Gearbox issue? R1150GS 2001 non Adv

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In the last couple of days, shifting down has become more difficult and I´ve started having to pull off from the lights in 2nd. Shifting up seems to be ok at the moment but it just doesn´t seem to want to shift downwards very easily which isn´t ideal although it does eventually.

The bike has 76,000miles on it and I´ve had no problems in the past. I also changed the gear oil about 4k miles ago, not with SAE 90 as I normally do but with a heavy 80w or 90w (can´t remember) oil. Is this perhaps the problem?

Any thoughts much appreciated.

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Check yer gear lever is not siezing up on the pivot. Mine did it, lots of 'em do it, I am quite sure you will find lots of other guys popping up and saying the same thing. Try a search and you will find loads of info.:thumb2
 
Whip it off, clean it up, regrease it, put back together. If you have to ride in the mean time get round the problem by manually re-centering the gear lever each gear change. It's the not recentering cos it's stuck that prevents you selecting the next gear :)
 
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