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SE5 Shift Delay after shift paddle is pushed

westgl

Orbital Blue RT-SE5
I have a RT-SE5.

I have been noticing that the shift is delayed.

After the shifter paddle is pushed, there is a delayed shift.

Has anyone else noticed this?

Westgl
 
I have a RT-SE5.

I have been noticing that the shift is delayed.

After the shifter paddle is pushed, there is a delayed shift.

Has anyone else noticed this?

Westgl

Are you just quickly tapping the shifter? If you push too long it thinks you want to shift more than one gear and may just not shift.
 
Delayed shifting

I usually try to shift fast, but the delay has been getting worse so I have been slowing down my shifts & trying to make them more positive, thinking this was the problem, to see if that works, but it is no better.
 
This is probably a silly question, but it pays to look at the simple stuff first. Are your revs high enough? If you try to short shift, at too low an rpm, the Spyder will not shift until the rpm is sufficient. Short shifting while accelerating can cause such a problem.
 
SE Shift

I had an '09 RS-SM. I am not the "Ride it like you stole it" kind of rider. When I left the dealership with my RTS-SE I hit the paddle to shift and it wouldn't. That was the first time on an SE for me. After talking to the mechanic I was told that I wasn't turning enough RPM's for it to shift. After I left the dealership I cranked it to about 3500, hit the paddle and got a positive shift. After about 400 miles, it seems to me that the higher the RPM's the more positive the shift. Just my experience.
 
Agree with ya retired1.. I kind of found out if you shift at about the 4000 to 4,500 mark it shifts pretty smooth..

Joe
(X)
 
Delayed shifting

My typical shifting is rev to between 5-6K then quick shift.

But I have been noticing a delay in shift.

Westgl
 
Agree with ya retired1.. I kind of found out if you shift at about the 4000 to 4,500 mark it shifts pretty smooth..

Joe
(X)
:agree: And the good part is when you shift at the above suggested RPM,s you stay well ahead of traffic!:D
 
Delayed shift

Well, I found the PROBLEM with the delayed shift.

It was a bad cause of OE, yup that's what it was OE.

westgl
 
OE is often similar the actions of an accidental loose nut behind the handle bar:2thumbs::roflblack:

I have noticed similar problems on my bike when downshifting too far at a stop light. It seems the OE factor causes the transmission to be in neutral which is embarrassing when the light goes
green:shocked:
 
OE is often similar the actions of an accidental loose nut behind the handle bar:2thumbs::roflblack:

I have noticed similar problems on my bike when downshifting too far at a stop light. It seems the OE factor causes the transmission to be in neutral which is embarrassing when the light goes
green:shocked:

It has also been known to rev the engine only to have the SE5 lurch forward a little, as it was in first gear when someone thought it was in neutral. :opps:
 
Shift Delay

Well, I was hoping someone would ask about the "OE"

OE is Operator error.

I was not pressing the shift button quick enough

westgl
 
Well, I was hoping someone would ask about the "OE"

OE is Operator error.

I was not pressing the shift button quick enough

westgl

Westgl:

I thought I answered that with my earlier post: OE is often similar the actions of an accidental loose nut behind the handle bar!:D:D
 
This is probably a silly question, but it pays to look at the simple stuff first. Are your revs high enough? If you try to short shift, at too low an rpm, the Spyder will not shift until the rpm is sufficient. Short shifting while accelerating can cause such a problem.


here's another nickle's worth: our dealer told us we'd get best performance & gas mileage if we ran/shifted the Spyder around 4600rpm . . . so far so good. :thumbup:
 
I have a RT-SE5.

I have been noticing that the shift is delayed.

After the shifter paddle is pushed, there is a delayed shift.

Has anyone else noticed this?

Westgl

As service bulliten just came out about this. Contact your dealer. They will have to reset the Gear Box Position Sensor (GPS). I just seen it on BRP's dealer site this morning.
 
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Well, I was hoping someone would ask about the "OE"

OE is Operator error.

I was not pressing the shift button quick enough

westgl

I had to think about that for a while. I used to play pinball ( real ones, not the computer ones ) a lot and shifting my SE5 came very natural. Tomorrow when I go out, I will have to try giving it a "press" and see what happens.

Glad you got it solved, sometime OE problems are the toughest to work through. :D

Tom
 
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