All things BMW GS thread
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They have got a pretty agricultural gearbox the newer ones are better but my 2015 is clunky as fuck
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They have got a pretty agricultural gearbox the newer ones are better but my 2015 is clunky as fuck
The ASA (Auto) on Helga mk2 is a vast improvement. I went out on Sunday, and left it in auto all day, I think I must have touched the gear lever half a dozen times. With the bike in 'Dynamic' mode, it's impressive. It learns how you ride and changes up and down pretty much as I would in full manual.
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Verdammt ! I missed this and could have loaded up Helga 2
A step too far for me.
How can it learn how you ride if you’re leaving it to decide the changes?
And does it know when you get to a village and want to potter through it after you’ve been on it for the previous 12 miles?
Absolutely not for me ...
Put it in 'Manual' and use the gear lever. It's just like having a quickshifter.
But you won't, you'll find yourself in 'Auto'
But if it's not for you, cool.
Does that mean you'll be putting on a black hoody, L plates and running round with the rest of the just eat scooter lads
Yea im sure some people love them but not for me .. in general I push too hard and I control the clutch and gearbox as part of that so its strokes for folks .. its always nice to have a super smooth quickshifter but that's my line in the sand . Glad you enjoying the new machine
I love mine, especially on overtakes.
I might have tolerated mine if it actually worked, but it didn't so I've disabled it in the rider settings. It would up-shift when it felt like it, down-shift not at all, and often made a half-hearted and unwanted attempt at shifting if my toe accidentally brushed the gear lever, leaving me stranded in a false neutral - which is particularly dangerous on a bike with so much engine braking which you've factored into your approach speed in corners.
I wish I could replace the QS with a solid link and disable it physically, not just electronically.
I wish I could replace the QS with a solid link and disable it physically, not just electronically.
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Try again with a working QS you're not too old to learn to live with it.
Pulling onto a motorway going from 0 to hrrr hrrrm in seconds it pays for itself in no time.
Pulling onto a motorway going from 0 to hrrr hrrrm in seconds it pays for itself in no time.
I have thought about buying a Translogic shifter that actually works but it's very low on my list of priorities. Plus, I've owned a Rocket 3. When you've tried 170 ft/lb of torque that can be wound in from 2000 rpm in 6th gear nothing but an electric Porsche or teleportation comes close.
I may try a proper QS one day but it I suspect it will always mess with my mechanical sympathy.
I may try a proper QS one day but it I suspect it will always mess with my mechanical sympathy.
I'm more likely to fluff a gear change than my shifter.
It's the false neutral thing that puts me off. Most common on my bike when dropping from 6th to 5th. Maybe I have a glitchy gearbox because I get one very occasionally when shifting manually if I'm not firm with my boot, though very rarely now because I've got used to it and use a firm foot automatically. The QS produced them far more frequently.
I thought at first it might be the mid-mounted foot position but it can't be if the QS was doing it as well. Apart from feeling like you're being propelled at the nearest stone wall when you lose all engine braking, snicking in a gear when the gearbox is free-wheeling feels and sounds horrible.
Yes, it's the same on the Multi 1260s I still get the occasional false neutral when going from 6 to 5 trying to lose speed so it's counter intuitive to lift it back into 6 to avoid a nasty noise trying to get it into 5.
Must be a thing with the 1260 gearbox. That's good to know - in a way...
Can I have one with "absolutely not for me " on it please Rob
I'll go with 'fuck no'Can I have one with "absolutely not for me " on it please Rob
I think their could be a good market for theseI'll go with 'fuck no'
Can I have one with "absolutely not for me " on it please Rob
No, you'll come round.
That also would be a great t-shirtNo, you'll come round.