Well, I'm gonna have to strip the frame and pull the engine on my new 836. I get told this morning that I should have used sealer on the rubber plugs/disc under the cam towers ....
Anyway to the question - my 74 CB750 does not shift smoothly. It's notchy, there are false neutrals between gears. If I shift deliberately and move the lever through it's full travel, then it goes up and down the gears fine. If I get the least bit lazy, then it will occassionly miss the next gear. My CB500 has the same problem and it's a 6,000 origninal. This 750 has 9,000. Is this a feature Honda threw in at no extra charge?
While it's out, I thought I might have a look at the shifting quality. Everything in this transmission looked fantastic when tore down. As mentioned, it's a 9,000 mile bike that sat for several years with a crankcase full of oil. I checked the dogs, forks, shiftdrum, ratchet arm, replaced the return spring with NOS, and finally added assembly lube to the shift fork locators during testing while the case was open. All good, solid, positive shifts on the bench. i use only Motul 10/40 syntetic motorcycle specific oil in all bikes (buy it by the case). I've just changed the oil after 200 miles so I could tighten the oil cooler adapter and install the chrome K&N filter, but the shifting is still what I call "notchy".
Input appreciated. Thanks, Gordon
