lanceharrison
New member
Greetings!
This issue started some months ago, but really stood out on a recent weekend trip with the club: My bike frequently shifts on its own from 2nd to a false neutral (no green Neutral light), or will jump straight from 2nd to 3rd (with the gear number changing in the LCD window) under acceleration. I can sometimes manage to avoid this by upshifting early; not sure what the RPM range is when I'm doing this. There have been several occasions while the abrupt auto-shift from 2nd to 3rd occurs while accelerating from an on-ramp onto a freeway, whether straight-line or clover-leaf. This last is when it worries me most: I'm afraid the bike might slide out form under me at some point on one of those curves.
Note 1: The transmission and gear oil have not been drained and replaced since I bought it. I have not even checked the trans gear oil level, yet. (I do have replacement oil on-hand and the washers for the drain and fill plugs.)
Note 2: The clutch was replaced last year at my local dealer, as well as the rear main seal, since there was a leak that contaminated the plates and caused considerable slippage in just about all gears.
Note 3: It sometimes feels like there is a "two-stage notch" effect when I upshift from 2nd -> 3rd -> 4th, i.e. when I shift up, the toe shifter will engage, but then I can nudge the shifter "deeper" into the notch.
Does this sound like a clutch issue, a transmission/gear issue, or something else?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
-Lancer!!
This issue started some months ago, but really stood out on a recent weekend trip with the club: My bike frequently shifts on its own from 2nd to a false neutral (no green Neutral light), or will jump straight from 2nd to 3rd (with the gear number changing in the LCD window) under acceleration. I can sometimes manage to avoid this by upshifting early; not sure what the RPM range is when I'm doing this. There have been several occasions while the abrupt auto-shift from 2nd to 3rd occurs while accelerating from an on-ramp onto a freeway, whether straight-line or clover-leaf. This last is when it worries me most: I'm afraid the bike might slide out form under me at some point on one of those curves.
Note 1: The transmission and gear oil have not been drained and replaced since I bought it. I have not even checked the trans gear oil level, yet. (I do have replacement oil on-hand and the washers for the drain and fill plugs.)
Note 2: The clutch was replaced last year at my local dealer, as well as the rear main seal, since there was a leak that contaminated the plates and caused considerable slippage in just about all gears.
Note 3: It sometimes feels like there is a "two-stage notch" effect when I upshift from 2nd -> 3rd -> 4th, i.e. when I shift up, the toe shifter will engage, but then I can nudge the shifter "deeper" into the notch.
Does this sound like a clutch issue, a transmission/gear issue, or something else?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
-Lancer!!