Re: tranny complaints

[KenTmpsnmc@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/30/00 9:56:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owner-st-digest@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

<<  It's great except that it shows up the 
 deficiencies in the tranny (hard upshifts, difficult to find neutral).  
 However, bike only has 1,800 miles on it so maybe I should wait a few thous. 
 more before rendering judgment about the tranny. >>

While my experience/opinion here agrees that T-5 series seems even more 
notchy in general, barring pre break-in antics which border on atrocious, 
than the T-3's, it seems that shifting technique plays a huge role.  Try not 
rolling off or letting the rpms drop so much during upshifts.  I find if I 
really focus on it, it can shift like the proverbial butta.  I think the efi 
has a tendency to close down abruptly on roll-off, as witnessed when decel 
transition to idle mode comes into play.  Of course this is all purely 
subjective based on my observations and YMMV.


Ken T. from Ca.

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