Moving from clutch to shifting....

[OMalley44]

Since there were several subjects on clutches, I remembered that at times, my bike will miss a shift to 3rd or 4th. Not all the time but enough to annoy me. Rider error or something sinister lurking in the dark?

[pdxrmccgs]

Short version: not to worry.

Long version: Study this and not to worry:

How Motorcycle Transmissions Work
(a 4 gear 1150 transmission animation)

[OMalley44]

Thanks PDX! That helps quite a bit.....

Todd

[pdxrmccgs]

Thanks for the thanks. If you want to go a little deeper into
GS transmission they are made by GETRAG. Eighty five miles up
the road from Berlin I am told.

Not a household name, no but largest in the world. Annual production
2.6 million transmissions. GETRAG Corporate Group - The company

I'm not sure who makes clutches for the GS but from the forums
supposedly the water head is going to a wet clutch as opposed to the
present dry clutch. This may be driven by the world police agency market
as they beat up on the dry clutches.