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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #15 - 06/04/17 at 13:09:22 Jones, It sounds like the linkage needs lubed and adjusted. Kenny G
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kojones Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 223 Finland	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #16 - 06/04/17 at 13:48:05 Kenny G wrote on 06/04/17 at 13:09:22: Jones, It sounds like the linkage needs lubed and adjusted. Kenny G Just lubed it a few days ago. Going to think it as a feature for now
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kojones Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 223 Finland	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #17 - 06/07/17 at 14:01:08 Took the rod off, it's very, very slightly warped. Gave it a bit more length, we'll see if that helps.
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TheHowler YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #18 - 06/07/17 at 14:03:09 I have problems shifting down whenever I'm moving too fast for a gear. Example, shifting to 2 when I'm going ~18 mph. I shift down better when moving slow. If that helps...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #19 - 06/07/17 at 14:09:43 Throttle syncs the engine/transmission.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #20 - 06/08/17 at 22:50:22 If your seeing a warp it may be flexing ,I'd replace ,( Ron Ayers,ROD 25525-21E50 $7.86)
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #21 - 06/09/17 at 03:56:20 I don't remember the answer to Have you Ever had to Stomp it into gear? First, no, the bike Never Requires impact to get it in first. That's operator error. The clutch is your friend, spin the transmission guts, then it will drop in. And, if it's been stomped, that rod is probably flexing.
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Re: Can't downshift when warm
Reply #22 - 06/09/17 at 23:44:56

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/09/17 at 03:56:20:

I don't remember the answer to

Have you Ever had to Stomp it into gear?

First, no, the bike Never Requires impact to get it in first. That's operator error. The clutch is your friend, spin the transmission guts, then it will drop in.

And, if it's been stomped, that rod is probably flexing.

Sorry, I thought you mean if I have to stomp it everytime to get it on first.

No I have not, I know that transmissions don't work by using lots of force, I've ruined one 70's Yamaha that way when I was a young boy.

There's titanium rods for sale in UK, with Finnish postal prices there's not much difference with the OEM rod Roll Eyes

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Eegore Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 8340	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #23 - 06/10/17 at 08:11:45 "First, no, the bike Never Requires impact to get it in first. That's operator error. The clutch is your friend, spin the transmission guts, then it will drop in." Spin transmission guts as in roll forward/backward with your feet?
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Reply #24 - 06/10/17 at 08:20:11

That's A way, but to let the clutch out just enough to start to engage, pull in, apply gentle downforce on shifter..

I don't remember How I managed to get stopped, in traffic, in a high gear, but I did.. And you Can rip down to first using the clutch and gas and shifter in mere seconds if you know how. Driving big trucks and shifting without a clutch helps.
In the Trailbreaking threads there is a clip showing the hands of the rider as he shifts. Upshift, no clutch,downshift, clutch.

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kojones Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 223 Finland	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #25 - 06/11/17 at 01:46:26 I think I'll replace the rod and the centering spring inside the gear shifter cover, might as well go there when replacing the front pulley with the Kawasaki pulley.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Can't downshift when warm Reply #26 - 06/11/17 at 06:44:37 You'll be the first to mess with the spring. The rod is not uncommon.
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