1 Down Shifting Trouble Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:54 pm
tjh1985
Silver member
I have a 1985 K100rs and I've had problems downshifting for awhile.
1. The bike shifts up and down smoothly and the start of a ride, but once I get some time on the bike suddenly down shifting become clunky. I'll pull the clutch in and try and down shift and the foot lever wont budge. I'll release the clutch and try again and the bike usually will down shift as it should. Sometimes it won't and I'll have to repeat the process until it shifts down.
2. I've found that if I pull the clutch in and rev the throttle then downshift it won't stick, but I don't understand why that allows it to downshift easier.
3. When the bike is cool at the start of the ride, moving it from 1st gear into neutral is easy, but after 10 minutes riding the bike won't go into neutral from first gear - it either is stuck in 1st and won't shift up or it shifts directly from 1st to 2nd gear, and skips neutral. If I turn the bike off I can immediately slip it into neutral with no issues.
I've broken my gear shift rod a half dozen times because of this issue. I've gotten really good at getting home in 3rd gear.
Anyone else run into this or have a solution?
Thanks so much,
Thomas
1. The bike shifts up and down smoothly and the start of a ride, but once I get some time on the bike suddenly down shifting become clunky. I'll pull the clutch in and try and down shift and the foot lever wont budge. I'll release the clutch and try again and the bike usually will down shift as it should. Sometimes it won't and I'll have to repeat the process until it shifts down.
2. I've found that if I pull the clutch in and rev the throttle then downshift it won't stick, but I don't understand why that allows it to downshift easier.
3. When the bike is cool at the start of the ride, moving it from 1st gear into neutral is easy, but after 10 minutes riding the bike won't go into neutral from first gear - it either is stuck in 1st and won't shift up or it shifts directly from 1st to 2nd gear, and skips neutral. If I turn the bike off I can immediately slip it into neutral with no issues.
I've broken my gear shift rod a half dozen times because of this issue. I've gotten really good at getting home in 3rd gear.
Anyone else run into this or have a solution?
Thanks so much,
Thomas