gearbox

[eggcup]

Hi twin heads
Ive Had the BCR since May and put 4000 odd miles on her I knew the BM gearboxes where not up too Suzuki standard but the change up from 1st to 2nd is getting decidly worse and the gear lever has a lot more play than I would expect.
Is this normal and is there any way to tighten the lever?
cheers ian

[oyster]

Ian, check the gear linkage action all the way with your fingers from the lever rubber to the input shaft on the g/box. Chances are something has come loose.

[madman]

The linkage can also become loose if the gear lever has been adjusted downwards leaving a small amount of thread in the turnbuckle. The locknut will hold it, just, but best to remove and make sure that at least 3 threads on the rod are in the turnbuckle.
I found that changing the gear oil for 75W90 fully synthetic smoothes the gearchange a huge amount. This worked for both ny 6000 miler and my wifes 26000 miler.

[eggcup]

Cheers Chaps
Its going in for its 6000 mile service soon is it worth getting the gearoil changed by the dealer as its still under warranty?
I will check the linkage as well
thanks ian