Last week I rode through France and into Spain before returning on the ferry but unfortunately had a few issues with my bike.
I didn't use any motorways in France, was mostly riding at slow speeds and for two days had problems with the gearbox which then disappeared.
The problem I had was that I was unable to get a clean change of gear in the lower four gears no matter how hard I tried. I rarely use the quick shifter because I find that unless you're 'gunning it' it doesn’t work well and you get a smoother change using the clutch. Changing gear was a really horrible experience and gave a very unpleasant bang/shock feeling through the gear change whenever I did.
In the end, I stopped trying to change gear smoothly and resigned myself to the fact that the gearbox was faulty, determined to eat itself and just hoped it would last until I got home.
Additionally, when stationary in traffic I stopped putting the bike in neutral which is the correct thing to do because selecting first gear created a real crunching. If I knew I would be stationary for more than a minute I switched off the engine and started it in first to prevent this.
When starting in first gear with the clutch fully in, the bike would move forward when the starter button was pressed which leads me to believe the clutch isn't always disengaging as it should.
As I said above, the problem lasted two days but on Thursday all was OK again.
Just a long shot but could altitude cause a problem? I can't see how it could but on the days I had the problem I was up in the hills and near mountains whereas on Thursday and Friday I was back nearer sea level.
Whilst I know a dragging clutch wouldn't have helped, even changing gear without using it still resulted in the 'shock feeling' through the gear change leaver which I'd not experienced before this trip or from Thursday onwards.
I know there have been lots of posts regarding bad LC gearboxes but has anyone got a gearbox with intermittent issues as described above?
I didn't use any motorways in France, was mostly riding at slow speeds and for two days had problems with the gearbox which then disappeared.
The problem I had was that I was unable to get a clean change of gear in the lower four gears no matter how hard I tried. I rarely use the quick shifter because I find that unless you're 'gunning it' it doesn’t work well and you get a smoother change using the clutch. Changing gear was a really horrible experience and gave a very unpleasant bang/shock feeling through the gear change whenever I did.
In the end, I stopped trying to change gear smoothly and resigned myself to the fact that the gearbox was faulty, determined to eat itself and just hoped it would last until I got home.
Additionally, when stationary in traffic I stopped putting the bike in neutral which is the correct thing to do because selecting first gear created a real crunching. If I knew I would be stationary for more than a minute I switched off the engine and started it in first to prevent this.
When starting in first gear with the clutch fully in, the bike would move forward when the starter button was pressed which leads me to believe the clutch isn't always disengaging as it should.
As I said above, the problem lasted two days but on Thursday all was OK again.
Just a long shot but could altitude cause a problem? I can't see how it could but on the days I had the problem I was up in the hills and near mountains whereas on Thursday and Friday I was back nearer sea level.
Whilst I know a dragging clutch wouldn't have helped, even changing gear without using it still resulted in the 'shock feeling' through the gear change leaver which I'd not experienced before this trip or from Thursday onwards.
I know there have been lots of posts regarding bad LC gearboxes but has anyone got a gearbox with intermittent issues as described above?
