View Full Version : Picked up the RSV Today
danf1234
20-08-07, 07:30 PM
Only had chance for a quick blast, but the power is absolutely amazing.
I will post pics tomorrow.
Has anyone got any idea why it is so bloody hard to get neutral. Is it something to do with the slipper clutch? Or am I doing something wrong.
It seems to bypass neutral and go into the gear either 1st or 2nd. Pain in the ar5e in traffic.
Has anyone got any idea why it is so bloody hard to get neutral. Is it something to do with the slipper clutch? Or am I doing something wrong.
It seems to bypass neutral and go into the gear either 1st or 2nd. Pain in the ar5e in traffic.
It's Italian, I think they call it character or something ;)
On a more serious note, mate picked up his RSV-R Factory last week, and said exactly the same thing. So it may be that it's a common problem. I told him to check his oil, but that's as far as my advice could go :p
What you need to do, is go seek out the RSV websites. They have all sorts of niggles those bikes. Cooked rear brake fluid is another one. Very badly positioned. There are others too.
Congratulations though on your new steed. Almost jealous I am.
If anyone else out there fancies an RSVR I know someone that is selling a mint specimen.
Nothing to do with the slipper clutch. I remember my old ZX-6R could randomly be a complete b*tch for selecting neutral and you could try hundreds of times but never get it. Even the old rolling and back and forward trick didn't work. Yet at the next set of lights it would be fine. Is yours like that or does it have the problem all the time?
Must be a shocker going from an SV to an RSV?
danf1234
20-08-07, 08:02 PM
Only did 10 miles riding it back but the problem seemed to be always happening.
fizzwheel
20-08-07, 08:22 PM
I suspect its a foible of the bike. My brother has an older Millie and it has lots of little things like that. Bigape is right get on the RSV forums as they'll have more specific advice.
If you're used to jap bikes, riding an italian steed is going to be full of little things like this though. Liz's Ducati is the same, the one thing I found with it, is to be more positive with the gearbox and it seems to respond to a heft prod with the boot rather than a deft touch. I'm wandering if your bike is the same ?
danf1234
20-08-07, 08:35 PM
I suspect its a foible of the bike. My brother has an older Millie and it has lots of little things like that. Bigape is right get on the RSV forums as they'll have more specific advice.
If you're used to jap bikes, riding an italian steed is going to be full of little things like this though. Liz's Ducati is the same, the one thing I found with it, is to be more positive with the gearbox and it seems to respond to a heft prod with the boot rather than a deft touch. I'm wandering if your bike is the same ?
You just summed up my initial thoughts in that post 100%. The gear box seems to be really agressive and there is no place for little taps of the toe. Its seems to want big agressive changes.
And yes my previous 7 bikes were all jap.
I bet it's something you just learn the little tricks and nuances of. A little blip maybe, a brush rather than a tap, back to second and then a brush down. Who knows, but I bet you'll figure it out.
Enjoy, great machines.
Ratty46
20-08-07, 09:05 PM
my SV doesnt like going in to neutral neiher did the cbf i did my DAS on, trick was to blip the throttle as you snick up into neutral,slips in nicely then.
nice one on getting an RSV they are the dogs wotsists :)
fizzwheel
20-08-07, 09:10 PM
You just summed up my initial thoughts in that post 100%. The gear box seems to be really agressive and there is no place for little taps of the toe. Its seems to want big agressive changes.
The other thing that we've both found with her Ducati, is that it doesnt like being nannied or ridden gently, if you ride it hard, rev it hard, be a bit more aggresive with it, it definatly responds better than it does if you ride it gently.
I'm wandering if when you get a bit more used to it, you'll push the bike a bit harder and it'll start to respond a bit better.
Just a thought..
It might be an idea to bleed the clutch as there may be a bit of air in the system causing the problem. Mr Squid did mine on the Ducati this evening and it now changes gear nicely. Agreed about the little querks on Italian bikes though........we all know mine has loads of them :lol:
Has anyone got any idea why it is so bloody hard to get neutral.
My RS125 used to do that a bit. Mainly if it was on a bit a gradient, and usually if I was parking up at cadwell with loads of people stood nearby while I was trying to find it. :smt013 Must be an aprilia thing?
Congrats on the bike. It could be the fluid needs bleeding but more likely its foreign to what you are used to you and will be fine after a couple of rides. I've had comments my neutral on the Tuono was not easy to find and I still struggle from time to time - but nothing anoying. Have a look on the AF1 website as it has most of this covered. Where are the pics BTW?
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