Killawatts
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So finally the cold weather lets up some, and I'm on the way to the dealership to pick up some gold brake and clutch levers. Cruising along in third gear, when traffic in front of me starts to come to a stop.
I brake, and pull in the clutch to downshift. It doesn't downshift. I come to a stop with it still in third gear, frantically trying to shift up or down or at all. Nothing. So there I am stopped in traffic, people honking at me, and I just give it full gas and ride the clutch to get it moving, and pull in the next parking lot I see.
Well, the clutch is still working at least. So, I take a look, thinking that the vortex rear set that was installed may be causing a problem, maybe the linkage is out of adjustment. Doesn't look like it. I try to rock the bike back and forth, anything at all to get the transmission to work, no luck.
Sooo...called a tow truck, and the rest of the way to the dealership I go, just in the passenger seat of a toyota tacoma, not on the fz8.
The techs looked it over, checked the linkage, and said it has to be something internal. As it's a warranty item, they say they can't do anything til they contact yamaha and see what they want to do.
The only thing that worries me is about two months ago I had a bit of a low-side (hence the upgraded rear set) and it bent up the gear shifter, could this have damaged the transmission? I asked the dealership that when it happened, and they said it was highly unlikely.
So, has anyone had similar problems to this, the bike is still pretty much brand new!
I brake, and pull in the clutch to downshift. It doesn't downshift. I come to a stop with it still in third gear, frantically trying to shift up or down or at all. Nothing. So there I am stopped in traffic, people honking at me, and I just give it full gas and ride the clutch to get it moving, and pull in the next parking lot I see.
Well, the clutch is still working at least. So, I take a look, thinking that the vortex rear set that was installed may be causing a problem, maybe the linkage is out of adjustment. Doesn't look like it. I try to rock the bike back and forth, anything at all to get the transmission to work, no luck.
Sooo...called a tow truck, and the rest of the way to the dealership I go, just in the passenger seat of a toyota tacoma, not on the fz8.
The techs looked it over, checked the linkage, and said it has to be something internal. As it's a warranty item, they say they can't do anything til they contact yamaha and see what they want to do.
The only thing that worries me is about two months ago I had a bit of a low-side (hence the upgraded rear set) and it bent up the gear shifter, could this have damaged the transmission? I asked the dealership that when it happened, and they said it was highly unlikely.
So, has anyone had similar problems to this, the bike is still pretty much brand new!
