PLEASE HELP 05 450r (shifting gear problem

[KAZAL]

well everything was going fine with my quad very very low hrs on it id estimate about 3 hours on it and now nearly 100% of the times i shift up from 1st gear it gets stuck in netreul i then have to go to 2nd gear from Netrl. . .. any advice?? anyone else having this problem?? it was fine for the 1st 2 hours or so then all of a sudden this started happening ..

[Martin Blair]

This happend when i first bought mine, its a little longer pull then on other quads. I know many people who have trouble with it at first, just ride and make sure yo pull the lever up all the way.

[Honda]

My 2004 does it also, usually only after crossing over a log or other adrupt obstacle.

From first gear it will pop out and go to nuetral, annoying sometimes.

Try changing the position of the lever, foot might be hitting it. May be internal also.

[pilotpete]

yep my new 05 does it as well....i have about the same hours as you ....mine did it from day one but i got to say it's getting better with more use.....

[remmyTRX]

Same problem here... not sure why it suddenly started doing it. For the first couple hours, I had no problems but now I am - only 8 hours on mine total.

[ajr400ex]

Mine pops out of first gear - much more now than when new ('04). I think I hit the lever sometimes with my foot popping it out of gear. It happens enough now that I am thinking I may have a bent shift fork.

[john.E.business]

My 05 does the same thing so i adjusted the foot shifter and it seems to have helped for the most part still happens sometimes but that could just be me...:macho

[Jonas]

The question first is are you doing this or is your quad? If it is your quad that is doing it then what is your clutch lever free play at? I have heard nothing about whether you have even adjusted you clutch lever to help correct this. The more information you give us, the better answer we will be able to give you to correct this.;)

maybe your tranny fluid needs changed.
there is not much fluid in there to begin with..........and if it is dirty, it could cause it to shift harder.

[Honda]

It ain't the Fluid or the Clutch freeplay!

I change my fluid after every tank of fuel, and the clutch is adjusted fine.

It just pops out, like a large hit will jar the bike enough to pop it out of gear.

Odd!

[KAZAL]

I DONT GET IT GUYS!!!!!! its still doing it im pulling up reallly gard and changed the fluid .... its going from 1st to netrl.. then i have to go to second this can NOT be normal i lost a damn race yesterday to my buddy because of this ... what else can i check?

time to split the case

[twisted threads]

Originally posted by KAZAL
I DONT GET IT GUYS!!!!!! its still doing it im pulling up reallly gard and changed the fluid .... its going from 1st to netrl.. then i have to go to second this can NOT be normal i lost a damn race yesterday to my buddy because of this ... what else can i check?

Time to take it back to you honda dealer and tell them to FIX it.

[Jersey450R]

once in a blue moon, mine will go from 5th to 4th :confused: I'm not worried about it.

[Lonestar_R]

I was doing this on my new 450....I but it is because the shift throw is alot longer than my 250R......