Subject: RE: Downshifting
Author: Keith Ruff
Date: May 7, 2003, 8:24 AM
Post ID: 1712899925
Pat,
I checked the arm and all looks well. My recent re-adjustment of the
clutch cable didn't change too much. I was able to cycle up and down
through the gears without a problem while bike was on the center stand,
bike was cold. I took her to work today and sometimes she would
downshift down to 1st, sometimes it took alot of banging on the shifter
to get her into 1st, or a need to roll forward a few times to get her
in. Also noticed that I can't downshift from say 3rd to 2nd to 1st as I
am slowing down with clutch pulled in as you said. I must actually
release the clutch each time to get her to kick down a gear, it won't go
down 2 gears without me releasing the clutch in between - don't know
why, it's almost as it needs to engage each gear before it will let me
go down to the next.
Will adjusting the cam bolt screw for the shifter return spring change
anything/fix this problem?
Keith Ruff
71 Police Ambassador - NJ
PEHA-@aol.com wrote:
| In a message dated 05/05/2003 5:56:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, klru-@fcc.net writes:
There are actually three adjusting places. At the hand lever, at the transmission lever, and within the transmission lever at the point where it pushes in against the clutch activating rod. Pull the clutch in all the way. Look and see. Does your transmission lever contact or interfere with the transmission body at all? If so, you need to adjust that point within the lever so that there is never any contact between the transmission lever and the body. Second, many Guzzi riders simply learn to never shift down into first gear after stopping. It is best to get to neutral while still in the last few feet of your roll and then go down to first when the light changes. Thirdly, alas, many older Guzzis have a heat warp in the intermediate or floater clutch plate. The hotter it gets the worse it warps. To the point where you can never get full clutch release without some drag. You can envision that repair. Better to learn the technique of dropping to neutral or all the way to first before you stop rolling. Patrick |