever, and I found that I shifted up with paddle and down with foot. The transition to the F3 semi-auto was easy EXCEPT for one thing: the FJR shifted up with the finger and down with the thumb while the F3 is just the opposite! I can't tell you how many times I downshifted at higher than normal rpms! Took way to long to get past the 'muscle memory' but after 2000 miles, I finally got it.
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McRuss, where did you get your F3, love that color BTW. I live down in Alamogordo, love Ruidoso. Started snow skiing there in '62-'63 when I went to Texas Tech over in Lubbock.
 
achamb7 said:
Coastie, where abouts are you? I live in Lenoir City and have a 2009 GS, looking to buy an F3-S. Going to look at one tomorrow.
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I am on the other side of the Tennessee River from you. If I told you exactly you would have to be sworn to secrecy. :roflblack: We are Tennessee natives. My ancestor (half Cherokee and half Welsh) with his family came over the mountains in the 1700's. We are not carpetbaggers like my neighbors. So now I guess you know where I live. :D

If you are going to Alcoa Good Times, I hope they finally put the F-3 S together or at least charged the batteries on the two other F3 that were on the floor. I tried twice to test ride one there with no luck. I found my F3-S SS in Chattanooga at White's Cycle and Marine. :2thumbs: I have also heard good things about the dealer in Kodak and https://www.powersports-pro.com/ but nothing good about Alcoa from either Can Am or BMW riders.
 
Coastie said:
I am on the other side of the Tennessee River from you. If I told you exactly you would have to be sworn to secrecy. :roflblack: We are Tennessee natives. My ancestor (half Cherokee and half Welsh) with his family came over the mountains in the 1700's. We are not carpetbaggers like my neighbors. So now I guess you know where I live. :D

If you are going to Alcoa Good Times, I hope they finally put the F-3 S together or at least charged the batteries on the two other F3 that were on the floor. I tried twice to test ride one there with no luck. I found my F3-S SS in Chattanooga at White's Cycle and Marine. :2thumbs: I have also heard good things about the dealer in Kodak and https://www.powersports-pro.com/ but nothing good about Alcoa from either Can Am or BMW riders.
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I am actually going to look at a used model, 2015 F3-S SM6. If that doesn’t work out I’ll go to White’s. Went to Alcoa a couple of weeks back and it was a base and still in the crate.

I actually work in Loudon, we build big brown trucks.
 
Called White's before you make a special trip. I have found most of the dealers within a hundred miles of here never have there website inventory up to date. Might save you a wasted trip.
 
Will do, thanks.

We need to ride some time. Wife had surgery a couple weeks ago so she can’t ride right now, but the GS will be going to her. She doesn’t know how to ride yet, but it’s a SE5 so should be an easy learning curve for her.
 
achamb7 said:
Will do, thanks.

We need to ride some time. Wife had surgery a couple weeks ago so she can’t ride right now, but the GS will be going to her. She doesn’t know how to ride yet, but it’s a SE5 so should be an easy learning curve for her.
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Sounds like a plan. My wife told me before I bought my first trike on '09, she would not ride again with me like when we were first married without an axle and two wheels under her. She will ride on the back of the Harley but not on the F-3 S SS so I'll never be selling the Harley. :D
 
Coastie said:
My wife told me she would not ride again with me without an axle and two wheels under her.
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My wife was concerned about the same thing, but now that she has ridden on the Spyder she agrees it rides smoother than the TriGlide. But she likes the Harley seat and backrest better.
 
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