1150gs transmission shifting problems?

[cyclesteve]

The transmision on my 2002 1150GS Adventure hangs up between 2nd and 3rd gear when lazy shifting.It is not a faulse neutral it simply stays in 2nd. I do not have this probem in any other gears or when shifting in a more agressive manner. Is this common?

[bobfxst]

Yes. My new gsa also does this. I have to snap the throutle to get it to shift. Also the gas gage does not work

[DDHR1150RT]

My 2002 R1150RT has this same problem with second and fifth gears despite at least six attempts to fix and or adjust the thing by varying BMW dealers across the country! I just picked the bike up from my local dealer a few weeks back and BAM, shifting problems again!:banghead

This bike is wearing my patience thin on its continuing quality gremlins.

I hope that yours will prove different.

[cyclesteve]

Does that mean that at least for a short time the shifting problem was fixed? What did they say they ad done to fix it?

[DDHR1150RT]

Originally posted by cyclesteve
Does that mean that at least for a short time the shifting problem was fixed? What did they say they ad done to fix it?

The shifting problems have increased with miles added (I currently have over 41,000 on the bike) and for the most part, the dealers have performed shifter adjustments to the bike which normally could get about 6000+ miles or so out of it before the gears would bind again. One dealer told me that this was "normal" for BMW transmissions and that with every 6000 miles or so the shifter would be readjusted to compensate for the "breaking in" of the transmission. By readjustment he meant repositioning the shifter lever on the shaft to compensate for transmission wear. Apparently when a person tried to toe up on the shifter lever to attain a higher gear, the shifter lever would not actually allow the gear mechanism to completely mesh regardless if the LCD and a foot "feel" of the gear meshing was accomplished. Who can say, all I know is that it is becoming a regualr pain to "feel" the gears shift and release the clutch to dead air followed by a delay and then "BAM" a hard meshing of the gears!

There was an earlier post regarding shifter problems amongst BMW bikes were the person claimed that the shifter spline would strip out causing the main problems. That person was having additional problems with BMW covering the tab for repair too, despite being under warranty (from my understanding). He never did respond back if the bike was fixed or compensated for by BMW.