bloodyeye769
New Member
Hello all,
I Just recently bought a used Super Tenere and love most of everything about it, but i am having issues with shifting. when not in motion i cant shift into neutral at all, and while moving I can only do it when the bike is going about 10-13mph. When downshifting (moving or not) I have to press significantly more forcefully than I ever have had to on previous bikes(All Hondas) to downshift, and it makes me wonder, because upshifting is super smooth on it. its like night and day. If I rev match while I'm downshifting it feels like it makes it a little better, but it is still an issue, especially with how I cant really get it into neutral.
Furthermore, when I have the clutch pulled in all the way, I can still feel the bike trying just a bit to pull forward, which makes backing up a huge pain considering I have only one chance to get it into neutral when getting ready to park before it starts to slip completely past neutral again, and this is a relatively heavy bike to try and move with just my toes haha.
All in all, I think this is a clutch issue of some sort, but I'm not mechanically inclined enough to know what is actually going on, what I should do, or how much it will cost. What do you all think?
I Just recently bought a used Super Tenere and love most of everything about it, but i am having issues with shifting. when not in motion i cant shift into neutral at all, and while moving I can only do it when the bike is going about 10-13mph. When downshifting (moving or not) I have to press significantly more forcefully than I ever have had to on previous bikes(All Hondas) to downshift, and it makes me wonder, because upshifting is super smooth on it. its like night and day. If I rev match while I'm downshifting it feels like it makes it a little better, but it is still an issue, especially with how I cant really get it into neutral.
Furthermore, when I have the clutch pulled in all the way, I can still feel the bike trying just a bit to pull forward, which makes backing up a huge pain considering I have only one chance to get it into neutral when getting ready to park before it starts to slip completely past neutral again, and this is a relatively heavy bike to try and move with just my toes haha.
All in all, I think this is a clutch issue of some sort, but I'm not mechanically inclined enough to know what is actually going on, what I should do, or how much it will cost. What do you all think?