mexico trip

[wld_champ]

Hello, I seem to be having a little trouble shifting into 1ST gear especially sitting still or traveling very slowly (<5mph) and coming from neutral. It does not grind or anything. It just does not want to go in. If I tap in the shifter a few times it eventually goes right in. It seems to help if I give it a little gas. Is this common? Is there a fix? I don't have any trouble with any of the other gears and the clutch is in good shape. The problem become significantly more pressing this morning while making a left trun across traffic and I down shifted from 2nd into neutral(while attempting to get to 1st) at about 5mph. The second or so it took to get into first seemed like a lifetime as the on comming truck showed no signs of slowing. Thanks for any help

[Tengai650]

At 4:37 PM +0000 8/8/2002, wld_champ wrote:

>Hello, > >I seem to be having a little trouble shifting into 1ST gear >especially sitting still or traveling very slowly (from neutral. It does not grind or anything. It just does not want >to go in. If I tap in the shifter a few times it eventually goes >right in. It seems to help if I give it a little gas. Is this >common? Is there a fix? I don't have any trouble with any of the >other gears and the clutch is in good shape.

I had a problem like this and found that my shifter was hitting the frame, but it was only effecting the downshift as you described. I rotated the lever up a spline. Mark B2 A2 A3

[bradcdavis]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "wld_champ" wrote:

> Hello, > > I seem to be having a little trouble shifting into 1ST gear > especially sitting still or traveling very slowly (

coming

> from neutral. It does not grind or anything. It just does not

want

> to go in. If I tap in the shifter a few times it eventually goes > right in. It seems to help if I give it a little gas. Is this > common? Is there a fix? I don't have any trouble with any of the > other gears and the clutch is in good shape. > > The problem become significantly more pressing this morning while > making a left trun across traffic and I down shifted from 2nd into > neutral(while attempting to get to 1st) at about 5mph. The second > or so it took to get into first seemed like a lifetime as the on > comming truck showed no signs of slowing. > > Thanks for any help

You might try reving the engine (blipping the throttle) before downshifting. That helps me a lot when downshifting. You might try changing the oil too if you haven't recently done that. On my bike, the shifting gets worse and worse as the oil gets older. New oil makes it shift like new again. In fact, missed shifts and downshifting problems is my indicator for when to change the oil. I might add that since my bike went past the 13,000 mile mark it has shifted better than ever. Maybe it has finally broke in? Brad in NC -> who didn't mention at how many miles I change the OIL on purpose.

[wld_champ]

Mark, Thanks for pointing out an obvious check I should have made. This was indeed the problem. I had replaced the stock shifter with a Moose unit and had simply put it in the same position not taking into account that it was bigger DUHH. Dave

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Tengai650 wrote: > I had a problem like this and found that my shifter was hitting the > frame, but it was only effecting the downshift as you described. I > rotated the lever up a spline. > Mark > B2 > A2 > A3

[TLrydr@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/7/02 12:53:35 PM EST, rselvage77845@... writes: << Saw your post about your trip to Copper Canyon. >> Way to hot in september, There are world travelers on this list that can tell you better than me how to cross over in to Mexico, The roads to Batopilas and Urique are very easy on a KLR, But the back road to Batopilas from urique is a full blown dirt bike road, Not KLR,,,, Prepare the bike, Prepare the bike...... The KLR needs Brush guards to cover the brake and clutch, It also needs a radator guard, A real skid plate to cover the water pump. Mike