justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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How many miles? When you leave from a stop, do you slip the clutch?
Gear engagement....
If that's From Neutral, into first, and you've stomped the lever to force it into first after sitting through a light in gear with the clutch lever pulled in, then the odds that the rod is bent are pretty good. If you're able to shift up from first pretty easily, but down shifting doesn't work so good, then certainly check it. Heck, check it out anyway.
The cheapest and, so far, best oil has been Rotella 15/40, though I think I recently saw that the zinc content is no longer up to what the bike needs. Redline ZDDP added will solve that. We have people who have over 100,000 miles on their bikes and and have not pulled the head.
So, go lay down and look under the shifter, pull down on it, gently, see what the rod does.
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