Jumping out of 2nd back to neutral.

if im giving it the beans in first, change the 2nd, as soon as i start revving it past about 6000rpm, it will jump back to neutral


just wondered if its something the bike is doing or something that i am not doing right??

anyone else have this??

just make sure you lift the lever up the whole way, this is hard to do at speed, i find second gear to be the most clunky on my bike

[yorkie_chris]

Make sure you're not shifting like a fanny, and that you're doing the right thing with the revs. If you've still got the throttle on and trying to shift it might not engage all the way.

Make sure you are deliberate with the lever and move it right up to the top of it's travel. Second is a longer throw than others.


Assuming you can actually ride a bike, how many miles on the bike? Has it ever been raced? These gearboxes are quite strong generally. But dogs and forks can wear if given sufficient abuse.

i got the bike at 5300 miles last november and now has almost 14000 so done a fair few this year, its probably just the longer travel of the shift, i'll nip out today and see what i can do differently,

thanks for advice guys,

[yorkie_chris]

Also check the lever is free and not binding, but this is less likely to cause this problem.

[breakz187]

its a binding lever - you have to lube/cleaner the contact surfaces between the lever and the peg. get some wd40 in there and then some oil or spray silicone grease. I've had this before, twice - both after the winter.

don't know if its the same problem but my bike started dropping out of second a few weeks ago, I had the clutch lever set stupidly responsive, as soon as I released it a fraction it was off sort of thing... don't know why, but hey that's how it was set.

anyway after I adjusted it to something more reasonable it solved the problem of the bike falling out of second.

[breakz187]

when i said lever, i actually meant the the foot lever for the gear box.

[DaveW_42]

I used to have this too - for me it was just a case of being more positive with the gear change. Seems to be quite a common thing with the SV. As YC says, it's a longer travel than the rest of the gear box so really bang it in.

[yorkie_chris]

You don't have to be viscious, just make sure you move your foot up all the way