I had an unnerving expertise the opposite day. As I lastly reached a parking place at Clingman’s Dome I misplaced the gear indicator operate as I pulled into an area. The bike, 2016 RT, wouldn’t begin, wouldn’t present by dashboard indicator what gear I used to be in.

The final 1/2 mile or so of the climb up had been cease and go, inching ahead one automotive size at a time, utilizing the hill-hold operate quite a bit. When turning the bike on, the hill-hold emblem would gentle up, a special colour than regular, and the exclamation level image would flash quickly. After attempting repeatedly to restart, then attempting to make sense of the knowledge within the homeowners handbook, so detailed (not!) I ultimately referred to as the dealership. The telephone was answered by a younger fellow who mentioned he’d by no means heard of such a factor, and the one recourse could be to attach it to a diagnostic machine. He additionally knowledgeable me that it could be a number of weeks earlier than the store would have the ability to verify this out for me. 6,000 ft up the mountain, this was no assist.

I did discover one thing within the handbook concerning a “Timeout”, 20 minutes in response to the handbook, which might happen in instances of overheating. I think that that is what occurred, though it was about 40 minutes earlier than I used to be capable of begin the bike once more.

By protecting the kickstand up and discovering impartial by really feel I began the bike. Placing the kickstand down, in impartial, killed the engine. Hoping for the perfect, we received on, began the bike with the kickstand up, and headed down the mountain. About half-way down, the gear indicator got here on as soon as once more, and since then the bike has functioned usually.

So, my query is, was this only a timeout from extreme use of hill-hold? Overheated the clutch maybe? That is my finest guess. Has anybody else skilled this? I am undecided whether or not to be significantly involved, or if this was only a regular security intervention programmed into the machine. I requested that of the younger man answering the telephone on the Service Division, however, as he mentioned “no approach to know with out a diagnostic machine”. I am hoping that these with extra expertise may need higher solutions. Thanks.