over drive button

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Re: over drive button

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only ever seen the OD light on when i click up from 5th to OD, nice for cruising between 60/70 mph & TBH the bike does sound more comfortable, i generally drop down myself so not sure if the bike will drop through the gears on Manual from OD ,

I'd recommend using it if on motorways for ages & not the M25 which you do ride above 50 mph :lol:

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Re: over drive button

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tha-mask wrote:In auto you only ever see D light on, so you dont know what gear its in, though as its a CVT it doesnt have a Gear, in manual like the Mana I guess it just places the pulley at certain positions to simulate gears. I therefore believe in auto it is free to use the whole range including the range occupied by the OD option in manual. That's my guess anyway !!
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Re: over drive button

Post by kayz1 »

If you are in Auto mode it does not go into Overdrive, if you check the revs at say 60mph steady right hand :lol:
then flick into Manual and up a gear you will see at said 60mph the revs are lower :D

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Re: over drive button

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I have found that below 70mph then there is a difference in rpm between OD and auto, however above 75 mph I dont see any difference.
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Re: over drive button

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sorry to drone on but changing from auto to manual at 65 mph goes to Gear 5 then you need to step up to OD, however sudden stops does drop the manual from OD to automatically dropping gears , lt appears the OD drop the revs but can be increased if accelerated , so i would say it's a rev limiter at 60/70 mph which as mentioned is a fuel saver 8-)

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