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Hi. Bought my bike 2nd hand and I'm not sure if it has Shift Assist Pro. I've tried shifting without the clutch but I'm certain if I'm doing it right.
Hi. Bought my bike 2nd hand and I'm not sure if it has Shift Assist Pro. I've tried shifting without the clutch but I'm certain if I'm doing it right.
VIN is Z185102. Apparently it was manufactured on Aug 2013.
Does it have it? How do I check visually?
What this means is you can have it installed by your BMW dealer if you want. It is available post delivery.Bummer. Thanks for checking.
I was basing my expectation that my bike has it on a passage from this page.
"The Gear Shift Assistant Pro , previously available only as a factory option, was fitted to many 2014-later R1200RT's and 2014-later R1200GS's built after August, 2013 (starting VIN: Z184816)."
My VIN is greater than the one indicated. Ah well.
What this means is you can have it installed by your BMW dealer if you want. It is available post delivery.
My blue 2015 RT has shift assist pro. It is the one that you have to roll off before downshifting and roll on while upshifting.
On my white 2017 RT you to not have to coordinate up and down throttle with shifting. You just shift.
I still think GSAP is nearly useless. These bike shift so easy I almost never use GSAP (should be GASP IMHO...).
According to the manual for the '17 RT it says "the throttle setting must be kept constant before and during the gear change sequence". So no rolling on or off
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I still think GSAP is nearly useless. These bike shift so easy I almost never use GSAP (should be GASP IMHO...).
If it wont let you upshift while accelerating I probably would not use it.
It says throttle setting, not speed engine speed. So therefore, open throttle, hold steady, then shift while accelerating.
That would depend on how you interpret this statement. "According to the manual for the '17 RT it says "the throttle setting must be kept constant before and during the gear change sequence"".
It says throttle setting, not speed engine speed. So therefore, open throttle, hold steady, then shift while accelerating.
While I use the clutch almost always, it isn't that hard to shift without using a clutch...on any bike.
Chris