05-19-2021, 07:32 AM
(05-18-2021, 06:47 PM)Olof_imp Wrote: Picking up this old thread, as I have the same issue - 1st is reluctant to engage and easily jumps out, into neutral (2018 RS). Of course, shifting habits may play in but I've had 50+ bikes and seldom run into this, also have ridden other CB11000's (also 2018) and had no problem there.
Anybody else out there, having experienced this?
Every now and then my 2014 deluxe refuses to downshift from 2nd gear into 1st gear as I roll up to a stop light. I am still moving, so the gears should be meshing properly. The solution is to take any force off the shift lever (allowing the transmission to stay in neutral), and then gently reapplying a downward force to engage 1st gear. Releasing the clutch lever while performing this pause in neutral works very well. My 1998 VFR800 developed the exact same condition after about 75,000 miles. I solved this by replacing the gearshift spindle. The old one had maybe .002" of wear on it where the finger grabs the shift drum and rotates it, but this must have been enough to cause the problem.