K1200RS 2002 Will not Shift sometimes

[PaulThomsen]

I have a 2002 K1200 RS and have experienced a shift problem going from 2nd to 3rd SOMETIMES. Last time was when I was cruising on the highway for a hundred miles or so, stopped, gassed up and then took off. I tried shifting from 2nd to 3rd but no go. I had to shift to neutral, 2nd and back and forth until it went in to 3rd. This is the 3 time this has happened and the bike has about 7000 miles on it (just bought it). Any suggestions as to what is causing this problem and what I can do about it?

[andy45320]

Spline maybe??? You can ask for varying opinions on www.k-bikes.com/forums ...otherwise, for mis-shifting I would head to a mechanic to check it out for sure.

[PaulThomsen]

Thanks Andy. I have also posted on K-bikes (good to know about that site too).

Paul

[autogiro]

I've read on other sites that cleaning and//or replacing the foam bushing on the shift linkage usually clears up the shifting problems. Some just require minor adjustments.
If I can find a link to the procedure I'll post it here.
Auto


http://www.k-bikes.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=technical&Number=119677&Search=true&Forum=technical&Words=shifter&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=119622

read all the messages in the thread.
look at the photo in the post (close to the end) there's a good pic of what i'm talking about.

[JohnnyMoto68]

I have a 2002 K1200RS and having probs shifing from 3rd to 4th - sometimes. Thx for the thread. Any new insight on this issue?

[BuddingGeezer]

Usually the dry clutch spline manifests as a problem down shifting 3rd-2nd/ 2nd-1st.
But could be.

Ralph Sims

[JohnnyMoto68]

To wrap this one up - changed the transmission oil, put synthetic in and it's shifting just fine. Sometimes simple = best.