hay all
some times my bike will slip gears like today i was in 4th doing about 9,500rpm and it droped back to 3rd i shaZam! my self i thought my engine had exploded at first but then i work out what had happen dose this sort of thing happen to you?
it has happen to me alot when i take off shift to 2nd it will go on 2nd for alittle bit the fall in to nutral has this ever happen to you?
It sounds like you're accidentally hitting the shifter with your foot. Especially considering it's a new bike. It's easy enough to do. If you don't already do this, ride with your toes on the pegs not the arch of your foot.
Problem #2 sounds like LLT Lazy Left Toe. If you don't firmly lift up your toe you can either find a false neutral or slip out of gear. Try adjusting the shifter on the shift rod until it feels best.
If you're already doing this excuse my stupid reply. :icon_mrgreen:
nah i think its because im trying to do it to fast and thats why it happends dose any 1 else do this as well
Check clutch lever freeplay and adjust if necessary
yer man there is lots i like to be able to change gears fast
deathlucky, The same thing happened to me last Friday. I think I was going from 4th to 5th gear, then after I started accelerating it went back down to 4... Scared the crap out of me.
oh man it scared the shaZam! out of me i was doin like 9,500 when it slipped back so it would of went up to like 12,000 hahahaha its good to know im not the only 1 who has done this
Deathlucky, have u tried clutchless shifting if you want to change gears fast... also less likely to find a false neutral.
Let the flaming begin :)
The same thing happens to me. I even took my GS in just to make sure it was not my clutch basket or some off the wall thing causing this. I was told it was user error.....I'm not shifting properly for my style of bike. I figured I would work on my shifting and it has paid off. I don't have the shifting problem so often. :icon_rolleyes:
When you get your shifting, clutch control, and throttle control all coordinated properly; you should be able to shift smoothly as fast as you can close and open your left hand.
When it drops back a gear like you describe, it's because you haven't upshifted completely into the next gear. It stiil happens to me on very rare occasions after 115k miles on GS500's and over 340k miles on bikes.
+1 on lazy left foot... it happened to me all the time when I first started and tried to shift quickly, but the more I ride the rarer and rarer it happens... after you've embarrassed yourself in front of the ladies a few times with the sudden jump in revs and horrible jerk your left foot will learn to not be so lazy
My old GS had a false neutral between 2nd and 3rd that i'd hit sometimes.
Definitely happens to me, and it's always a lazy upshift. :oops:
Quote from: daneilah on July 19, 2006, 07:03:58 PMDefinitely happens to me, and it's always a lazy upshift. :oops:
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And... Clutchless shifting does seem a lot less likely to find a false neutral.
Like this: 1. Place upward pressure on the shifter (DON'T JAM IT UP)
2. "Blip" the throttle (Meaning, let off quickly and return... ON-OFF-ON)
3. The shifter will pop into the next gear. YAY...
I've heard it bends some crap if you do it a lot/wrong... :dunno_white: I don't do it very often, but it sure helps when I'm flipping someone off while blazing through my gears. :thumb:
Quote from: daneilah on July 19, 2006, 07:03:58 PM
Definitely happens to me, and it's always a lazy upshift. :oops:
It was an occasional occurrence with me (maybe once every two months) and it was always a down-shift *with* clutch