Are you coming to a stop in 2nd and *then* trying to put it in first?
It was occurring when down shifting and coming to a stop, and while I was stopped.
So update....
Last night I stopped and purchased a K&N oil filter on my way home, and took some time to tinker with the bike.
I saw the linkage as per the tech articles I have read, and how the shift lever pivots.
My shift lever has some slop in its pivot joint. Not sure if its really bad... 1/8" or so of play. I lubed the crap out of it with some PB blaster all purpose lubricant.
On to the linkage.
The linkage adjusts the up and down height of the shift lever. I added a little bit of height and locked the jam nuts back down.
Then I moved to the boots on the joints. I thought I had screwed the pooch with the one at the transmission end, I had a hard time putting the boot back over the joint.
So I squirted a good shot of the lube into both of the joint boots an sealed them back up.
On to the filter....
Took off the Fram and spun on the K&N and topped off the oil.
Fired that bad boy up.
I figured while I was tinkering, I would see if I could adjust the A/F a bit. I have a bit of popping and loud cracks out the left tail pipe on deceleration, and it smelled richer from that pipe vs the right pipe.
So I took a little turn out of the left and added a little turn to right...AKA lean out the rear and enriched the front.
Test ride time!
Big difference from the seat of the pants. It felt good on the hard throttle pull and the shifts were nice and crisp with a clean click into each gear.
I listened to the engine at the stops I made... No more rattle!!!
Engine was the same as it was prior to the spring swap. The K&N filter I think improved the oil pressure. One more thing to NOT buy at Walmart again.
This mornings ride into work....
Bike started up sweet... Outside temp about 59deg with about 60% HUMIDITY. Full choke, a couple a blips of the start button to prime and she popped off first touch of the button.
Nice and smooth, engine noises gone, no more popping/cracking out the left tail pipe like before.
Time to hit the road.
Went about 1/8 mile and shut off the choke, she smoothed out nice and purred like a kitten.
Fist chance, laid int her hard, she opened up with her defiant roar, pulled hard up to 2nd, hard snap into second, little squeal from the rear tire for mercy and settled her back down to cruise at 40 in 3rd.
Every light & stop sign the shift was firm and in place, no more hunting for 1st. Nice firm pull from a stop and smooth at speed. Got onto the expressway, opened her up to about 70 and she sang the song of her people with sweet sweet harmony! The cobras were just rolling out their sweet notes!
No more rattle/tick that was there before.
So I would say I have resolved my issues.
Thanks guys! [emoji106]
1996 VS1400GL, Jardine Drag pipes, K&N Filters.
