That would be crazy. Imagine if you were in a wheelie and the bike shifted to the next gear on its own before you were ready for it.

Could be devistatingly bad.

 

I have an 01' F4i and it does the same thing i thought my transmission was going then a buddy of mine told me i have to shift kind of hard to 2nd so i dont get stuck inbetween so thats probably the problem just try shifting harder.

 

The key to doing it right, is to not give it a wimpy lift of the shift lever on the way up. Do it with some authority!

 

You can adjust the way it shifts. I did it on my bike, when i first got it it was hard to downshift and easy to upshift. You just take the 10mm bolt off and move the connector up or down a tooth to your liking

 

If the shift lever connecting rod is adjusted such that the shift lever is too high then it can be difficult or impossible to get into second gear. (Don't ask me how I know that...)

An easy experiment is to adjust your shift lever down just a couple of millimters and see how it responds.

The shift lever connecting rod has a lock nut at each end. I believe the forward nut is left handed threads.

Back those off a bit and then rotate the rod so that your shift lever drops just a tad.

Tighten up the lock nuts up and then take a short ride... and see if that helps.

 

+1

 

+1, +1

 

when I put mobil mx4t full synthetic oil, the bike shifts way better
I used to miss alot when going slow from first to second too but now i barely do
but yeah like ppl said shift at higher rpm

 

Just adjust the shifter a normal tranny should not have any problems shifting. Make sure your hitting it up though pretty good, but ramming should not be needed

 

Made me think of Farva saying: "Car RamRod"

lol


(the movie SuperTroopers if you didn't get it)