koth442 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Ride365 said: Mine sure doesn't, sometimes its pure hell to shift into 3rd or 4th, totally confusing me as I have never owned a bike that's done this. Short shift and or at lows revs and it's fine, but when I roll that throttle on harder from 2nd trying to shift into 3rd......NOTHING/NADA have to slam my boot up hard for it to engage. That is strange... I think it's worth discussing, however, we should start another thread to do so. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteinpa Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Ride365 said: Mine sure doesn't, sometimes its pure hell to shift into 3rd or 4th, totally confusing me as I have never owned a bike that's done this. Short shift and or at lows revs and it's fine, but when I roll that throttle on harder from 2nd trying to shift into 3rd......NOTHING/NADA have to slam my boot up hard for it to engage. You're still under warranty. get it to the dealer before the weather stops you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride365 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 26 minutes ago, peteinpa said: You're still under warranty. get it to the dealer before the weather stops you. Yeah I could do that and likely will, thinking might adjust the linkage up a tad and see what happens first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petshark Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 10/19/2020 at 2:29 PM, Ride365 said: Yeah I could do that and likely will, thinking might adjust the linkage up a tad and see what happens first. Just wondering if this is resolved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride365 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, petshark said: Just wondering if this is resolved? Yup shifts like butter now, adjusted the linkage up slightly and a fine tune of the clutch cable free play.......guess I should've updated earlier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petshark Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ride365 said: Yup shifts like butter now, adjusted the linkage up slightly and a fine tune of the clutch cable free play.......guess I should've updated earlier. Glad to hear it! So I guess the clutch wasn't fully disengaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride365 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I believe for me it had more to do with the linkage, that and it started to also shift better as the mileage increased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR_DR3I Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I've found the 1st gear kerplunk to be much less pronounced over time/miles, but also after every oil change. And once you get going, the gears almost slip themselves in - it's that smooth. I'm enjoying my FJ quite a lot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salish900 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I have to chime in to say my Tracer is by far the smoothest shifting bike I've ever had. Slipper and Gripper clutch must help. It's just crazy easy to shift. I swear I think about it and it happens magically. I cannot discern any movement of my hands or feet. Just the slightest flick... It does matter that you have fresh oil, but that's understood. I echo those who say on this bike, you can ignore all sorts of sounds. It's just a tank. Not so on my former Aprilia where I had to have a stethoscope to the thing to foretell major damage that was inevitable anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 My '15 had butter smooth gear shifts. Like "was that a shift?" kind of smooth. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullwinkle Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 I have 9 bikes of different manufactures and all of them have these issues with 'clunks' and shifting to a degree (some worse than others). Sometimes: upshifting to 2nd at a stop prior to engaging 1st gear, eases the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackD Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Kerplunk? Try a BMW watercooled 1200, it's a KEERCRASHBANG and it's difficult to get consistent, smooth shifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel5 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Every bike I've ever owned kerplunked into first to some degree, except a BMW 1200rt loaner, kept trying to get the damn thing in 1st gear before I realised it was in gear just no noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrustyKush Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Harley big twins, major klunk going into first. Much worse than Tracer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DavidS Posted June 25, 2022 Premium Member Share Posted June 25, 2022 Sometimes my bike clunks when going into first gear, sometimes it doesn't! If it bothers you, shift into first gear before starting the bike, then hold the clutch in and start the bike and take off. I just ignore the sound, my bike is 3 years old, and it doesn't seem to be hurting anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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