SM VS SE

[Deer Slayer]

I have the sm5. It is in the gear I want when I want. I ride a lot of twisties. Just could not do the flippy flappy girlie shift.:shocked:

 

[gman214]

SM all the way!

Thought I was making a mistake buying a SM5 given my lack of experience with a manual. Had a chance to buy a SE5 2 weeks before I bought my RS-S but the dealer sold it. So ended up buying the SM5. Man I'm loving SM5! It didn't take long to learn how and when to shift. I've actually shifted without the clutch but prefer to use it. I see some pluses for an SE but don't think I would get one.

 

[Deer Slayer]

Yep, there are a lot of people the don't realize that the SM shifts really easily and very quickly without the clutch.

Now you have let the cat out of the bag!:roflblack::yikes:

 

[kep-up]

I have the sm5. It is in the gear I want when I want. I ride a lot of twisties. Just could not do the flippy flappy girlie shift.:shocked:

With the manual shift, you pre-select the gear you want before entering the corner. With the paddle shift, you pre-select the gear you want before you enter the corner. Spyder, motorcycle, car, formula one, whichever. All the same procedure.

So, what makes the paddle shifter a "girlie" shift?

And as to the RPM issue..... The nanny downshifts at 2500 rpm which equals about 3000 rpm in the gear shifted into. this tells me that you could ride around all day at 2500 to 3000 rpm if you wanted to do so without damaging anything.

Rode motorcycles for 50 years, swore by manual transmissions in all vehicles until 1996. Most modern "slush-bucket" transmissions are as good as if not better than the manuals. No more manuals for me.

2011 RS-S, SE5

 

[ThreeWheels]

And doesn't require 2 hands on the bars to do it.

I'm just thing to figure out why every thread in the GS/RS shop section get flooded by responses from the RT crowd.

Here's why:
Many of us, myself included, simply choose the "What's New" button to see all of the new posts. When you do that, the forum section becomes irrelevant.
All you see is "SM VS SE"
People just respond to the post title.
I know, this displeases some.
When the Girls section was first introduced, they got a little snippy because men would be answering their posts, again accessing them through the "What's New" search instead of reviewing each individual section.

 

[isthatahemi]

So I am asking too much for the older (RT) owners to know where they are at any given time?
>insert stereotype here<
Umkay.

And who's going to jump down the guys throat who said you can run under 3k RPM on the SE? Lol.

 

[isthatahemi]

Oh ya...... When my non-current / new 2011 had battery issues, I was able to easily able to bump start it with just me pushing.