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Offline seagiant

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Problems with Shifting Gears!
« on: March 16, 2014, 09:25:48 AM »
Hi,
      Thought I would ask a question. I have owned my C14 for a few months now. When I bought the bike it was on consignment and had 1900 miles on it . It is a 2012 model. It had a few years of warranty left and I bought 4 more years,so I'm covered.

  Since day one with the bike 3rd gear was hard sometimes to go into gear but I thought I would see if it got better or worse as it was more of a aggravation now and then than a real problem.

  Well yesterday,everything went south,now 3,4, and 5th gear were VERY hard to go into gear and driving back from Daytona (50 miles) my left leg actually hurt when I got home.

  I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before??? The bike is going to the Dealer tomorrow for sure,but trying to figure out what this could be? There is no grinding or noise,the tranny downshifts no problem, but going into 3,4,and5, is very hard now? If anyone has an idea on this I'd be proud to hear it!!! Thanks!
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Re: Problems with Shifting Gears!
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2014, 12:02:45 PM »
might need to do a clutch fluid replace and bleed, general maintainence anyways.
if the clutch isn't fully releasing, it will cause difficulty in the shift, and accelerate the wear on the shifting forks...

also, asking how you got a 4 year extension.... they come in 36 month renewals, if it's GTPP.
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Re: Problems with Shifting Gears!
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2014, 12:54:56 PM »
Hi,
     Youre right 3 year extension!!! I also found the problem. I had lowered the shift lever before this happened,so I went back and put it where it was before and all is good now! Thanks!
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Re: Problems with Shifting Gears!
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2014, 01:24:40 PM »
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Re: Problems with Shifting Gears!
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2014, 04:40:38 PM »
Quote from: seagiant on March 16, 2014, 12:54:56 PM
I also found the problem. I had lowered the shift lever before this happened,so I went back and put it where it was before and all is good now!

Don't feel bad, I had a similar issue when the bike was new (although not as extreme as you describe) until I adjusted the shift lever some to deal with my raised boots.
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Re: Problems with Shifting Gears!
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2014, 07:56:37 PM »
Hi,
     Well.. the big adjustment is the splined piece that connects the adjustable rod to the shift rod coming from the tranny. The adjust rod is for fine tuning really! This is all about learning the bike and I'm glad I could figure it out!
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