'05 Pointy banging into 1st gear

Hi there guys, First post on here and advice would be very much appreciated

I recently bought an 05 sv650s and the gear box seems to clatter and crunch into first gear sometimes (the sort of noise you get if you tried shift gear without the clutch while holding the throttle open). It isn't consistently all the time and after I've shifted down and its made that crunch, if I shift up into second and then back down it does it fine All the other gears seem to be smooth as anything.

Doesn't sound too healthy but I've heard the gearboxes on the Sv's can be a bit noisy? Anyone got any ideas on what it could be or is it normal?

Cheers guys

[muzikill]

Clutch & mech clean adjust. That would sort it.

EDIT: also make sure the chain is looking good, correctly adjusted & lubed. A removal of the front sprocket cover & a general clean up of the whole area helps prevent any further issues with 'gunked' up mech.

Cheers for the reply mate, now here comes my huge lack of knowledge on bikes etc (Everybodys gotta start somewhere ayye ) Just ordered a Haynes manual for the bike, would there be instructions for doing this in there?/whats involved?

If it feels like a "knock" into 1st gear, rather than a crunch. It's completely normal.
My K4 pointy does the same thing going into first occasionally.
If you're still worried

Watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTrEVB7A7jI

Ah excellent that video was very useful thanks, always puts your mind at rest a bit more when you know whats actually happenening.

[Sid Squid]

First adjust clutch:

Originally Posted by Me, many, many times.

Slacken off cable adjusters at top and bottom, loosen lifter locknut, back out screw a bit, ensure that lifter arm is as far down as it will go, gently turn screw in until it contacts pushrod, back it out a bit, (~1/8th of a turn), then nip up the locknut, roughly adjust cable with lower adjuster - not too tight - then with top adjuster ensure that there remains a little slack all the way from lock to lock.

If it still does it, try pulling the clutch in and holding it for a few seconds before selecting first gear, this can improve things as the clutch has a moment to separate and thus pass less torque before you suddenly arrest the inner with a gear.
If the problem is worse when it's hot, and adjustment doesn't improve matters, then the plates are hanging in a worn clutch basket, which is annoying, but can be dear to fix, so you'd have to decide whether it's bad enough to warrant getting your wallet out.

[PyroUK]

wow, this guy is great just lost a good hour going through some of his vids!

[Jayneflakes]

I worked on my clutch and filmed it. My other half then edited out my swearing, crying and sulking!

This may give you an idea of how to get your clutch adjusted.

Haha same pyrouk, seems like a very useful channel, Not sure how I've manage to miss those videos! I'll try adjusting it a bit later on.

After putting the things mentioned in the video into practise I dont seem to have a problem anymore! Happy days.