New member same old problem

[Sloppy2ndGear]

Hi all new member same old problems got a 5jj R1 with 2nd gear issues anyone who thinks they may be able to offer some info or maybe just come and laugh at my mis fortune head over to the workshop where I will post up a topic shortly showing how far I have not got in my strip down

[Steve R1]

Welcome to the forum Jordan and I'm sorry to hear of your second gear issue. I'm sure some of the guys on here will have been there, done that and got the t shirt to boot.

Generally newbies start with a welcome post, tell us a bit about themselves and their biking history, if we are lucky they will post a pic of their bike as well, well you do know what they say, a picture paints a thousand words. These newbie posts allow the new member to get to know us and us them. This really is a great forum, in fact it's the best, the guys are very helpful and knowledgable and like nothing more than helping a fellow rider out.

You could search in the 5jj section to see if there is anything before the guys come on later this evening.

Anyway, good luck with the repairs

Stephen

[samr1]

Hi Jordan welcome ,but as Steve says above regarding welcome post


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[jompy]

Welcome in Jordan
Get some info up about where your from & your biking history , as for taking the piss you'll get that here whether you've fucked up ot not , you are talking to the guy that hoovered his carbs out the other day

[Steve R1]

Welcome in Jordan
Get some info up about where your from & your biking history , as for taking the piss you'll get that here whether you've fucked up ot not , you are talking to the guy that hoovered his carbs out the other day

Ah but to be fair monkey face, it did work, .......how long did the doc say that black eye would take to heal

[jompy]

Welcome in Jordan
Get some info up about where your from & your biking history , as for taking the piss you'll get that here whether you've fucked up ot not , you are talking to the guy that hoovered his carbs out the other day

Ah but to be fair monkey face, it did work, .......how long did the doc say that black eye would take to heal

That's only because I had to then fit my spare bloody carbs !
What black eye ?

[Steve R1]

Welcome in Jordan
Get some info up about where your from & your biking history , as for taking the piss you'll get that here whether you've fucked up ot not , you are talking to the guy that hoovered his carbs out the other day

Ah but to be fair monkey face, it did work, .......how long did the doc say that black eye would take to heal

That's only because I had to then fit my spare bloody carbs !
What black eye ?

The one u git when Jen loped u for using the Hoover on ya bike

[Garybugz]

Hey guys.
I'm a new member. Just found the forum while trying to find an answer to an issue.
I ride a 2008 4c8 r1.
It's my 5th bike as I'm only 25. 26 on Friday.
2 were 50's 1 was a 125. 4th was my zx6r. Restricted for 2 years to 33bhp. Then 3 years de restricted.
I bought my r1 last August.
But I have been a Yamaha fan for as long as I can remember.
I live in Wiltshire uk.
And have a Facebook page called "South west bikers" to meet new riders in my area.
Think that's about it

[jompy]

Hey guys.
I'm a new member. Just found the forum while trying to find an answer to an issue.
I ride a 2008 4c8 r1.
It's my 5th bike as I'm only 25. 26 on Friday.
2 were 50's 1 was a 125. 4th was my zx6r. Restricted for 2 years to 33bhp. Then 3 years de restricted.
I bought my r1 last August.
But I have been a Yamaha fan for as long as I can remember.
I live in Wiltshire uk.
And have a Facebook page called "South west bikers" to meet new riders in my area.
Think that's about it

Welcome in Gary
Best bet buddy would be to start your own thread & you'll get a lot more response , not a bad intro bud

[samr1]

Hi Gary welcome in ,as jompy says will have a gander at ur fb page


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[Garybugz]

Just done a new topic. Bit new to this forum stuff

[jompy]

Just done a new topic. Bit new to this forum stuff

No worries Gary we'll look after you buddy



















































come on lads "fresh meat"

[R1Clarky]

Fekkin ell you have a couple of hours away from 'the forum' and two new newbies? Rock up welcome in lads


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[R1Clarky]

Jordan mate good choice is the 5jj (get some pics up) I'm not biased one bit
Gary mate 25 y.o. That'll help bring down the average 'forum' age


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[Sloppy2ndGear]

Welcome to the forum Jordan and I'm sorry to hear of your second gear issue. I'm sure some of the guys on here will have been there, done that and got the t shirt to boot.

