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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	5th gear 08/04/10 at 16:49:29 5th Gear
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DrunkenDwarf Senior Member Offline Morning Zombie Posts: 325 Seattle, WA Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #1 - 08/04/10 at 17:48:01 25% of the time normal. 75% of the time I have to hold up on the shifter while letting out on the clutch to get it to shift. -D. Dwarf
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #2 - 08/04/10 at 17:51:39 once upon a time, long, long ago, when I used to use dino m/c oil, it would occasionally stick. Now that I use RotSyn it don't.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #3 - 08/04/10 at 19:54:04 5th gear is as easy as 1st thru 4th. My problem is when I try to get into 6th gear.
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Fuschia Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 79 Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #4 - 08/04/10 at 20:23:07 Paladin. wrote on 08/04/10 at 19:54:04: 5th gear is as easy as 1st thru 4th. My problem is when I try to get into 6th gear. same here
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #5 - 08/04/10 at 20:24:06 Yes seems I am not the only one..
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #6 - 08/04/10 at 22:17:23 Clutchless works perfect Clutching it, 5th can be a little sticky at times
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cursal Full Member Offline Daily Savage Rider Posts: 175 Eugene, OR Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #7 - 08/05/10 at 07:44:30 Never an issue, easy as 1st-4th here as well. Although, 1st-2nd sometimes sticks in "N"
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Tanker2Biker Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 231 Spring, TX (north of Houston) Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #8 - 08/05/10 at 07:51:27 Sometime a problem, and it diesn't feel like there is as much travel in the shifter when going into 5th.
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Starlifter Serious Thumper Offline It only snows seven months of the year here. Posts: 3746 Eastern Michigan Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #9 - 08/05/10 at 08:15:34 Easy as pie.
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Reply #10 - 08/05/10 at 10:38:40

Overall shifting is very easy as long as the drivetrain is still cold on mine. The hotter it gets the more trouble shifting I get. Especially 1-2 and 2-3 and 3-2. 2-1 is actually fairly smooth all the time, but 1-2 sticks often and I have to try a 2nd time. It goes to neutral first, and then I have to take off the foot and then try again and it goes into 2nd. I also noticed the lower the rpm he easier it goes into 2nd. Rev it to more that 3,000 in 1st and it will give me troubleI. But only when hot. I used Mobil1 20W-50 Full Synthetic V-Twin and it was worse. So I went back to Lucas 20W-50 Full Synthetic V-Twin. Summers in Oklahoma are very hot. I tried Mobil1 10w-40 Motorcycle oil in summer and the valvetrain is thrashing too much for my taste, especially when hot. Also the shift quality suffers more with the thinner oil. With Lucas 20W-50 it runs quiet and shifts smoother. The valves are set correctly. Should I try some other Oil?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 5th gear Reply #11 - 08/05/10 at 11:04:25 You ever try shifting it like youre racing?
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sjaskow - FSO Senior Member Offline Posts: 365 Frozen Tundra of MN Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #12 - 08/05/10 at 11:21:49 Mine seems to depend on how long I wind out 4th. If I short-shift it into 5th, it sticks. Wind it a bit and it's fine. Oh, to turn this into an oil thread, I run http://www.mobiloil.com/usa-english/motoroil/oils/mobil_1_v-twin_20w-50.aspx and have since about 1K miles.
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Re: 5th gear
Reply #13 - 08/05/10 at 11:41:52

ralfyguy wrote on 08/05/10 at 10:38:40:

Overall shifting is very easy as long as the drivetrain is still cold on mine. The hotter it gets the more trouble shifting I get. Especially 1-2 and 2-3 and 3-2. 2-1 is actually fairly smooth all the time, but 1-2 sticks often and I have to try a 2nd time. It goes to neutral first, and then I have to take off the foot and then try again and it goes into 2nd. I also noticed the lower the rpm he easier it goes into 2nd. Rev it to more that 3,000 in 1st and it will give me troubleI. But only when hot. I used Mobil1 20W-50 Full Synthetic V-Twin and it was worse. So I went back to Lucas 20W-50 Full Synthetic V-Twin. Summers in Oklahoma are very hot. I tried Mobil1 10w-40 Motorcycle oil in summer and the valvetrain is thrashing too much for my taste, especially when hot. Also the shift quality suffers more with the thinner oil. With Lucas 20W-50 it runs quiet and shifts smoother. The valves are set correctly. Should I try some other Oil?

If Lucas is better than Mobil-1 try Klotz the next time.

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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: 5th gear Reply #14 - 08/05/10 at 13:32:59 Never ever had a problem with 5th gear on either of the LS650's I've owned ...
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