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<blockquote data-quote="greatfallpaul" data-source="post: 208874" data-attributes="member: 4456">Thanks for the quick response. The shifter&nbsp; goes up to go into third but when riding hard you can't feel the click so you think it went into gear and it is still in second. Try again and again and again till messing around you get it to go to third. Then things get worse as the bike warms and finally the shifter moves but doesn't go into or out of the gear it is stuck in. Only happens when fully warmed up. A guy today found my shifter bushing was dry and needed fresh grease. I don't see this being the cause since I am certainly strong enough to raise a shift lever that isn't perfectly slippery, but I think the theory is that the pedal hadn't gone back down all the way to reset the ratchet for the next click, since that is a spring return. Darn good theory and prognosis and worth a try before I start into areas with gaskets. I'm 50 percent hopeful. Gonna ride it hard Wednesday and see if it is fixed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="greatfallpaul, post: 208874, member: 4456"] Thanks for the quick response. The shifter goes up to go into third but when riding hard you can't feel the click so you think it went into gear and it is still in second. Try again and again and again till messing around you get it to go to third. Then things get worse as the bike warms and finally the shifter moves but doesn't go into or out of the gear it is stuck in. Only happens when fully warmed up. A guy today found my shifter bushing was dry and needed fresh grease. I don't see this being the cause since I am certainly strong enough to raise a shift lever that isn't perfectly slippery, but I think the theory is that the pedal hadn't gone back down all the way to reset the ratchet for the next click, since that is a spring return. Darn good theory and prognosis and worth a try before I start into areas with gaskets. I'm 50 percent hopeful. Gonna ride it hard Wednesday and see if it is fixed. [/QUOTE]

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