Generally newbies start with a welcome post, tell us a bit about themselves and their biking history, if we are lucky they will post a pic of their bike as well, well you do know what they say, a picture paints a thousand words. These newbie posts allow the new member to get to know us and us them. This really is a great forum, in fact it's the best, the guys are very helpful and knowledgable and like nothing more than helping a fellow rider out.

You could search in the 5jj section to see if there is anything before the guys come on later this evening.

Anyway, good luck with the repairs

Stephen

No problem i have been riding bikes since 17 now 23 so 6 years now. started with a yamaha ybr that had an eyewatering 65 mph downhill top speed...but i was hooked

from there i got showed the wonders of a 2-stroke and got myself a honda nsr125. unfortunetaly i sold it like a right douche and bought a p reg gsxf600 with a blown exhaust
after a mission with the gsx i ended up getting a 2009 er6-f. fun for the first 3 years but i needed MORE POWER!!

Then a miracle came along! my mates dad had his R1 for sale! Sure it had an issue that he didn't know what it was but it was cheap as chips i would be mad to pass up this deal.

after 2 rides and looking on the internet i knew exactly what the problem was and after talking to my local stealers and bing told to do the gear issue it would be between 1200 and 2500 pounds!!!! I knew i was doing this myself. And that my friends is where we find ourselves.

Magneto thread ripped out but magneto off and engine upside down and half naked in my garage.

i will load pictures but right now i am sure they will make more questions then answer lol

[Steve R1]

Good write up mate, and at 23 you have brought our average age down and are one of our four youngest members, there are another 3' 23 year olds on the forum , some of us are a tad older but not necessarily wiser

[hash29]

Welcome to the forum Jordon

[Sloppy2ndGear]

Good write up mate, and at 23 you have brought our average age down and are one of our four youngest members, there are another 3' 23 year olds on the forum , some of us are a tad older but not necessarily wiser

Well 2 heads are better than 1. So all of us together should be unstoppable

[Sloppy2ndGear]

Welcome to the forum Jordon

Thanks very much

[Moise]

I think we've met already in another thread, but welcome anyway.

It should be a pretty cheap fix at that mileage, then you'll have a great bike. I've been doing some reading on this problem as my 4xv has done almost 50,000 miles and the changes into 2nd aren't exactly smooth although no shift problems yet. It's a strange problem - some bikes make it to high mileages and are fine, but others like yours go at quite low miles. One theory I've seen is that it's caused by poor machining of the shift drum, so might be worth having a good look when you have it apart.

[Sloppy2ndGear]

I think we've met already in another thread, but welcome anyway.

It should be a pretty cheap fix at that mileage, then you'll have a great bike. I've been doing some reading on this problem as my 4xv has done almost 50,000 miles and the changes into 2nd aren't exactly smooth although no shift problems yet. It's a strange problem - some bikes make it to high mileages and are fine, but others like yours go at quite low miles. One theory I've seen is that it's caused by poor machining of the shift drum, so might be worth having a good look when you have it apart.

Yes we have met and you have been more than helpfull already i have a second gearbox with ruined gears but the selector drum is good on that one so i have at least some donor parts thank the bike gods

[Sloppy2ndGear]

Jordan mate good choice is the 5jj (get some pics up) I'm not biased one bit
Gary mate 25 y.o. That'll help bring down the average 'forum' age


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lets see if this picture thingy works shall we

[R1Clarky]

Jordan mate good choice is the 5jj (get some pics up) I'm not biased one bit
Gary mate 25 y.o. That'll help bring down the average 'forum' age


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lets see if this picture thingy works shall we

Yep that worked - would like to see a side shot, but what I can see looks pretty good


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[Sloppy2ndGear]

Yep that worked - would like to see a side shot, but what I can see looks pretty good


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Don't ask for much do you? i would take another one but its in pieces at the mo. have a look on my project page see if there is anything you wanna see pictured

[R1Clarky]

Lol I'm patient mate


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