Gear problem
Hi all,
Some advice required please. I have an '05 SV650S and I have had it for just over a year now. It has done about 2700 miles and I am loving it......all except one thing.
I have a problem with the gears. I will try and explain as best as I can.
I am cruising along at a speed, lets say 30 but it happens at other speeds too, when the lights ahead change to red. It's one of those split second decisions on wether to go or stop and I decide to stop. I make a fairly quick but not emergency stop, with the clutch in, and whilst doing so I remain in whatever gear I am in, say fourth, I don't drop through the gears as I am stopping.
Once I have come to a stop I keep the clutch in so I should then be able to knock down through the gears and select either neutral or first, whichever I want. What actually happens is that I tap the gear lever and it moves freely. No gear change happens. No matter how many times I tap the lever. So I am now stuck in whatever gear I was in when I was criusing. The only way that I can then change gear is to stall the bike and then restart it. Even after this it sometimes does not want to change down the gears. Earlier today it did this and I had to push the bike to the side of the road and restart it a couple of times to get it to select the gear.
What I want to know is what is causing this and how the hell do I fix it? So far I have checked the oil level and that is about it. I can't think of anything else to check and I am no mechanically minded person. Hopefully someone on here will be able to help me and/or come up with a really simple solution.
All advice is gratefully recieved.
Thanks,
Cheese
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