Well tonight when I left work I decided to get a bit more practice at launching with my new 16/43 setup. There is a long dead road nearby and that's where I went. I hit a a few times and decided it was time to go. Well I headed towards the main road where a red light caught me. I kicked it down to first, pulled in the clutch, and came to a stop. The light turns green, I make my left turn, go to kick it into second .... and couldn't! My foot was kicking nothing but air!
I pulled in the clutch, rolled to the side of the road, came to a full stop, and hit the kill switch. When I looked down I noticed I didn't have a gearshift. IMMEDIATLY all the '05 gearshift related posts came to my mind and the one thing that stuck out was that they all just dangled there ... they didn't fall off of the actual bike.
Well I placed my kickstand down, dismounted the bike, and took a look. Sure enough there it was justa danglin' away. I threaded it back in and rode home where I then made sure to slap some locktite on it.
I remember seeing so many posts of the '05s having this issue but it mostly happened within the first 1000 miles. Seeing as how I was WAAAY past that when I first read about it, I thought I avoided that issue. Guess not! 11,200 miles and it finally happened.
I guess since Suzuki made the '05s faster than every other year they figured they had to give them some sort of flaw ...
I pulled in the clutch, rolled to the side of the road, came to a full stop, and hit the kill switch. When I looked down I noticed I didn't have a gearshift. IMMEDIATLY all the '05 gearshift related posts came to my mind and the one thing that stuck out was that they all just dangled there ... they didn't fall off of the actual bike.
Well I placed my kickstand down, dismounted the bike, and took a look. Sure enough there it was justa danglin' away. I threaded it back in and rode home where I then made sure to slap some locktite on it.
I remember seeing so many posts of the '05s having this issue but it mostly happened within the first 1000 miles. Seeing as how I was WAAAY past that when I first read about it, I thought I avoided that issue. Guess not! 11,200 miles and it finally happened.
I guess since Suzuki made the '05s faster than every other year they figured they had to give them some sort of flaw ...