louieskretas
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I've been having a blast riding the ( new to me) R60 but down shifting has been a bit of a challenge. It is restored bike with 750 jugs and carbs, 500miles on the engine, 75,000 miles on the clock, not sure about the tranny...
Upshifts are smooth and easy every time but downshifts are spotty.
I know the bikes are known for being notchy but it should be a bit easier than this. I've tried preloading and blipping the throttle to synch the engine and tranny speeds and it seems to help a bit but many times it goes from third into a false neutral. Today I got into neutral, with the light off, so false neutral, and then the bike would not go into gear up or down. I pushed it off the road and played with the shifter until it finally engaged and got into first gear. It worked perfectly after that for the rest of the ride approx. 20 miles of stop and go. no missed downshifts at all. strange. I guess the only thing to do is to remove the tranny and get it looked at.
Any ideas of what could be the cause?
Thank you
Upshifts are smooth and easy every time but downshifts are spotty.
I know the bikes are known for being notchy but it should be a bit easier than this. I've tried preloading and blipping the throttle to synch the engine and tranny speeds and it seems to help a bit but many times it goes from third into a false neutral. Today I got into neutral, with the light off, so false neutral, and then the bike would not go into gear up or down. I pushed it off the road and played with the shifter until it finally engaged and got into first gear. It worked perfectly after that for the rest of the ride approx. 20 miles of stop and go. no missed downshifts at all. strange. I guess the only thing to do is to remove the tranny and get it looked at.
Any ideas of what could be the cause?
Thank you