Won't come out of 1st gear

[zzneonzz]

If i'm in first altready i can just hold R and paddle down to go strait into reverse.

I just click it once same as if i'm changing into any other gear. I never hold the downshift.

 

[xpeschon]

Dudley

well see Dudley-- the title to this threat may or not alarm members of what actually went on in this threat although it was good I beleive not many member will allaberate on there shifting methods per manual.. It has been fun that for sure.. See ya on the forum.
Joe

 

[igor]

correct method is R then -

 

[Firefly]

Too confusing for me.

Pull in clutch, start bike, ride - that's about all I can handle.

 

[BigTspyderGA]

I have the same problem with my SE5. When I told the dealer about it they said they have not heard of the issue. I am taking it in next week for the first check up and plan on discussing the issue in more detail. The work around that I have come up with is as follows..... Whenever it gets stuck in gear (usually reverse) the quickest way I have found for it to work properly is giving the throttle a quick rev and release. This somehow tricks it into working properly, however, for the kind of money we pay for these things, we should not have to figure out ways to work around issues. They just need to be FIXED>>>>

 

[xpeschon]

Amen to that brother as far as the price..

Joe

 

[wildbill6565]

When this happens again take you key away for the bike about 20 feet and 20 seconds. Yes I'm having this same problum too. Had wifes Spyder in sahop for three weeks and the called BRP and they told them about an upgrade to down load to the Bike. We rode 410 miles Sat. and Sun. and she had no problums but just about every time we stopped wife would wait to see if would go into gear if not she took the key away. I'm taking mine in tomorrow for the upgrade. Hope that works.
Bill Hester
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I have looked at several threats on the problem about the shifting that we are having,, I do know there is a service bullet released the first part of December but I believe I am developing some of these sythoms now.. Here is whats going on with mine,,,,

Specs: 2008 Automatic 300 miles on this machine.

When stopping to park or stopping to back into a parking spot after the machine shifts into 1st gear it will not allow me to go to the N position,, I have to PLAY with the - (minus) shifter several times, I have done the rocking back and forth method ( this does help at all ),, it seems that if I play with the minus shifter ( tap it several times fast) it will eventually find the N spot then I can procede with the parking or shutting down the engine.. My wife is new to the whole motorcycle areana, infact she just got her permit on Tuesday so we went out to dinner last night, she was on the spyder and me on my bike, well it did it to her on 2 occations and I also rode the spyder to DMV to get the title fixed the day prior and it did it to me twice--- its actually kind of embarrasing when you pull into a place (DMV) and attempt to back into a parking spot so--- you pull up and position yourself to back in and you can't get the thing in N to get to Reverse---SUX actually--I mean people our outside the DMV looking and pointing at the spyder and I looked stupid in the fact that I don't know what I am doing in order to back in,, after about 45 seconds of messing with the switch it finally did its thing--same thing last night at RYANS when the wife was backing in.. I can't operate like this, I really don't mind the embarrasment part its just the fact of the matter that at a complete stop I should be able to get to N with one tap of the button..
Your thoughts please??
Joe

 

[xpeschon]

Interesting

Wildlbill please keep use informed on the dealers findings, I wonder if they are talking about the service bulletin when they said UPGRADE... Again, keep us updated please.
Thanks in advance.
Joe