Should I be concerned.......

[Rayelljay]

For the past few weeks now I've noticed something peculiar....
RS with manual transmission. 2700 miles.
First thing in the morning I start Spyder, climb on board, select reverse, back clear of the cars, stop and attempt to select first. Clearing reverse is sometimes very difficult....I can rock it backwards and sometimes reverse will clear when I ease up on the shifter. Other times it takes a bit of finaglin' (without being heavy footed) to move the shifter.
All this takes place on flat level grass. Once Spyder is warmed up, everything's OK.

Ladies and Gentlemen....your comments and thoughts would be welcome.
Ray

 

[wyliec]

For the past few weeks now I've noticed something peculiar....
RS with manual transmission. 2700 miles.
First thing in the morning I start Spyder, climb on board, select reverse, back clear of the cars, stop and attempt to select first. Clearing reverse is sometimes very difficult....I can rock it backwards and sometimes reverse will clear when I ease up on the shifter. Other times it takes a bit of finaglin' (without being heavy footed) to move the shifter.
All this takes place on flat level grass. Once Spyder is warmed up, everything's OK.

Ladies and Gentlemen....your comments and thoughts would be welcome.
Ray

The same thing happens to me. I've noticed if you release the reverse lever quickly that it is then easier to shift back into first. If you try it, you may notice the lever springs back just a little further, which seems to help. I brought it to my dealer previously with that problem and he said there is no adjustment.

I sometimes clear mine by letting out the clutch a little when having a problem gettting into first from rev; you'll then see the reverse lever move ever so slightly and the spyder goes into first.

I have a 2008 SM5 with 15,600 miles.

 

[Questions]

Should I be concerned

I didn't have quite that problem, but one involving reverse. When my bike was new sometimes it
just refused to go into reverse. (sm5) No matter what I did no reverse. Not all the time, just random.
I even had to push out of a couple of parking spaces. Naturally, the bike wouldn't cooperate when at
the dealers. Mechanic said to put a few more miles on it. That did the trick. I have over 10,000 miles
and never have that problem any more. I think it was the newness/stiffness of the transmission.