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Pulling Trailer with Non Rt

syclemom

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We recently made an adapter plug to pull the trailer with a Goldwing, since the Rt uses a seperate brake light for each side and could not find a reason for this so we adapted with an additional plug making a pig tail adapter so as not to alter the original wiring when pulling with the RT anyone interested we can send diagram, my question is {Maybe Lamonster Could Answer} how does the SM recognize the trailer ? the two spares , plus the backup light prong in the plug show NO continuity with each other or anything else, as in completing a circuit, the SE has to be put in trailer mode, not the SM. I know the Can Bus wiring could sense the additional load of tailights and recogmnize this way I am just wondering if someone can tell me how this works as touted by BRP as "Recognizing the trailer " in their adds.
 
I personally don't think it does. My opinion (which is not even worth 2 cents) is that it is hype, although it may originally havbe been planned that way. Of course the SE will "recognize" the trailer if you tell it to. I don't see a reliable way to do this without separate wiring, since the trailer module separates the lighting wiring from the Spyder circuits. I suppose they could monitor the trailer module power, but if they need a sensor to know there is a passenger aboard, you would think they would need some wires to tell the trailer is attached. You would also think that if they could sense a trailer, there would be no reason to set "trailer mode" on the SE manually. Just my thoughts...

I'd like to be proven wrong about this. On the other hand, not having anything special there makes me able to tow my non-BRP trailers with a clear conscience.
 
The trailer mode on the SE has nothing to do with the RT "recognizing the trailer", all it does it adjust the shift points to keep the revs up to minimize lugging the engine. That's why the SM doesn't have it, it's up to the ryder to do it.
 
The trailer mode on the SE has nothing to do with the RT "recognizing the trailer", all it does it adjust the shift points to keep the revs up to minimize lugging the engine. That's why the SM doesn't have it, it's up to the ryder to do it.

:agree::f_spider:
 
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