No shifter?

 

So I'm riding along as perfectly as could be this weekend when suddenly, I try
to shift, but the shifter pedal isn't there.  I look down and it's just hanging
down.

Now I can't shift and I'm in third.  I pull over into a parking lot, turn the
bike off and dismount of check it out.  I can't see anything obvious, but with
my gal with me and 50 miles from home, I decide to try for it.  I push the bike
to the top of a hill in the lot, get on, turn everything on, and take a shot a
jump starting from 3rd gear.  Luckily, the hill was steep and it worked.

So after a hair raising ride where I had to run a couple of red lights and let
all sorts of cars pass, plus a little judicious playing of the clutch, we made
it.  And if it wasn't for the obvious, the bike ran fine.  IOW, I don't think
it's a transmission problem, per se, but rather, some sort of pin or some such
thing which just let go.

Any thoughts?  Oh yeah, it's a 1984 Venture Royale.  Am I looking at big bucks?

 



AllYou! wrote:

I expect it is something pretty simple like the nut tightening the
shifter to the shaft.

On my 30 year old Enduro that got stolen, the a**hole who had it had
completely stripped the splines on both the shifter and the shaft.
(Police recovered the bike after a couple of months)  I got a Mig
welder and built up a collar on the shaft, filed it down til it was
uniform and tapped on a new shifter......making my own splines on the
shaft.  It is working and has for several months.  I'm still a bit
careful about "stomping" on the shifter, but it beats tearing the thing
down to replace the shaft.......so far, at least.

cheers

bob

 




what model enduro? i've had various tt and xt 500's that i
loved.

 



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the

think

DT250C, 75/76 model.

cheers

bob

 



nice bike. i'm looking for a 360 2 stroke.