I've 2016 Foreman 500 with ES and EPS (FE2). I'm taking soil samples. I'm riding about 100-150m and then I stay for about 1 minute. Should I always downshift to Neutral or can I leave it at 2nd gear (most of the time I start moving at 2nd gear)?
You should be fine taking off in second as long as your not pulling a load. A centrifugal (automatic) clutch had weights that engage a clutch drum. When at idle they are not engaged. When you give it throttle and the rpm rises the weights are forced out to turn the clutch drum. That clutch then turns the change clutch which powers the transmission and so on to the wheels.
You're fine starting off in 2nd on that machine unless you're running huge tires or are in thick mud. My wife and kids start off in 3rd on mine all the time, which irritates the crap out of me, but it's easier for me to put in new clutches than it is for me to fight three women every time we ride.
My question is not if I can start off at 2nd but if it's better to leave it at stop at 2nd or should I allways go to neutral.
May be a stupid question for someone. I know that to go to neutral at stop is the best way. Foreman is my working tool - it feed my family. I want to do my best for it.
I was thinking that - I take about 45 samples per day and each sample consist of 8 stops. So, it's 360 stops per day. When I will leave it at 2nd at each stop, I will earn 4 gear shifts per stop (from 2nd to neutral when stopping and from neutral to 2nd at starting off). It's 1440 less gear shifts per day!
I don't know how clutch and gear shifting motor/mechanism reliable is. But it came on my mind, that may be it's better/cheaper to leave it at eache stop at 2nd and change for example clutch once per year as to change gear shifting/mechanism for example twice per year. That's why I am asking for.
I think you are better off leaving it in second, which will reduce wear on the shifting mechanism as you described. Each shift involves several parts, including the shift motor, shift drum, shift forks, gears with splines, dogs and slots, angle sensor, and gear position sensor.
you are on the right track, just make sure your idle is set right so the clutch is spinning free and not starting to engage. if unit is creeping back down the idle. you should have no problems and a lot less wear.
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