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RE: [ST] gear box



I agree with the full synthetic and let it break in.
I've had good success with the AmSoil stuff, and it
made the bike run about 5 degrees cooler.

FWIW, I'd take a clunky-but-positive gearbox that
lasts 50K+ miles over the "silky smooth" tranny on my
old Honda that grenaded at 10K miles.

- --- Dan Wallander <triumph99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rene,
> 
> Triumph transmissions take a l.o.n.g time to break
> in.
> 
> If you haven't already, changing to full synthetic
> oil makes a difference.
> 
> Your dealer is right, you need to be shifting at a
> higher RPM.  I generally
> try to run a gear up to at least 5K before shifting
> if not a bunch higher.
> It's a lot more fun too.
> 
> The other things you can do to help eliminate those
> 'false neutrals' is  to
> preload the shifter (put some pressure on the
> shifter with your foot before
> pulling in the clutch) and be much more positive
> with your left foot in
> shifting as the linkage needs some movement to take
> up the slack.
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> Dan.
> Dan Wallander
> www.danwallander.com
> Albuquerque, NM
> '99 Triumph Sprint ST
> '74 BMW R90/6
> 
> I've got a '01 Brg ST that has 7k miles on it and it
> seems like there's
> something wrong with the gear box
> 
> 
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