2nd gear woes

Originally Posted by stuartyboy

It's nothing wrong with my gear changing and yes I apply plenty pressure on the lever. I tried slow deliberate changes until the lever wont go any further and still does it. My mate had a go today and it was the same for him.

clean and freely moving shift linkage is important, also to get best leverage, shifter should be adjusted so that shifter is parallel with the linkage rod

if you like your shifter at an odd angle, that means pulling the linkage off the shift shaft and realigning the splines until the shifter and linkage rod are parallel

Originally Posted by Jase22

Got to say it sounds like a case of lazy shifting to me, I am also guilty of this and find my bike falling out of 2nd and into neutral as I've not popped it into gear properly.

Adjusting the lever position is also an option to help this.

and me, phew glad im not alone lol.

I also had same issue. I was told to be aggressive with my SV650 and this has worked for me. Now I push it hard past neutral and into 2nd and it works. Although if the revs are high, it doesnt work as easily and I end up red-faced stuck in neutral till the revs are low enough for the 2nd gear to engage. Anyone know how to solve THIS issue?

[fizzwheel]

Its not a good idea IMHO to force the gearbox to change gear. Its better to work out whats causing the problem and fix that rather than putting to much pressure on the gear lever. You only need a little bit of pressure just to take any slack out of the lever / mechanism.

If you are experiencing problems it'll be one of the things mentioned in this thread thats causing the problem. Or its your technique thats causing it.