Honda VF750C '82 - Page 3

 



Most riders are completely unaware of how the gear shift mechanism
used in a motorcycle transmission works. When you move the pedal up
or down, a racheting mechanism rotates a strange looking steel
cylinder with zig zag grooves in it. The shifter forks have to follow
the grooves like the needle on an old record player.

To keep the transmission in any gear you want to be in, there is
spring loaded arm with a roller that follows a cam plate which has six
or seven rounded points with valleys in between.

When the roller falls into a valley, that's the gear the motorcycle
has to stay in.

Problem is, the shifter pedal rotates the shifter drum the same number
of degrees to rotate the cam every time the rider moves his foot.

But neutral is between first gear and second gear. So, if you want to
shift from first gear to second gear without accidentally going into
neutral, you have to move your foot twice as far as you have to move
it when going from 2nd to 3rd or 3rd to 4th, etc.

Most riders do not know this.

If you have a problem with the range of motion of your ankle, you may
have to adjust the shifter pedal down a little bit. You don't want to
be trying to shift into second gear and hit neutral instead and fall
over when the rear wheel suddenly stops pushing the motorcycle forward.

 


I'll make sure not to forget that. On the other hand,
i always check if the lamp for neutral is lit before
releasing the transmission.

Thanks for the warning.

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Konrad
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 Konrad Viltersten wrote:

  Yes.  The early models ('82 is the earliest) had problems with inadequate
lubrication to the top end of the engine.   Hopefully, the one you're looking
at has had the oil delivery system modified.   Go to http://www.sabmag.com/
and click on "Oil Mods" for more info.

John

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