So I recently bought my first motorcycle. It's a 1989 Honda CBR 600F Hurricane. It has 22k on the odo, and runs great. Recently has had a new clutch, new tires, and runs great! The guy I bought it from said I'll need new fork seals sometime, and new brakes sometime within the next year or so. With a nice new jacket, new helmet, boots, and 2 sets of gloves, I got everything for $2150.

He said it's only a 5 speed, and i've ridden it for about 3 weeks before I went to college, and it's definitely a 5 speed. Every review / everything I've seen says it's a 6 speed. what's going on?

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Sounds like a possible trans problem, I've never heard of a 5-speed version of it. Looks decent enough, but with a transmission problem, you may have gotten the shaft. Does it shift through the 5 gears it has ok? Is there one extra long throw or blank gear?

 

[align=left]It seems to shift fine. But it seems like a 6th gear just isn't there.. wtf..
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the sprocket cover will have numbers cast into it vertical 1-n-2-3-4-5-6. just look near the shifter.

how did you count shifts? did you count from 1st gear, or did you count shifts after 1st gear?i would have to say if you loose a gear, it would not be 6th. more like 1st or second.

nice ride, btw.

 

Yeah, it should be 1 down, 5 up.

 

[align=left] mine is 1 down, 4 up. Just called the guy who i bought it from, who did a lot of work. said that it's a 5 speed, and even the company he bought the new clutch from said it's a 5-speed.

my dad just checked, and it does read 1-n-2-3-4-5-6. wtf is going on...
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It is supposed to be 6 speed, but if he changed the clutch there is an issue there.

 

well if it rides fine, do you guys think it's un-safe to ride?
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its hard to say without knowing what is causing it. Maybe the clutch only allows you to switch to 5th gear? I really don't know enough about clutches to advise on it.

 

i don't think you got ripped. not quite. maybe the guy you got the bike from did the clutch work himself and screwed up? did you test ride the bike before making the purchase?