NANNY EXPERIENCES

[jwood4242]

I would like to hear about recent nanny experiences. What triggered it, how fast, what action (cornering, swerving, etc.)? What was your reaction?:yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[vided]

I would like to hear about recent nanny experiences. What triggered it, how fast, what action (cornering, swerving, etc.)? What was your reaction?:yikes::yikes::yikes:

:agree::agree: let's hear about your nanny get togethers

 

[Bob Denman]

Nanny just sort of shuts down the power. You'll feel the bike almost "sag", as she grab the reins from you, and then it comes back as soon as she figures that you're back on the straight and narrow again.

 

[finless]

Yep happened to me a few times on a recent canyon ride. Nothing scary nanny just slows you down a little, feels like the throttle is not responding for a few seconds.

Bob

 

[jwood4242]

:agree::agree: let's hear about your nanny get togethers

I haven't had any and feel that I ride fairly aggressively at times especially on the familiar twisties. I have just been wondering if nanny is something that would scare the crap out of me when I do find her. I thought one time that maybe the bike slowed very briefly in a hard corner but nothing that was obvious to me, it was a slow hard turn and I felt as though the wheel was close to slightly lifting off the ground. I've tried to engage nanny in a parking lot but guess I'm just a wimp:yikes:

I'm just wondering because I read several people complain about nanny. This is all fairly new to me after riding 2 wheels for many years.

 

[Bob Denman]

I'll tell you about my first brush with the old girl...
Springtime, 2011...
I had just broke the bike out of it's Wintertime nap, and was taking it out to get some fresh fuel.
The filling station is at the corner of the Main Rd through Town, and a secondary road that heads back into the wilderness. Naturally; I took off into the unknown...
A friend of mine lives off on a side road, so I decided to head toward his house...
The Town's street sweeper hadn't yet been out, and his road had probably a half-inch of sand still on it... :shocked:
As I got to the turn up toward his house (A 90 degree right...), I CUT THE BARS hard, and gave the bike FULL-THROTTLE... :yikes:
The front wheels slid about six inches to the left, and the rear wheel started to spin....

...Then; the power just sagged, and Nanny took over for a split second. I came out of the other side of that turn in fine shape, and heading in the direction that I wanted.

No muss; no fuss! :thumbup:

 

[happyspyder2039]

I would like to hear about recent nanny experiences. What triggered it, how fast, what action (cornering, swerving, etc.)? What was your reaction?:yikes::yikes::yikes:

well she was in her mid 20's black hair, slim but & had a wild side. Sometimes controlling & slapped you around if you got out of line.

 

[Bob Denman]

I like your experience MUCH more than mine! :clap:

 

[Chupaca]

Which time....

The nanny and I go round and round. Ryding twisties we will come head to head many times. It may not be a good thing cause I have grown accustom to her being there. I have also found ways to get around her (some). Was a while till the first and wondered if she was really there. Coming down into turns well over suggested speed limits she puts on the rear brake like shes gonna sit down. Wife always ask, what are you doing why did you slow down..?? Answer the nanny.:banghead: pulling out of tight curvers especially uphill she fiddles with the timmimg and you sputter like your outta gas, wife asks, are we outta gas..?? Answer the nanny:banghead: but I will say she has kept us safe and brings us home every ryde. It's a love hate thing...trust her...:thumbup:

 

[missouriboy]

I like the way she keeps the rear wheel tracking straight (enough) behind the front end when throttling too hard around a corner on slick pavement. I guess she detects the sudden increase in steering angle, combined with some wheel spin, and cuts the throttle just in time, and just long enough, to bring the steering angle (read: rear spinout) back into the line of travel of the front wheels. What I like is the way she handles that whole scenario quicker than a human could even react, much less apply the exact correction needed, with the least loss of forward progress.
I really appreciate her! :clap:

 

[eddieshep999]

Yep happened to me a few times on a recent canyon ride. Nothing scary nanny just slows you down a little, feels like the throttle is not responding for a few seconds.

Bob

Bob if this was the Videos you posted on You tube where you tried to catch an F3
Bert's Mega Mall "Spyder" Canyon Ride


I watched all of them and found myself braking with my foot on some of the bends - No wonder your nanny kicked it

Great videos - Well worth watching

Hope you don't mind Bob but posted a link to them as they are so good

https://youtu.be/0XW70tlCJMc


https://youtu.be/6Qls8UgvS8I


https://youtu.be/XEk8pMhNito


https://youtu.be/11j9qHEAscg

 

[ARtraveler]

Two "nanny" experiences in 8 years and 115,000 miles. Guess I drive like a wimp. :roflblack::roflblack:

Both were hydroplaning issues. DON'T exceed 50 mph if forced to drive through standing water. Here, the tire grooves on the highway from the studded snow tires.

When the :spyder2: got up on the water, the nanny took over, slowed things down, and kept me from rocketing across two other lanes of traffic. Thank you nanny. :bowdown::bowdown: The second time, the water did not appear that deep. Surprise!! :roflblack::roflblack:

I can pull "g's" and run the twisties with the best of them. Always have managed to keep three tires on the road though.

 

[jwood4242]

Bob if this was the Videos you posted on You tube where you tried to catch an F3
Bert's Mega Mall "Spyder" Canyon Ride


I watched all of them and found myself braking with my foot on some of the bends - No wonder your nanny kicked it

Great videos - Well worth watching

Hope you don't mind Bob but posted a link to them as they are so good

https://youtu.be/0XW70tlCJMc


https://youtu.be/6Qls8UgvS8I


https://youtu.be/XEk8pMhNito


https://youtu.be/11j9qHEAscg

Awesome videos! Looks like great fun:yes:

 

[jwood4242]

Two "nanny" experiences in 8 years and 115,000 miles. Guess I drive like a wimp. :roflblack::roflblack:

Both were hydroplaning issues. DON'T exceed 50 mph if forced to drive through standing water. Here, the tire grooves on the highway from the studded snow tires.

When the :spyder2: got up on the water, the nanny took over, slowed things down, and kept me from rocketing across two other lanes of traffic. Thank you nanny. :bowdown::bowdown: The second time, the water did not appear that deep. Surprise!! :roflblack::roflblack:

I can pull "g's" and run the twisties with the best of them. Always have managed to keep three tires on the road though.

Thanks for the reply. It is good to know that the only nanny interventions you have had in 115,000 miles of riding have been on water and you can run the twisties well without triggering VSS intervention.

 

[Roadster Renovations]

I haven't had any and feel that I ride fairly aggressively at times especially on the familiar twisties. I have just been wondering if nanny is something that would scare the crap out of me when I do find her. I thought one time that maybe the bike slowed very briefly in a hard corner but nothing that was obvious to me, it was a slow hard turn and I felt as though the wheel was close to slightly lifting off the ground. I've tried to engage nanny in a parking lot but guess I'm just a wimp:yikes:

I'm just wondering because I read several people complain about nanny. This is all fairly new to me after riding 2 wheels for many years.

The best thing that I did when I went to the Spyder was take it to a big parking lot with no cars. I then learned what I could get away with, what would happen when I overstepped, and what she would do.
After 15K she and I get along pretty well. She is used to my ways. I usually take corners fast, right at the edge of her taking over. It's a good life with her.

There have been a few times when I miscalculated a curve and she has saved my bacon. Much safer having her around. And those that gripe about her aren't very serious. If they were, they would unplug all the wheel speed sensors. Not sure if true, but I have heard that will disable her efforts at protecting us.

Just learn the bike. You'll do fine. Learn to trust her like a silent auto-pilot AI.

 

[vided]

Thanks folks for the nannyisms.:clap::clap:
i think I met her going down a steep hill with a twist,
all of a sudden the stL just slowed down even more.

 

[Trbayth]

I was on I-95 in Delaware heading south and was re-entering the highway from the service area that sits between the Northbound and Southbound side (if you've been there you know what I mean.) You have to come up to highway speed really quickly as you're dumped in the left lane. The entrance ramp was in very poor shape with potholes. I hit one the shoved the bike to the left then another one that shoved it back to the right very quickly.

I can't tell you exactly what nanny did as I was focused on staying on the bike but I did notice a flash of the VSS light on the instrument cluster. Sure, the story isn't as sexy as rocketing through the twisties but that was my introduction to nanny.

 

[SPYD3R]

RS vs F3

i have to say that my RS Nanny kick'd in about a dozen times in 44,000+ miles.... my F3 Nanny kicks in most every time i get on the 'twistees' here in the Carolinas.... i think the F3 is far more sensitive to what's going on than the RS... jmo
Dan P
Easley, SC
SPYD3R F3-S

 

[CanAmChris]

I'll tell you about my first brush with the old girl...
Springtime, 2011...
I had just broke the bike out of it's Wintertime nap, and was taking it out to get some fresh fuel.
The filling station is at the corner of the Main Rd through Town, and a secondary road that heads back into the wilderness. Naturally; I took off into the unknown...
A friend of mine lives off on a side road, so I decided to head toward his house...
The Town's street sweeper hadn't yet been out, and his road had probably a half-inch of sand still on it... :shocked:
As I got to the turn up toward his house (A 90 degree right...), I CUT THE BARS hard, and gave the bike FULL-THROTTLE... :yikes:
The front wheels slid about six inches to the left, and the rear wheel started to spin....

...Then; the power just sagged, and Nanny took over for a split second. I came out of the other side of that turn in fine shape, and heading in the direction that I wanted.

No muss; no fuss! :thumbup:

I did almost the exact same thing in the rain on my RSS. Slid about a foot towards a curb and then... all was well.

 

[Bob Denman]

Thanks folks for the nannyisms.:clap::clap:
i think I met her going down a steep hill with a twist,
all of a sudden the stL just slowed down even more.

Yup! She had her hand on your shoulder, and you barely noticed... :thumbup: