Jim Griffin
Member
Hello Guys,
This afternoon, while riding my 2006 AE, the bike stuck in 3rd gear. I tried to down shift using the grip shifter and as I stopped at an intersection the engine quit, still in 3rd. I tried the foot shifter and nothing would free it up. Several guys came by and we pushed it, in gear, engine turning over, out of the road and into a cul-de sac. With a tad over 300 miles on the bike, I didn't expect this.
I checked all the fuses which were ok, rocked it back and forth, worked both the grip and foot shifter, disconnected and reconnected the battery, cycled the power off and on, checked all the grip switches and nothing worked. The dash lights up, clock works, emergency flashers and turn signals work.
A friend had a high dollar cycle trailer that lowers itself to the ground. He brought it over and four of us pushed it onto the trailer. It will be Tuesday before I can deliver it to our local Yamaha dealer here in Birmingham, AL. This is a dangerous situation and could have been a real disaster if the rear wheel had locked in a lower gear.
The bike has a few mods but nothing that should have caused this. The bike has helibars, sliders, autocom intercom, Corbin heated seats, a taller windshield and Throttle Meister heavy bar ends.
It ran nornmally for the first mile after leaving the house, shifting fine with nothing out of the ordinary going on.
I am wondering if any of you have an idea of what might be going on or have experienced this before.
Jim Griffin
Birmingham, AL
This afternoon, while riding my 2006 AE, the bike stuck in 3rd gear. I tried to down shift using the grip shifter and as I stopped at an intersection the engine quit, still in 3rd. I tried the foot shifter and nothing would free it up. Several guys came by and we pushed it, in gear, engine turning over, out of the road and into a cul-de sac. With a tad over 300 miles on the bike, I didn't expect this.
I checked all the fuses which were ok, rocked it back and forth, worked both the grip and foot shifter, disconnected and reconnected the battery, cycled the power off and on, checked all the grip switches and nothing worked. The dash lights up, clock works, emergency flashers and turn signals work.
A friend had a high dollar cycle trailer that lowers itself to the ground. He brought it over and four of us pushed it onto the trailer. It will be Tuesday before I can deliver it to our local Yamaha dealer here in Birmingham, AL. This is a dangerous situation and could have been a real disaster if the rear wheel had locked in a lower gear.
The bike has a few mods but nothing that should have caused this. The bike has helibars, sliders, autocom intercom, Corbin heated seats, a taller windshield and Throttle Meister heavy bar ends.
It ran nornmally for the first mile after leaving the house, shifting fine with nothing out of the ordinary going on.
I am wondering if any of you have an idea of what might be going on or have experienced this before.
Jim Griffin
Birmingham, AL