Shifting from 1st to 2nd at high rpms

[justBlue]

My FZ6R shifts through gears pretty smoothly. But, when I'm trying to come quick off the line and rev up the rpm's (like racing) above 8,000 in first gear it pops into neutral instead of into second gear when shifting up... I'm just sitting there in neutral winding out rpms. Embarrassing. I broke the engine in at shifting always around 4-6,000 rpm. I'm asking if you think my engine is broke-in to shift at lower RPMs (5,000 miles on bike)? - freaks out at upper red line rpms or, just a skillset issue on my part....

I mean do you have to really shift it HARD up to second so it passes Neural ? my other gears at high revs roll in like a feather....

Thanks for any help

 

[jasper909]

I had the same issue, and still do occasionally. I took the bike into the dealer and they said they could not recreate the problem and blamed it on my inexperience (which I am).

I took it home, adjusted the shift lever lower, and raised the seat. It seems better now with a lower shift lever, but it still happens occasionally.

Might be something to just get used too unfortunately.

 

[dart1963]

yes, harder from 1st to second at those rpms...

wait until you find the "False Neutral" from 4-5 or 5-6.... you'll bang you head a few times thinking you've broke the transmission...

 

[justBlue]

Yes!!! The "False Neutral" I believe that's what has happened to me also (only like twice)... but, it was weird - I was in higher gears matter of fact (on FZ6R) - playing around with this Mustang GT. Thought I lost my trannie. You jarred my memory - but that would explain it!!
Houston, we have a problem!

 

[Bert-Aus]

Dont worry I stalled my ride at an intersection yesterday morning!
Whats worse is that it happened after a beautiful balance stop (no feet down) at a Stop sign.:thumbup:

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[latony007]

Dont worry I stalled my ride at an intersection yesterday morning!
Whats worse is that it happened after a beautiful balance stop (no feet down) at a Stop sign.:thumbup:

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You guys stop at stop signs?
We have the California Roll here lol
i dont believe i have noticed that shifting problem but to be honest when i hit it i usually dont rev 1st as much as the other gears, but im curious ill try it.

 

[nismos14]

Don't pu$$y foot the 1-2 upshift, bang it hard into gear.

 

[Scott_Thomas]

You guys stop at stop signs?
We have the California Roll here lol
i dont believe i have noticed that shifting problem but to be honest when i hit it i usually dont rev 1st as much as the other gears, but im curious ill try it.

I don't stop unless there's traffic. Otherwise I slow almost to a stop and then keep going. He'll when I was stationed in Puerto Rico we didn't stop for red lights after dark, but that was a safety thing. LOL

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[alaskanflyboy]

You guys stop at stop signs?
We have the California Roll here lol
i dont believe i have noticed that shifting problem but to be honest when i hit it i usually dont rev 1st as much as the other gears, but im curious ill try it.

The classic "California Roll". Growing up in Alaska we had the companion "Alaska Roll", in which you didn't want to lose momentum on the ice and just kept going if it was clear.

 

[Scott_Thomas]

The classic "California Roll". Growing up in Alaska we had the companion "Alaska Roll", in which you didn't want to lose momentum on the ice and just kept going if it was clear.

Do that in the winter here too sometimes. I used to have a z28 as well as my Dodge ram and had the z28 one night at work and it snowed a couple inches. The z28 was hard to control in the rain let alone snow. 20 mile commute home and I only stopped to turn into my driveway. And got stuck at the bottom of my long *** driveway. LOL

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[Marthy]

On my last track day I missed few shift here and there. Swap the link for GP shift. Much better now... took few miles to get use to it but much better.

 

[Zien19]

On my last track day I missed few shift here and there. Swap the link for GP shift. Much better now... took few miles to get use to it but much better.

Gp shift. Please elaborate.

 

[Marthy]

Gp shift. Please elaborate.

Thats reverse shift patern. 1 up, 5 down. All you need to do is swap the top link on the shift link.

 

[nismos14]

Just don't forget!

 

[Pvee]

I had a funny experience.

I have ridden motorcycles for over 50 years, but last summer I bought a new pair of riding boots.

The first time I took off down the road with them on, I couldn't get past 2nd gear, turned around and went home. Started around the block, same symptom.

Turns out these boots were probably 1/2 inch thicker than my old riding boots so after I shifted up, I wasn't letting the shifter drop back down far enough so it would shift up again.
So I came home and adjusted the shift lever so that it could ratchet properly..

You get acclimated and doesn't seem right when you have to do something different...lol

 

[Marthy]

Just don't forget!

I swqp from the 6R and 09 all the time.

 

[blkbrd]

I had a funny experience.

I have ridden motorcycles for over 50 years, but last summer I bought a new pair of riding boots.

The first time I took off down the road with them on, I couldn't get past 2nd gear, turned around and went home. Started around the block, same symptom.

Turns out these boots were probably 1/2 inch thicker than my old riding boots so after I shifted up, I wasn't letting the shifter drop back down far enough so it would shift up again.
So I came home and adjusted the shift lever so that it could ratchet properly..

You get acclimated and doesn't seem right when you have to do something different...lol

I can relate...just bought a new pair of riding boots a couple months ago after wearing the same ones for 5 years. Missed a couple shifts there! Lol!

 

[JT]

Don't pu$$y foot the 1-2 upshift, bang it hard into gear.

bahahahaha what he said. yea ive had the same issue at times its just me under doing the travel required to shift most of the time