I believe that's
meant to make it harder to get your foot caught under the pedal...
While you're in that area, check out the underside of that RH foot plate & see how the 'panic braking foot-plate drop-away' feature works; then next time you're out on a level & clear section of road where/when it's safe to do so, brace yourself firmly & then stomp
HARD on the brakes to see/feel how
it works and how phenomenally effective your braking under ABS/EBD & Stability Control system invervention on these Spyders can be!! :clap:
In a real emergency stop, where you should stand really hard on the brakes and stay hard on them while you steer safely around whatever danger you need to avoid (
think Stomp, Stay, and Steer!) that little device under the foot-plate allows the plate to drop down at the front and gives you even more room/distance for pedal travel so the plate can't limit/restrict your braking effort, but it won't (quite!) hit the ground! And once your panic braking where the foot-plate dropped is over, and you've safely steered around/avoided whatever it was you were avoiding while still under full braking, all it takes is lifting the foot-plate firmly back into place to re-engage the latch & secure the foot-plate back where it belongs!
hyea: If you practice doing this emergency brake & Stomp, Stay & Steer bit every now & then, not only will you be far better prepared if you ever do need to use it for real, but you'll probably also work out how pressing firmly on the right spot on the rear of the foot-plate will bring it back up into its normal ryding 'latched up' position, so you can return the foot-plate to its proper position without even getting off your Spyder! :thumbup:
:cheers:
