First oil change, gear change still clunky

[M2MG]

I did my first oil and filter change last weekend, had 530 miles. Used the triumph Mobile 1 (4t ?, if I remember) oil. My gear changes were getting very notchy and clunky before the oil change. Now it is better, but still have a very noticeable clunk going into 1st, and slightly notchy through the gears. Before the change I actually found a neutral between 5th and 6th. Is that possible? I swear I was cruising, barely tapped it up into 6th, and there was neutral. I thought I did some thing wrong (brain fart with the clutch in and gassed it), but later that day did the same thing. It happened 3 times before the oil change. Hasn't happened since the oil change though.

Also, when I got the bike it seemed to have too much oil, I let it go thinking I was just going to have to figure the dip stick and bike position for correct reading. The bike did use oil on the run-in, but still read good all the way to 500 miles. When I drained the oil, it was right at 4qt. The manual states 3.2qt with filter change. When I changed it, added oil, I put in 3 full qt, checked it after running it for a few minutes. It needed the extra .2, so I added apx .2-.25. That gave me the perfect reading on the dip stick, with the bike level.

Maybe thus had something to do with the clunky & notchy feel.

Bottom line, the oil is right on now, but still have a clunky and notchy shift, but is some what better than before.

Any word, any like probs? If I'm hitting stuff from the FAQs, please refer me to links. Thanks all.

[Prubert]

Don't worry just yet, trannies take some time to break in.

Picked my S3 up with 3.3k on it, and the shifting was a bit notchy yet. Just changed the oil out and put in Shelll Rotella T Synth and it is shifting much better at 6K.

When I got my '97 VFR it has 2K miles on it and the transmission was horriable. It would not go into gear, had false neutrals all over, and was very notchy. I was using regualar honda Dino oil and it would shift like total crap when the oil had about 2K on it. As I rode it, it got better. When I switched to Rotella T Synth, it got great. The last 20k (traded the bike in with 49K on it) the transmission shifted like it was a hot knife thru butter.

Bottom line, use the synthetic oil and let the bike break-in.

Later.

[ This message was edited by: Prubert on 2004-09-03 09:36 ]

[CaptainFlake]

I think Triumphs just a take a while to break in period. My brother's TT was, asccording to him, like a new bike after about ten thousand miles or so. I'd just be patient, keep up with routine maintenance, and ride the crap out of the thing.

[nyspeedtriple]

I have just a bit over 6000 miles on the bike and the gear change to first gear is still clunky but as the other riders posted it's finally starting to smooth out. I was also able to get a neautral from 5th to 6th with the stock gearing and since I dropped the front tooth down I have yet to experience this plus with the added mileage that may be a factor after all.

cheers,
Scott