lvin4jc
JoeBobber
Ok, well if you haven't read one of my posts before, this is a 1979 CB750K and I am a first time bike rider/not really mechanic. I got my license last week so i've been riding the bike to work as much as I can.
#1. The transmission isn't 100%. What I mean is that sometimes between 2-3 or 3-4 it pops into what feels like neutral (obviously it's not) then even when I lift up on the lever it is stuck in the last gear I was in. I re-shift and everything is fine. This morning I had some trouble shifting to neutral, it wanted 1 or 2 but didn't want to give me neutral.
That's really it, no popping out of gear or anything. And again i'm a first time rider. I find that this bike is easy to shift quickly and the engine's power just makes me want to do so. Maybe the 2-3 3-4 problem is just me shifting too quickly and I need to slow up a bit?
Also, in the process of rebuilding the starter clutch I filled and drained the oil a couple of times (long story) and it seems like my bike transmission might like to be a little over full, just a little. Anyway that's the only variable I can put together. When it's a little over full the transmission seems to shift better, is that a thing?
#2. And far less important. I pulled the cover off of the starter clutch and found the three bolts to be very loose. I thought great, I don't need to install the rebuild kit (I would have if I had know how easy it was to do at the time) so I tightened the bolts and put it back together. It worked much better but still failed maybe 2 out of 10 times. So I pulled it back apart and rebuilt it with the vintage CB750 kit. Now it works 9 out of 10 times but every once in a while, maybe worse in the cold, it fails. The only other thing I had heard was worn teeth on the gears. I looked at mine twice and they looked really good to my eye, no scratches or anything, good looking sharp teeth. What else could that be? Could it also be oil related?
Thanks guys, i'm really, really enjoying riding this wonderful bike!
#1. The transmission isn't 100%. What I mean is that sometimes between 2-3 or 3-4 it pops into what feels like neutral (obviously it's not) then even when I lift up on the lever it is stuck in the last gear I was in. I re-shift and everything is fine. This morning I had some trouble shifting to neutral, it wanted 1 or 2 but didn't want to give me neutral.
That's really it, no popping out of gear or anything. And again i'm a first time rider. I find that this bike is easy to shift quickly and the engine's power just makes me want to do so. Maybe the 2-3 3-4 problem is just me shifting too quickly and I need to slow up a bit?
Also, in the process of rebuilding the starter clutch I filled and drained the oil a couple of times (long story) and it seems like my bike transmission might like to be a little over full, just a little. Anyway that's the only variable I can put together. When it's a little over full the transmission seems to shift better, is that a thing?
#2. And far less important. I pulled the cover off of the starter clutch and found the three bolts to be very loose. I thought great, I don't need to install the rebuild kit (I would have if I had know how easy it was to do at the time) so I tightened the bolts and put it back together. It worked much better but still failed maybe 2 out of 10 times. So I pulled it back apart and rebuilt it with the vintage CB750 kit. Now it works 9 out of 10 times but every once in a while, maybe worse in the cold, it fails. The only other thing I had heard was worn teeth on the gears. I looked at mine twice and they looked really good to my eye, no scratches or anything, good looking sharp teeth. What else could that be? Could it also be oil related?
Thanks guys, i'm really, really enjoying riding this wonderful bike!