Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

under load today in 5th gear bike decided to slip back in to neutral on full throttle. done it a few times recently but not like this, only usually when i don't get the gear in properly and go to rev and nothing happens apart from rev's out (like going back in to neutral)

is this just a dent star problem?
problem dosn't happen all of the time
new oil in bike 1k ago
22k on bike
k3 bike

every thing else is peachy

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

my advice, stop riding like a loon.

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

i was over taking, wasn't riding like a loon and was in wrong gear ;) still i didn't expect it to just pop out of gear like that

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

how tight is the chain as mines done that when v loose

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

So either you are getting a false neutral or massive clutch slip? When you twist on, is road speed picking up at all?

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

i used to shift into gear 4.5 sometimes when id just got my bike, doing the same as urs, with an epic crunch when it did catch a gear, hasnt happened in a while though, I just asumed that I haddent changed gear properly

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

brand new chain, all adjusted fine

no road speed increase, and if i hadn't have changed again i would have coasted to a stop, so seems like a falls neutral.


i dont think its me, but could be


i did see something about the shift star been changed from k5+ thats supposed to stop these ?

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

barwel u re-geared your bike when you changed it?

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

nope stock gearing

the only thing i have done is changed the cam's but i dont see how that could affect the gears (bike runs great, no noises)

Re: Gear slipping problem (falling out of gear)
 

The K5 detent mechanism is a lot more positive than the previous one(s), you need the star, arm, and spring. I stuck it in my curvy, which has always had a sloppy gearchange (not very Suzuki), and it's still not great (shifting still not very smooth) but no more jumping out of gear. PM Sarah and she'll sort you out with the bits. You need to take the clutch out for it though so need to drain oil and water, not a tough job otherwise.