4th Gear Shift Problem

[EGRon]

I just bought this very clean and excellent running 79 SF and I am having a shifting problem from 3rd to fourth when under a load, not speed shifting, lets just say getting on it a bit. It actually gets to a spot in between gears.
So I performed the search on Trannys and see that 4th and 1st are linked. I also read about the shift pins, if only it can be this simple. I also read the post on the fix requiring the bike being turned upside down and taking the trans apart. Where should I start here gang??
It shifts fine when just cruising!

Thanks
Ron

[trbig]

These bikes have some clunky transmissions at times. You need to be farely aggressive when you shift.. a soft tap will put them into a false neutral sometimes.

You don't need to pull the tranny apart unless first gear is skipping. It will feel like you're sitting on a machine gun rapidly kicking in and out of gear. Although you could have a worn shift fork tab or shift drum on 4th gear. I'd look for that if it's bad enough for you to feel the need to tear into it. You can do the 1st and 2nd gear Dremmel fix while you're in there..


Tod

[EGRon]

Thanks for the quick reply, It only has 10,000 on it and it appears to be pretty well cared for. I am going to keep riding until it begins to act up a bit more. I shouldnt be driving it like a sport bike anyway, but I hate for all that power going to waste.

[trbig]

Well,

It's officially a sport cruiser... so cruise on it sometimes, and blow the cobwebs out of it AND you on other times. I figure if you were supposed to cruise on it the majority of the time, they would have called it a cruiser sport wouldn't they??

Ride it how you want to... that's what it was designed for. Can't have that nasty old carbon building up in it!! lol. If it breaks... fix it, jump on it, and ride it until it breaks again. Or is that just MY motto?




Tod

[olebiker]

The harder I run mine the better it runs. I mean does it get any better than that.