heckienawjoe
XS650 Enthusiast
Hey guys,
Recently my XS has started having some shifting issues. The main thing is that when upshifting (usually from 3-4, but sometimes also from 2-3) the bike goes into a false neutral. Sometimes upshifting from the neutral will bring it into the gear it should have been in (i.e. 3-neutral-4), but sometimes it skips the correct gear and goes to the next (i.e. 3-neutral-5).
Also I have been experiencing slipping out of gear. Usually I will be riding around in 2nd and it will just pop out into neutral.
I think there also might be something wrong with the shifter because downshifting doesn't work as its supposed to. The gears don't always respond to my foot, and sometimes I have to press down varying amounts of times with varying amounts of force to get down to 1 (like, I will shift down and it will just stay in the same gear, so I have to shift down again). This also happens on upshifts occasionally as I will shift up with normal amount of force and when I release the clutch lever it will still be in the same gear (another immediate upshift usually does the trick).
So, sorry for the novel, I just wanted to get all the details out there. I'm not really a gearhead so I don't know what's going on. Can anybody tell me what this sounds like and what I need to do to fix it? Or at least a couple of things to check?
Thanks in advance, you guys are great!
Recently my XS has started having some shifting issues. The main thing is that when upshifting (usually from 3-4, but sometimes also from 2-3) the bike goes into a false neutral. Sometimes upshifting from the neutral will bring it into the gear it should have been in (i.e. 3-neutral-4), but sometimes it skips the correct gear and goes to the next (i.e. 3-neutral-5).
Also I have been experiencing slipping out of gear. Usually I will be riding around in 2nd and it will just pop out into neutral.
I think there also might be something wrong with the shifter because downshifting doesn't work as its supposed to. The gears don't always respond to my foot, and sometimes I have to press down varying amounts of times with varying amounts of force to get down to 1 (like, I will shift down and it will just stay in the same gear, so I have to shift down again). This also happens on upshifts occasionally as I will shift up with normal amount of force and when I release the clutch lever it will still be in the same gear (another immediate upshift usually does the trick).
So, sorry for the novel, I just wanted to get all the details out there. I'm not really a gearhead so I don't know what's going on. Can anybody tell me what this sounds like and what I need to do to fix it? Or at least a couple of things to check?
Thanks in advance, you guys are great!