Shifting

[FLASH G]

HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCED ROUGH SHIFTING , ESPECIALLY 1ST GEAR SHIFTING. I JUST PURCHASED MY FJR1300 WITH 3000 MILES ON IT AND IM NOT SURE IF IT'S NORMAL TO CLUNK A LITTLE WHEN SHIFTING OR SHOULD I BE WORRIED AND LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT BAD BUT IT DEFINETLY ISN'T SUPER SMOOTH.

I APPRECIATE ALL REPLIES!!

 

[johndaub]

HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCED ROUGH SHIFTING , ESPECIALLY 1ST GEAR SHIFTING. I JUST PURCHASED MY FJR1300 WITH 3000 MILES ON IT AND IM NOT SURE IF IT'S NORMAL TO CLUNK A LITTLE WHEN SHIFTING OR SHOULD I BE WORRIED AND LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT BAD BUT IT DEFINETLY ISN'T SUPER SMOOTH.I APPRECIATE ALL REPLIES!!

I have an 07 AE with 700 miles and it is the quietest shifting bike I have ever had including ones I have test ridden. On all the other bikes, I chalked it up to be bad clutch work on my part but the AE does all of the clutch work for me now. I love the electric shift feature.

 

[Niehart]

That's normal with the FJR. Was the same with my FJ. It will get better as you get more miles on the engine & more time with your toe on the shifter.

 

[GunMD]

A bit of clunk is pretty common.

Yelling isn't real common.

 

[sammon287]

My 07 had disappointingly clunky shifting for the first 1900 miles. Then I soaked the clutch plates and it is now clunk free and better shifting than my well broken in 26K FZ-1. It was well worth the effort and only cost a few bucks for the cover gasket and fresh oil.

 

[FJRBluesman]

My Gen1 clunks so bad I'm embarrassed to drop into gear at an intersection. I've even had it register on the Richter Scale at Cal Tech in the morning when I go to work. mg2:

 

[odot]

A bit of clunk is pretty common.
Yelling isn't real common.

I'm sure he was wearing EARPLUGS.

 

[scubatech]

A bit of clunk is pretty common.
Yelling isn't real common.

I'm sure he was wearing EARPLUGS.

My 2005 clunked pretty hard until I got a few thousand miles on it. I turned the idle down to 1000rpm,it helped alot. My 2007 is as smooth as glass with only 200 miles on it.

 

[boomerang]

I have an 06 fjr and it was that way also. I bumped the idle up a little and now I double clutch before I put in in gear and that seemed to take care of it. It seems you just have to patient with it going into 1st. Give the clutch time to fully engage.