Went out for a ride today and all was good but when I got home and was putting the bike away I couldn’t select neutral from first, it would only change up the box not down. Turned the bike off and it was still in gear, wouldn’t start even when I pulled the clutch in. I finally got it back down to first with some serious jabbing and then into neutral. I’ve left it for now and will look again tomorrow with it on the centre stand. If not then I’ll get it recovered to the dealers. Any suggestions or anyone had a similar experience?
So I put it in the centre stand and it seems fine? But when I checked the oil it was below the site glass and I had to add about 1 litre! I did think it was running hot when I got home. But I thought it was just because I’d been stopped in some traffic? I’ll take it for a short test ride round the block and see how it is.
PS I am notoriously bad at checking my oil, mainly because I’ve never had a bike that used any. Last service they didn’t do an oil charge either so it could have been going slowly down for a while, it’s just due for a service now
I also checked it on the ground and tilted the bike towards me. Seems ok now so I’ll just keep an eye on it
So I figured out what was happening with the gear box, turns out it was a nut behind the handlebars! Normally when I ride into the garage my wife’s car is there and I ride straight in but that day she was out. So as I rode in I must have put the side stand down before I missed getting the bike in neutral and selecting second. I discovered that with the stand down the rubber covered spring on top just contacts the gear lever when you try to change down, hence stopping it. Obviously you can still change up though. So totally down to operator error!
