my 03 954 has been shifting really hard lately. and sometimes wen i try to shift into nuetral it kinda skips it feels like and goes right to second. then wen i try shifting back down it goes right to first. i have to shut the bike off then shift to get it into nuetral. any help would be greatly appreciated thanx

 

Change the oil and pray to God its not the shift forks or internals and just some super shitty oil.

 

oil was changed about 500 miles ago. is there a main reason that stuff goes out.. or just from wear. and is that **** expensive

 

Wow, 500 sounds like there's something internal that is causing your problem. If you've not abused it too bad I would suspect normal wear. I though F4i 929 & 954's were practically indestructible. I'd call a stealership and pick a mechanic's brain about the possibilities. I've never had a trans on a bike apart but I'd go that route first, usually they will talk to you for free and be quite helpful maybe offer something you could try to fix it yourself instead of getting drug over the coals in labor.

 

if it was the forks would it shift hard all the time? or is it possible that it would only happen sometimes.

 

I don't know if its doing it just sometimes I would think it could a busing/bearing problem possibly I'm not sure though. Call Big Phil @ Maxey's Cycle in the service Dept and talk to him he has always been a good dude to ask ?'s like this (405)946-0558 They are Honda/Yamaha and have an awesome service dept.

 

i will. but does anyone else have any good ideas off hand

 

ive got the same exact problem on my 636 did you get any more info on this?

 

my bike is doing the exact same thing any luck figuring this out. I have a 04 636

 

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