Great informative video I went down burn my clutch replace the clutch disks and experience slipping once again after only two rides I believe this video may help me solve my issue !

Interesting. Thanks from France. I have the same shifting problem with my V-strom. I will maybe on day try to fixe it like you.

Have the same problem, this video may save my life if i can solve the problem. Good videos

Hey I have the same issue, my gen 1 Suzuki sv650 won’t shift into second gear unless I play with the shifter for bit then it’ll pop in second, seems to be fine with the rest. I took everything off and my star is spinning like yours through all the gears while I spin the shaft with my other hand. I just wanna know do I still need to take the engine apart? Someone told me I could still have something wrong internally or bent shift forks but I’m confused as to why the star would spin through all the gears if it was bent shift forks? or something internal causing it? Please let me know what you think I really don’t wanna take the engine apart. Everything else also seems fine that I took out to get to this point

@drew657

2 ай бұрын

If the star spins freely and it goes into all the gears without problems just turning it with your hand, you likely don't have bent shift forks. The shift forks are pretty robust and it would take a huge force to bend one, and your hand can't put nearly as much torque on that star as your foot on a shifter can with leverage of the lever. I wasn't ever able to determine exactly what the cause of my shifting issue was, I assumed it was a bent shift shaft (the shaft that goes from the shift lever on the right, through the engine to work the shift star), and it was binding. That doesn't explain (in my case, or yours) why it would hang on 2nd gear and not the others. IIRC, the bolt that held my shift star in place was also slightly bent, which may have been putting some weird pressure/binding force on it only when in position for 2nd gear (or trying to move past neutral), but again that doesn't explain being able to move it with your fingers but not with the shift lever when all put together. I would do as I did, and reach out to www.mad8v.com/ or message on his instagram @mad8vcycles and see if he has a shifting setup on hand you could buy, and just replace all the parts on the cheap to see if that fixes it. If not, then you might have to split your cases for more thorough diagnostics. Best of luck.

Hey where you got that bike. I want to put cat eyes on my sv650 but I can't found them no whereabouts in USA I wonder why! Can you help me with a link or you know where to get it so I can buy it please.

@drew657

4 жыл бұрын

Bought the bike off a guy on craigslist locally. Not sure what you mean by cat eyes. Like an aftermarket headlight setup? Or if you mean the stock fairing/lights, you can probably order them new at very high cost. If you're lucky you can find them used online, most likely ebay, or maybe someone parting one out on craigslist. These bikes are pretty frequently wrecked, damaging the fairing, so finding one in good condition is pretty rare. I had to do a lot of repair and body work to this one. imgur.com/gallery/dM8quOm

@JoseVargas-vp1ov

4 жыл бұрын

@@drew657 thanks to take some of your time to answer me. What I'm talking about is the head lights. I know here in the city are a lot of them I love them😂. I did check on line but it said not sold in USA. I don't know why they don't sale it here. Thanks one more time. If you want I can send you photos of my bike. So you can see what I have. If I found the website I'm taking a screen shot so you see what they said.

Nice video. I followed your link from svrider. But why is it bad to shift into gear on a stand?

@drew657

5 жыл бұрын

Mostly just a safety issue. You don't want the wheel to be powered and spinning when you're working on it. Big risk for grabbing loose clothing/hair/fingers, etc. Some people will shift it into first while cleaning the chain so they don't have to spin the wheel manually, but that's a good way to lose a finger.

@Mad8vCycles

5 жыл бұрын

@@drew657 having munched a finger pretty good just spinning the wheel by hand and having flinched from something else happening around me, can confirm.

@dazednconfused31337

2 жыл бұрын

As a kid, I was cranking a bicycle wheel fast with the pedal and I turned around whilst pointing at the new spoke decorations. It cut two fingers halfway I guess (from the scars). One below the nail where the tip is misshapen, the other above the knuckle of the trigger finger - which can't bend all the way to the palm. It's no problem now, but I remember the pain, trips to hospital, bad tasting antibiotics and extra handwriting lessons. I got off lucky, try an image search for "motorcycle chain finger" 😲

Do you have a list of all the parts you replaced?

@drew657

6 ай бұрын

2:47

did you get the c clip and washer from lowes?

@drew657

5 жыл бұрын

You probably could get the c clip and washer there, make sure you take the original parts to make sure you get the right sizes. I think the washer is thinner than what you can buy at Lowes, though. If I remember correctly, I got them on either bikebandit, or mad8v. It's been a while.

@almightiej

5 жыл бұрын

which manual did you use?

@drew657

5 жыл бұрын

Jackie Wong Someone on the SVRider forum uploaded this one. You can download it to your computer for future reference or printing the pages you need as you go. docs.google.com/file/d/0BwUnESY-3NelTHlCTUpGUkxZUjA/edit

@leo4es

3 жыл бұрын

@@drew657 thank you

why change, everything looks fine and you can't find a sign of any problem. how was you clutch basket had any grooves on basket fingers?

@drew657

4 жыл бұрын

Clutch basket had no immediate signs of wear or grooves from the plates, and the problem persisted when the bike was off, indicating an issue with the shifting mechanism rather than the clutch. While I didn't see anything immediately apparently bent or dislodged, something was binding and causing the shifting issue. So I replaced the parts one by one until it no longer stuck. I've been riding it after the fix for well over a year now without further shifting issues. So the short answer to "why change if no problem" is "because there was a problem."

I’m in Austin too bro are you still here can I get you to help me with mine?

@drew657

3 ай бұрын

What’s going on with it?

@Ynoty2400

3 ай бұрын

@@drew657 well I’m new to the bike world but I’m hearing I need my carbs tuned I also need new fork seals

@drew657

3 ай бұрын

If you’re on (or want to join) Discord, there’s an SV650 server with a lot of helpful people. discord.gg/qW8qcuHP My bike isn’t carbed, without hearing what it’s doing I couldn’t tell you what it needs. Fork seals aren’t hard, just tedious. Lots of how-to forum posts and videos out there already.

Doobaleedoo🤣

@drew657

2 жыл бұрын

This video is Uncle Bumblefuck approved (I assume, I’unno…)