| Author | Message | ||
     J_s_machine |
I hate to always come to you guys with bad news, but it seems like every time I get on my bike I have some kind of problem... I took off towards town yesterday afternoon and and everything went fine until I got about 25 miles away from my house in the next town. I noticed my bike was getting kind of hard to shift, and eventually it got to where it would only find 2 gears. I think I was stuck in 3 and 4th. After sitting at two or three stop lights and fighting with it and shifting my heart out trying to "find something", I think I got it down to 1st and 2nd somehow. I could'nt get it any higher than this, and I ended up riding it the whole 25 miles home in second gear because that was as high as I could get it to shift up. What in the world would cause this? The dealer did the 5000 mile service, and it has about 7500 on it now if I'm not mistaken. I haven't checked the sidecase fluid level, but it stays parked in my garage in the same place all the time and there is no leak. I know it hasn't lost any fluid. I check engine oil before I ride. and it looked good before I took off. The clutch worked fine, as far as engaging and disengaging, but it just won't shift. What could be the problem here guys? Thanks | ||
| Americanmadexb |
compensation nut backed off?? anybody? | ||
| Cycleaddict |
make you actually have oil in your primary ! (they could have drained it & forgot to refill ) | ||
| Metalstorm |
Bent shifter fork maybe? | ||
| J_s_machine |
it has ridden fine since the service. it was kind of like an all the sudden thing. it took it maybe 2 minutes to develop the condition. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Could be a sprung spring on the shifter detente mechanism. Most cases are after a low side of some kind, but it could be a fluke / broken spring or something. If you (or your dealer) pull the primary cover, then primary chain / clutch pack / stator bell off as a unit, you will be able to see all of the detente mechanism and see if anything looks amiss. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Oh, and I would check the primary fluid level. I really hope Cycleaddict is wrong... but he could be right... | ||
| Roadkingtrax |
Check the clutch adjustment. I had this happen to me on my Harley Bagger. The adjustment was set, shifted fine for a few miles of stoplights then, POP!. I thought I broke my cable, or the ferrel came off of it inside the trapdoor. Turned out that it had been misadjusted and over rotated when I let go of the clutch lever that last time. This resulted in the clutch not being fully released for engagement. Stupid mistake, but sounds similar in your situation. | ||
| J_s_machine |
thats what the dealer service told me... check the clutch adjustment.. still havent had a chance to look, I've been working. I'm gonna check everything out tommorrow. I know it's a dumb thing to fuss about, but I really hate how dealers or service places always tell you to "bring it in"... I've never worked in the service field, so I don't know what it's like when people call and ask how to do something. However I do fix pretty much everything on my own at home. The only reason I have used the dealer here recently is because it's still under warranty and that's where I bought it. If I can get it fixed free profesionally, why not?? I just feel like if I were in their shoes I would prolly offer a little more advice and more tips over the phone. They just don't understand that I am like 200 miles away and it isn't as easy as just "bring it to them"... |
