Hi everyone,
I have a problem that I've experienced once or twice. I'll be mentioning the issue to my dealer the next time I'm in. I'm just looking to see if anyone has experienced this or has any guesses what might be the cause.
So some background - I got my 09 SE in August of last year. I had only my permit at the time and restrictions included the inability to ride on highways. So when I rode I always took back routes which meant less stop and go/slow and go traffic. There was stop and go in stop lights, but always plenty of free run area between them.
I got my full license recently (last month?) and have since been riding on highways during rush hour. This, of course, means stop and go or slow and go traffic. So, accelerate, slow, accelerate, stop, accelerate ... and generally I don't get out of first gear while doing this so I'm essentially running in first or first and second for long periods of time.
The issue FEELS like the Spyder is idling high.
The symptoms are that it runs hotter than I'm used to (6 bars), the RPMs stay low, but the engine sounds like it's straining sort of, braking becomes difficult -- I have to mash my foot on the brake and hold it all the way down to keep the Spyder from creeping forward, if I let off the brake it accelerates (with the throttle pushed completely forward/off) all the way up to 15mph with no throttle from me, also letting the Spyder shift its self down from 2nd to 1st causes it to hesitate and act like it's going to die.
The first time this happened was actually during my m/c test. I had been running in first/second and doing short stop and goes on the m/c course. The instructor had me make a figure 8 around 2 short blocks and as I came around the final turn I had to press hard on the brake to make the Spyder stop. Then as it finally stopped the engine cut out. I had to restart it and continue on. Once I restarted it ran fine.
The second time I was on a crowded rush hour highway. I kept with it though the way it was behaving was making me uncomfortable and worried about continuing to drive. The road eventually opened up and I was able to get it up to speed for some time and when I slowed down next it seemed fine.
The third time I was on the (same) crowded rush hour highway and I got so uncomfortable with it that I exited off and took some side roads with less stop and go. It didn't clear up after a while, so at a stop light I shifted it down into neutral thinking that might help. When I did this, the RPMs went way up and the engine revv'd. I had a really difficult time shifting it back into 1st. It took me probably 10 or 15 attempts at letting off the brake, braking and shifting to get it to shift to 1st. Then when it did it made a popping sound and jerked forward (despite my foot on the brake). After that it drove ok.
So, any ideas?
Thanks!
I have a problem that I've experienced once or twice. I'll be mentioning the issue to my dealer the next time I'm in. I'm just looking to see if anyone has experienced this or has any guesses what might be the cause.
So some background - I got my 09 SE in August of last year. I had only my permit at the time and restrictions included the inability to ride on highways. So when I rode I always took back routes which meant less stop and go/slow and go traffic. There was stop and go in stop lights, but always plenty of free run area between them.
I got my full license recently (last month?) and have since been riding on highways during rush hour. This, of course, means stop and go or slow and go traffic. So, accelerate, slow, accelerate, stop, accelerate ... and generally I don't get out of first gear while doing this so I'm essentially running in first or first and second for long periods of time.
The issue FEELS like the Spyder is idling high.
The symptoms are that it runs hotter than I'm used to (6 bars), the RPMs stay low, but the engine sounds like it's straining sort of, braking becomes difficult -- I have to mash my foot on the brake and hold it all the way down to keep the Spyder from creeping forward, if I let off the brake it accelerates (with the throttle pushed completely forward/off) all the way up to 15mph with no throttle from me, also letting the Spyder shift its self down from 2nd to 1st causes it to hesitate and act like it's going to die.
The first time this happened was actually during my m/c test. I had been running in first/second and doing short stop and goes on the m/c course. The instructor had me make a figure 8 around 2 short blocks and as I came around the final turn I had to press hard on the brake to make the Spyder stop. Then as it finally stopped the engine cut out. I had to restart it and continue on. Once I restarted it ran fine.
The second time I was on a crowded rush hour highway. I kept with it though the way it was behaving was making me uncomfortable and worried about continuing to drive. The road eventually opened up and I was able to get it up to speed for some time and when I slowed down next it seemed fine.
The third time I was on the (same) crowded rush hour highway and I got so uncomfortable with it that I exited off and took some side roads with less stop and go. It didn't clear up after a while, so at a stop light I shifted it down into neutral thinking that might help. When I did this, the RPMs went way up and the engine revv'd. I had a really difficult time shifting it back into 1st. It took me probably 10 or 15 attempts at letting off the brake, braking and shifting to get it to shift to 1st. Then when it did it made a popping sound and jerked forward (despite my foot on the brake). After that it drove ok.
So, any ideas?
Thanks!
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