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Bike shifts hard

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by Brewster_440, May 24, 2008.

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    My bike is hard to shift into gear. when down shifting it pushes hard til it bangs down a gear. When i am in 1st and go for nuetral it usualy jumps past into 2nd, same with going from 2nd to nuetral - usually skips down and into 1st. The upshifts seam normal.

    I know i have the right amount of oil, and i'm 90% sure it's the right weight - but i'm going to change it just to see. Any other ideas?
     
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    clutch drag.
     
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    I was thinking clutch drag. Could be a stretched or fraying cable, check to see if theres a lot of play in thre cable, I think it's about 3 mm, not 100% though, got a few bikes and they all different.
     
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    I thought clutch, but the cable is new and adjusted correctly.

    Going to change the oil right now. Read the book and it tells me there is a second drain plug for the trans gears. didn't know that. maybe i have too much oil in the bike. the sight glass is messed up. I'm going to measure what comes out. The book tells me i need 2.5 litres in the bike. thats 2.64 quarts in US measure.
     
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    Don't mess with the second drain plug...they break very easily,and the amount of oil you will get out by removing it is minimal.Just not worth the risk,IMO.
     
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    Yup, my bike shifted 100% better after an oil change. There's a little more clutch "drag" when cold with the new oil (remember, the clutches are wet so the oil acts just like tranny fluid in a torque converter) but that goes away once the bike is up to temp.
     
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    Yeah, that second drain plug is in a bad spot. Exhaust sytem was in the way - i messed with it for a while then said F it. The bike has new oil and i will see how it rides to work in the AM . . .
     
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