Stiff gear lever

[rdm3ch]

This may just be a learning curb for me but I thought Id ask the question!

When I did my CBT on a Yamaha I didnt have any problems changing gear, up or down. It seemed very easy.

On my CBR I've had moments when I've felt I only needed to be gentle with my gear lever but am also having times when the gears seem almost stuck and I've had to put a lot of force in to change up or down. Is it just me or is there a problem / something I can do? A lot of the time I change up fine, its just ocasionally it seems jammed.

[EddyJones]

Is this riding along changing up? or at traffic lights etc finding nuetral/first?

If its at lights try letting the clutch out abit if its in gear then pulling it back in once you've moved a bit.

It may be your clutch but then i thought you would experience the bike moving forward with the clutch fully pulled in which you havent soo hmmm

[rdm3ch]

It has happend while changing up riding along but also had problems changing down at a stop. Once I couldnt change up at all, it just jammed and so I slowed, changed down and changed back up which worked but really didnt like having to do that.

I pulled up somewhere with a mate and couldnt get into neutral and she said to push up really hard. I put a lot of force in and it went but seemed really odd as other times it was a very gentle action. It seemed to require way too much force.

Thanks for the input, I hadnt actually thought of it being a possible clutch problem rather than directly the lever. Im going out for a ride tomorrow so I'll try to monitor it.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Georgio]

Have had a similar problem on my CBR125 when stopped so I let the clutch slip a bit before trying to chang gear and it worked fine. It is much easier to change to 1st while moving. Can't say I have had a problem at all while at speed.

Hope this helps.??

[rdm3ch]

I would say it does it more during a ride rather than straight away from cold. Havent actually noticed it happening right away.

Thanks for the help.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

check your clutch adjustment to rule that out, it may help, although i would expect it to do it all the time if it was the clutch.
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[rdm3ch]

Thats what I thought too, but a little adjustment may help smooth out the problem maybe? I'll let you know.

[AcIdBuRnZ]

That's a clunky Honda box for you

How many miles it done? Maybe time for an oil change?
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