Does anyone else have an issue with the 08 1KRR going into a false neutral from 5th gear to 6th. Every so often it wont go into 6th and revs up and slams back down to 5th. It's been back to the dealership 3 times now and none of their guys can get it to do it for them. Even my friend was able to get it to mess up on him, I was thinkning I may have been shifting a little lazy. So Thought I would get this info out here and see if it warrants further research.

 

I dont have a 08. But I can say that Ive never had that happen to me on any bike.

 

I've been having some shifting issues. Several times it wont shift up (2-3) (5-6) mostly. I have to back off throttle, pause, blip it, then upshift again. Any thoughts? I've only had ducatis (dry clutch, straight cut gears, lower rpms, different gearing) till my '08 1000rr so I don't have experience with higher reving i-4s with constant mesh gears, but I wouldn't expect to ever not be able to upshift. Also had a weird thing happen today. I pulled in the clutch to down shift (2-1) but changed my mind since the cars started speeding up again soI just let the clutch out and it went into neutral -wtf?

 

i have had NO issues with mine. i think MAYBE what is happening to you is a result of the new two stage slipper clutch. you cant slam it in without reducing the pressure on the plates. you either have to use the clutch or be off the gas fully without clutch. not sure that you are having a serious issue or not. you may just need to adjust to the new clutch.

it is possible that you have a defect though. just keep track of it and try to figure out "why" it does it when it happens.

 

sounds like "lazy shifting" I had it happen before on my bike just didn't pull up all the way and sat in between gears until I finished the shift.

 

thanks for the help guys.

definitely not lazy shifting. It feels like it is locked out. I kickit up- feel no shift like I'm pushing against a wall I put even more pressure on the shifter but it doesn't move soI let it rev down (from only about 7 -9 K), grab clutch again, blip throttle, andshift again it goes. I'm going in to do 600 mile check up so I'll talkwith them about it. I agree it'sprobably a clutch thing just not sure yet if I need to change something I'm doing or if it's an issue.

 

definitely not lazy shifting. in the April issue of Cycle World magazine, in the reviewthey hit the same problem.

Don Canet:"I couldn't find any fault in the bike when ridden at the pace that stock tires allowed, with one exception: I encountered an occasional stubborness with the gearbox when upshifting from second to third on the main straight, having to tap down on the shift lever to index the mechanism before the next upshift could be completed.Others reported similar shifting trouble, so it wasn't isolated to my assigned bike. Considering these were pilot-production bikes, barely broken-in, I can't imagine Honda letting that little glitch get into customers' bikes."

 

Good Find!!!! Thanks for the info! I guess they did let it slip into production. I'll have to have the dealer look at this week when I do the 600 mile service.

I knew I was missing out when I never received my CycleWorld last month. Tried to get a replacement shipped but they just extended my sub by 1 month

 

I got problems with my 04 too..well outdated compared to 08s thou, mainly from neutral to 1st and 2nd to 3rd..

 

I'v never had a problem shiffting my 08. I have 700 miles on it.