01 rstd rough noisy shifting. Heeelppp!!!

[jjven68]

Hey everyone, I am new here and I am looking forward to participate and hopefully enhance this forum.

 

I just acquired a 01 RSTD with 28000 miles in great shape.

Everything works well, but I am wondering about rough, noisy hard shifting.

Before the bike gets to running temperature it seems the shifting is smoother.

As it warms up it feels harder, crankier and louder.

I almost having to kick it down and when shifting up it actually hurts my foot (no heel-toe)

 

Any advice or comments are welcome.

[Prairiehammer]

Flush and bleed your clutch hydraulic lines. I sounds as if the clutch is not disengaging fully.

[Freebird]

Also, how old is the oil? These bikes get harder to shift when the oil gets older.

[jjven68]

Ok I'm going to do that.

Previous owner said it only had 500 mi from last service.

Thank you!

[djh3]

OK if oil looks decent, I would go with a flush and refill of all the hyd. Clutch, brakes. Someone elses will have to fill you in on the type of fluid. I know the Second Gens take DOT 4.

[Hotrod]

Lube all the pivot points on your shifter linkage.Mine got hard to shift and I lubed the linkage and it cured my problem.I used white lithium spray in a can.

[MikeWa]

If your idle speed is high it will shift harder into first gear. Since I like an soft easy shift I keep my idle speed down to about 950 rpm. As it goes over the 1000 rpm spec setting it tends to slam first gear.

 

Mike

[jjven68]

Hey guys, I finally had time to get to my problem. I flushed and change clutch fluid. It was very dirty. It definitely feels better. I think that was the problem.

Thank you all for the help!!!

[jjven68]

Hey guys, I finally had time to get to my problem. I flushed and change clutch fluid. It was very dirty. It definitely feels better. I think that was the problem.

Thank you all for the help!!!