I've been experiencing problems with the down shifting on my F700GS,,. 38,000 kms, oil level up and 2000kms on the current oil which is the OEM recommended 15W-50 ADVANTEC,,. This is the only oil ever used on the bike?
Upshifts are OK, down shifts in 5th and 4th are OK but lately the downshifts from 3rd to 2ns and down into 1st are either missing or very notchy but not consistently so,,. Some shifts into the bottom 2 gears can be relatively smooth,,. Its possible this problem is worse when downshifting at higher RPM,,.
The only thing I've changed is a new clutch lever with a more adjustable range to it and frankly its come with a lot of twiddling and adjustment both at the lever and down at the clutch itself? I currently have this adjusted to the point of the correct amount of free play approx. 3 or 4 MM and this has been verified by other more knowledgeable F800 owners?
I've also adjusted to have too much free play and not enough free play in attempt to over come the issue and neither scenario has offered much of an improvement?
The bike has in the past exhibited a similar notchy problematic downshifting problem when cold, with cold start and first 3 mins of operation and then seems fine after?
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated?
Upshifts are OK, down shifts in 5th and 4th are OK but lately the downshifts from 3rd to 2ns and down into 1st are either missing or very notchy but not consistently so,,. Some shifts into the bottom 2 gears can be relatively smooth,,. Its possible this problem is worse when downshifting at higher RPM,,.
The only thing I've changed is a new clutch lever with a more adjustable range to it and frankly its come with a lot of twiddling and adjustment both at the lever and down at the clutch itself? I currently have this adjusted to the point of the correct amount of free play approx. 3 or 4 MM and this has been verified by other more knowledgeable F800 owners?
I've also adjusted to have too much free play and not enough free play in attempt to over come the issue and neither scenario has offered much of an improvement?
The bike has in the past exhibited a similar notchy problematic downshifting problem when cold, with cold start and first 3 mins of operation and then seems fine after?
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated?