tranny shift hard

[johnboy]

Hey i'm new to this just got my first kat. When i shift up it seems to be kinda loud coming from the tranny but only when its below about 5,000 and when i down shift sometimes i hear this soft click that just started happening but when i down shift it has always down shifted kinda loud? I heard that kats have a loud motor sound that its just them is this the same kind of issue?

[zuma]

A friend of a friend told my friend making that shift was hard. I'd never go that way...okay, sorry man, just couldn't resist. Hope you get a good answer. Shoot me...today was crazy righteous.

[Free Coffee]

I don't know what "loud" is to you- but you can hear it when the bike shifts, yes. It's not that the Kat has a specifically loud transition between gears, it's just...I dunno...audible.

[GolfCart34]

I've noticed that I have to use a bit more effort to shift up through the gears on the Kat than I did on my Kawasaki but nothing out of the ordinary. I just got mine yesterday and I shifted into neutral instead of second a couple of times in my travels but quickly recovered and made the shift to second before I ran into any major problems.

One similarity that I noticed is that both my Kat and my Kawasaki make almost a "clunk" noise when going from 6th gear to 1st gear (especially going from 2nd down to first through neutral). In my case I just consider it the normal operation of the motorcycle since both bikes do the same thing.

[BareKat]

I can't hear my transmission with my ear plugs in...

[the wind]

A friend of a friend told my friend making that shift was hard.

did my friend tell your about my other friends shift noise was just normal.

[zuma]

Oh, we're talking transmissions here? I was thinking lifestyles...my bad.

[johnboy]

thanks guys for the ones that actually helped. i would have to say mine is like the ninja with the clunk sound .. untill something really noticiable happens i'll just consider it normal. thanks guys!!!!

[mykat]

Maybe next time you change your oil pay attention for metal shavings on the plug.

[zuma]

I apologize.

[the wind]

I apologize.

no need,we all get in those moods every once in awhile.

[Wolfe_UK]

Oh, we're talking transmissions here? I was thinking lifestyles...my bad.

Have to say, you're not the only one who read "tranny shift hard" as a lifestyle problem xD
I guess it's because being English we call them gears/gearboxes here.. A tranny only has one meaning and it's nout to do with your bike

[zuma]

Johnboy needed some advice though, and all I did (though I just couldn't keep from doing it) was frustrate him. That's what the apology is all about.