Re: shifting -- gets better?

[Andrea Matta <springbok@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:32 PM 11/18/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>when i first got the RS, shifting from first to second was well nigh
>impossible.  since a different bike (an ST) that i'd test-ridden at
>only 15 miles had a similar problem, i wasn't worried, and sure
>enough, by now, at just over 1000 miles, the RS is almost tolerable.
>but when it's dead cold, that first shift still has to be excuted
>_just_ right, with the shifter loaded, and the shift done just at the
>initial easing of the throttle.  otherwise it's a no-go, and it
>
>does this ever change?  i'm getting better at remember to be extra
>careful on the first couple of 1st to 2nd shifts of a ride, and since
>i try and use the pre-loading method in general, it's not _too_ bad,
>but i sure wish it would loosen up.
>
>the other time it's hard to shift is at a full stop -- getting from
>first to neutral or second is quite hard.  it takes so much pressure
>that i invariable end up in 2nd, and have to go back down to neutral.
>is this also common?

I experienced all of your problems with my own RS. I had to wait 'til 8000 
miles before I could say the gear is working fine. I was worth waiting :)
A suggestion: try adding some grease under the small rubber caps on the 
gear lever articulations. It will be easier to find the neutral.

- -andre

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Triumph Sprint RS (lampu grogu)
        Sardinia - Italy


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