Here's what's going on with my 2008
First- There is too much oil in my bike; a fact that I just noticed today. I almost always change my own oil but last time it needed to be changed a friend offered to do it for me so I let him. After I was having a problem this morning I noticed it was overfilled and I'll be fixing that this afternoon. I'm not sure it's relevant to the overall problem but since I'm looking for ideas I figured I'd mention it.
The Problem- It's happened before but only once or twice and but it seemed to be an anomoly that after the bike was warmed up it would not shift into neutral or first. When it happened before I just revved the engine, moved the bike back and forth and finally it would shift down and be fine after that. This morning, similar situation, when the bike was cold it fired right up and shifted fine. I had to stop for gas and when I stopped it once again it shifted down to 2nd but wouldn't go lower. I played with it for a minute or two and still couldn't get it to downshift so I turned it off and filled the tank. When I went to turn it back on, when the display came up it said check in the odometer spot, had a line through the gear indicator, and nothing happened when I hit the starter button. So I take my gear off and push the bike to the side of the gas station with the key still in the on position. After pushing it forward for a few feet I had to back it up and right after I did the odometer came up and the gear indicator said 2 but it still wouldnt shift down but the bike did start fine. Since it wouldn't go into neutral I had to turn it off to put my gear back on and when I went to turn it back on, same problem, check... line... no start. I backed it up a foot or two, back to 2nd... odo... start... so I took it really easy the rest of my ride to work. When I got to work, on a military base,the bike was shifting ok-ish, a little rough but hitting all the gears. When I pulled up to the gate, the bike was in first and the guard asked me an odd question and when she did I pulled my hand off the clutch without thinking and stalled it. When I tried to start it again the engine barely turned like my battery was dead. I turned the bike off, turned it back on and hit the starter and the engine rolled much longer than normal but finally caught so I rode to the building I work in and parked. After about an hour and a half of the bike sitting and cooling down I decided to see if the problem was still there and sure enough it wasn't. The bike fired up and shifted through all the gears perfectly...
Any thoughts on where I should start looking or what might be the cause?
First- There is too much oil in my bike; a fact that I just noticed today. I almost always change my own oil but last time it needed to be changed a friend offered to do it for me so I let him. After I was having a problem this morning I noticed it was overfilled and I'll be fixing that this afternoon. I'm not sure it's relevant to the overall problem but since I'm looking for ideas I figured I'd mention it.
The Problem- It's happened before but only once or twice and but it seemed to be an anomoly that after the bike was warmed up it would not shift into neutral or first. When it happened before I just revved the engine, moved the bike back and forth and finally it would shift down and be fine after that. This morning, similar situation, when the bike was cold it fired right up and shifted fine. I had to stop for gas and when I stopped it once again it shifted down to 2nd but wouldn't go lower. I played with it for a minute or two and still couldn't get it to downshift so I turned it off and filled the tank. When I went to turn it back on, when the display came up it said check in the odometer spot, had a line through the gear indicator, and nothing happened when I hit the starter button. So I take my gear off and push the bike to the side of the gas station with the key still in the on position. After pushing it forward for a few feet I had to back it up and right after I did the odometer came up and the gear indicator said 2 but it still wouldnt shift down but the bike did start fine. Since it wouldn't go into neutral I had to turn it off to put my gear back on and when I went to turn it back on, same problem, check... line... no start. I backed it up a foot or two, back to 2nd... odo... start... so I took it really easy the rest of my ride to work. When I got to work, on a military base,the bike was shifting ok-ish, a little rough but hitting all the gears. When I pulled up to the gate, the bike was in first and the guard asked me an odd question and when she did I pulled my hand off the clutch without thinking and stalled it. When I tried to start it again the engine barely turned like my battery was dead. I turned the bike off, turned it back on and hit the starter and the engine rolled much longer than normal but finally caught so I rode to the building I work in and parked. After about an hour and a half of the bike sitting and cooling down I decided to see if the problem was still there and sure enough it wasn't. The bike fired up and shifted through all the gears perfectly...
Any thoughts on where I should start looking or what might be the cause?