Doesn't downshifting in the twisties suck w/ an AE? That would be the only reason that I wouldn't own one. I hear that they shift lightning fast.
Not sure what you mean.
I have never found this to be an issue.
Downshift before the corners, in the corner (which I'd never comfortably do with a standard) and upshift after the corners a as smooth as silk.
As with any vehicle, it takes getting used to.
Meaning w/o the option to feather the clutch, downshifting could put you through the windscreen (because of rapid engine braking). I have a friend w/ an AE that I ride with often & he says that this is the only thing that he doesn't like about it. Otherwise it is da' shit. So, it doesn't happen with your bike? interesting.
Hey everyone,
Luvtoride sent me a wake up call on this thread so hear I am! :jerry: I am the
pansy, err fellow to whom she is referring to about the abrupt down shifts. Let me know your secrets for down shifting in the corners on AE's, please!
My bike is very abrupt; there is some slipping of the clutch but when I have ridden with folks like Heidi and HaulnAshe, JWilly, Scab, and that bunch, I have always noticed how smooth their down shifts are (no wag in the ass end or looking like their doing horizontal push-ups on the handle bars) approaching the curves on the A models. My bike tends to snatch it down into the lower gear, almost to the point of being unsettling because I having to hold/push myself back on the bars to keep from going over them.
What
my observation is about the AE having or what I perceive as a limitation is that the YCCS doesn't have eyes; it can't see where you are in relationship to the apex of the curve, it can't feather the clutch as you approach, commit and execute the turn. Now, it could also be I need to learn more and that is why we have great forums like this, and it could also be that my bike has a different "mapping" of the YCCS control. I am all ears on this one. I just know that after 30K miles on my 06 AE, that is the one disatavantage I think the YCCS has over the "Old Skool" A models.
Now if you ask me if I would not buy an AE next time? I would say
"Oh Hell Yes I Would". Though I think Yamaha should throw in some of the goodies that they put on the Venture and Tour Star Deluxe (cruse control, intercom w/CB, and 5 year warranty) after all the bikes are all the same price. (
Oh God, did I just open another can of worms with that statement?)
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