ok I need my MC GURU possee' to splain why I am having gear shift issues up & down......been fine until the last week or so colder weather is all I can say has changed....the lock nut on the extension shaft for the forwared contriols did back off and the linkage was sloppy fora day or so until i titghtened up the lock nut....well now i have intermittent up and down shift failure to engage the correct gear problems.....mainly the 1-2 up shift and the 2-3 up shift - i think i have gotten to the next gear but it will not "click" in gear and drops back down to the next lower gear....very rarely does this happen on the 3-4 or the 4-5 up shift......on the downshift it is like the shift lever just falls floppy loose and does not snap up for the next downshift...mainly on the 5-4 and 4-3 down sift....rarely on the 3-2 downshift - what is causing this?

Could just be the cold - affects the oil and the clutch takeup.

I was hoping it is just cold related - yanking/stomping on the shift lever is not making me happy - 10-40 4T Castrol.....last year cold weather was Valvoline 4T 10-40.......dont recall any issues last cold weather riding season.

Serowbot wrote on 12/21/11 at 10:55:37:

yes when the motor wamrs up it is better - when the motor warms up and the air temp is in the 60's it is not a problem - motor warmed up good and air temps high 20's to mid 40's still notice it.....motor warmed up air temp 50's hit and miss

Do you poot around about shifting or do you try to make it quick? Id try thrashing it & seeing how fast I could get thru the gears. Do a 0-60 run,

verslagen1 wrote on 12/21/11 at 17:18:30:


last week - was doing this before the oil change and after - same oil before and after Castrol 4T 10-40 ....12,500+ miles....change the oil/filter every 1500 miles.

I love you guys - seriously - always very helpful - I will try the 1-2 spline move with the arm - will report back in a few days - raining here until Saturday.