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Hesitant pickup through the gears

GeoffCee

GeoffCee

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Hi. Can anyone suggest a reason why my RT SE5 hesitates as I change up through the gears?

If the throttle linkage was cable driven I'd expect to see it had stretched and I'd take up the slack on the cable adjuster at the twist grip, that's exactly what this hesitation feels like, a stretched throttle cable.

I open the throttle immediately after changing up and for a fraction of a second nothing happens, then the motor kicks in, picks up and accelerates. I have to find an answer to this, my Missus has noticed and she thinks I'm fluffing my gear changes! It's very embarrassing! :opps:
 
You shouldn't be rolling out of the throttle when changing gears. I am sure other with vastly more knowledge that I will explain the problem with this.


Sent from the corner of walk and don't walk....
 
Or I may have totally misunderstood. That happens to me often.. :)


Sent from the corner of walk and don't walk....
 
Your not letting up on the throttle as you thumb up through the gears, right? Constant throttle and shifting up the gears? When my wife was first driving our RT SE5 she was backing off the throttle when shifting up and our RT didn't like that at all. Did weird things to the RPM response and the way everything felt.
 
As was said, hold the throttle on the RT when shifting. There is a throttle blipper to do the work for you. In addition, make sure you are shifting at high enough rpm. The Spyder will hesitate if you try to shift too soon.
 
NancysToy said:
As was said, hold the throttle on the RT when shifting. There is a throttle blipper to do the work for you. In addition, make sure you are shifting at high enough rpm. The Spyder will hesitate if you try to shift too soon.
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Well I must have gotten into this bad habit without knowing because my gear changes used to be as smooth as the inside of Faye Dunaway's dressing gown. I'll let y'all know how it is after I've had a chance to mend my ways. :pray: And thanks.
 
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GeoffCee said:
Well I must have gotten into this bad habit without knowing because my gear changes used to be as smooth as the inside of Fay Dunnaway's dressing gown. I'll let y'all know how it is after I've had a chance to mend my ways. :pray: And thanks.
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That is not to say that you may not have a problem of some sort. If your methods are the same and you haven't recently had any firmware updates, but the response of the machine changed, then something is different and should probably be investigated. There are other possible causes for hesitation.
 
NancysToy said:
As was said, hold the throttle on the RT when shifting. There is a throttle blipper to do the work for you. In addition, make sure you are shifting at high enough rpm. The Spyder will hesitate if you try to shift too soon.
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2 Spyders in 2 years and I never knew I had a throttle blipper:yikes:
 
Just for peace of mind, check your oil level. If your oil is very low, it will not want to shift, and then will work normally. Happened to me this year, immediately after my RT was serviced (600 mile). Seems the dealer gave it back to me nearly 2 quarts low. Make sure you follow the instructions in the manual, the oil tank system can be tricky.
Probably not your issue but an easy one to check.
 
Good advice given by many. Don't let off the throttle... just hammer through the gears. Also try and keep your RPM's up in the 7,500 range when shifting.....
 
missouriboy said:
Me, I'm waiting for The REST of the Story on the inside of Fay Dunnaway's dressing gown... :gaah:
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It's frustrating for both of us, (you and me, not me and Faye), but the truth is I have no first-hand knowledge, sadly the lady remains where she has always been in my life, way out of reach. :(
 
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Said I'd get back to you but I forgot! Turns out that over the winter non-riding months I mysteriously changed how I was changing gear. The reminders I was given here eliminated my motor's hesitancy. We are smooth again and you know how smooooooth that is! No rolling off the revs is the only way and then it works as advertised. Thanks guys. :thumbup:
 
I noticed ours doing that a little while in Maggie Valley during the week. By Friday night it would not up shift past 3rd gear (if I could get that far). It goes to the dealer on Saturday.

enjoy the ride

Allen & Patti
 
This is probably a dumb reply but I had the same problem with my Spyder only to find out that shifting at 3,000 was causing the hesitation...I needed to rev it up more before shifting. Sometimes I still forget and have the hesitation...then the brain kicks in...again. (I didn't want to break my new toy...the book said 3,000 rpm then I saw others here on Spyderlovers who said to rev it up more).
 
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