shifting

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2 questions actually: 1) what is different about the Vmax clutch and other cycle clutches. Is it that it is a wet clutch that uses engine oil? 2) all the other bikes that I have owned, the way you knew for certain you were in 5th gear is you could toe up on the shifter and it had free up...

When I am a stop and I go from neutral to 1st I almost always experience a forward jerking motion on the bike. As I have no prior bike/riding experience; is this normal? Does even sound familiar to anyone?

Looking for a little help about shifting issue I'm having. Started a few weeks ago notice after I park bike and it sits for a day or longer. I find its hard to down shift the gears after I ride bike for a little while the issue goes away. My oil level is fine just wondering if the shifter needs...

In the February issue of Motorcyclist magazine there is an article that describes how riders/racers? shift gears simply by letting off the throttle for a second to upshift and giving the bike some throttle for a second to downshift without having to use the clutch. Apparently, this throttle...

my 98 max, running an undercut trans h.d. clutch etc. came out of gear the other day when I rolled off throttle over bumps (my fault was wearing steel caps so had shifter loaded) . The bike locked itself out of gear think its a faulse N possibly between 2nd and 3rd, have removed clutch side...

Hi, When riding my `85 Vmax hard, I sometimes hear a grinding sound when shifting (mostly to 2 and 3 i think). When just cruising, there are no problems. Finding neutral is no problems, shifting down isn't either. I also seem to have this problem when shifting from neutral while going 30mph, I...

Anyone do this? When I'm cruising around town i always use the clutch but when I'm going fast and at WOT i hardly ever use the clutch. What do you all do? Of course I use the clutch all the time for downshifts and 1st to 2nd.

Earlier I took apart my clutch to upgrade the shift segment and do the Double D mod. Now I'm having trouble shifting gears. I took it apart again to see what's going on: http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad160/yukonerdave/?action=view&current=MVI_9868.flv Any ideas?

Hi All, I have a 90 Vmax with an 'old style' shift segment that's probably about to fall apart and want to relace it with an 'updated' version - anyone have a shortform description on how to do this? Thanks David:ummm:

Scenario: Bike is cold to warm, tranny shifts smooth as butter...bike gets hot as in after being ran hard for a while and tranny gets harder to shift. Is this a clutch or tranny issue or is it completely normal? I am going to bleed the clutch for shits and grins but don't expect it to help.

When you guys are drag racing or (heaven forbid) street racing, how are you shifting? I've read these bikes can be "power shifted" through the first three gears. That is, throttle held wide open and clutch feathered just enough to let you shift. On my last bike, I would keep WOT while...

Just wondering if it's bad to not use the clutch when upshifting? I let off the gas and then upshift but I just don't use the clutch. I talking about just normal riding, not racing. It seems I can upshift just as smoothly without using the clutch, no clunking or other noises. Most all bikes...

a few people have told me that when drag racing there bike they shift with out the clutch just blip the throttle and it slips right in gear so they say. is it just me or does that sound like its extremly hard on the trans. just wondering if any one has any input on this. ( not that i want to do...

ok ive always had some issues putting the 05 into neutral once up to operating temperature but i just assumed it was because of dirty oil(had amsoil 10-40). well i changed the oil to royal purple max cycle 10-40. and while it ran much smoother i still have a hard time getting it into nuetral...

Now that I have 650 miles on her I have issues shifting. At times it's very hard to get her into 1st gear when I'm sitting at a light and I was last in say 2nd and didn't have room to downshift all the way back to first. When I do get in first in learches a bit. I did find my linkage needed some...

When I ride the max hard sometimes it comes out of gear. and some times its like the bike is stuck in gear i hit the shifter down and up but its like there is nothing there. Even if i just barly slip the clutch its like the is no gear there. Is this a common problem, and how hard or expensive...