Gear Selector Foot Peg

Originally Posted by Richie1743

Hopefully not the rider!!!!

I have had the same problem on a K4 too.

It fell off last week at some traffic lights near Marble Arch.

It happened as I was trying to select neutral, luckily it went in to first so I was able to pull away as the lights went green.

Obviously a bit of a design fault, either that or we have both got bikes built on a Friday afternoon.

Happened to my K5 a few weeks after ownership.

Originally Posted by T0mm0

Hi,

Driving home last night, approached a roundabout, began down shifting, nothing there as in no gear selector . Negotiated the roundabout by coasting round and safely pulled up in a layby. Looked down to where it should've been and there it is hanging down still connected to the rod thingy (apologises for description I'm sure someone knows the proper word for it). On inspection it appears the bolt holding the selector in place has become undone. Fortunately, I was able to screw the bolt back in place.
My concern is, while the selector was hanging down did anything fall off which should keep the bolt from working loose.
I viewed a K3 this morning and it appears on this model the gear selector and foot peg are connected to the mainframe together. Whereas my K4 the selector and foot peg are attached separately.

Does anyone have any comments.

Cheers
T0mm0

i had the same problem on my K4 (I WAS ON THE A3). locktite does the job

my k3 seems fine! i do keep checking tho.

With the K3 model the selector and foot peg are connected to the mainframe with 1 bolt. Whereas the K4 model the selector is connected to the bike just in front of the footpeg. I guess if it did happen on a K3, your foot would be dragging on the floor

Cheers
T0mm0

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

my k3 seems fine! i do keep checking tho.

That's because the gearshift lever fits differently on the K3.

You dont get that sort of nonsense of curvies

Curvies Rule