When you shift there are a number of steps. First, is the clutch lever: disengage the clutch by squeezing the clutch lever; then firmly and decisively push or pull the gear lever to select the next gear, up or down; then release the lever. It is hard to say if it was the synchro or the gear not fully meshed from your description. Transmissions are durable and Honda's gears are cut much tighter than a transmission that uses 90 weight oil. Remember, it is bathed in the engine oil, usually a multigrade of somewhere between 10 and 40 weight. The teeth are much closer together when they mesh because they can be, without having to squish a very viscous oil out from between them as they come together. Honda's transmissions are quite durable so the probability that something got torn up is not likely, or you would hear it.
Stanley ----- Original Message ---- From: Angela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:55:25 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: No. not up to those speeds. not me. I did have one of my nephews ride it for me and he went thru all the gears for me and said he didn't see a problem. I've been told that I just wasn't changing gears appropriately. What do you think? ----- Original Message ---- From: Paul LeBoutillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:48:31 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Angela, When you say you've had the bike out since hearing that noise, does that mean you've had it up to those speeds again without hearing anything? Paul Group Admin On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Angela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi gang, Got a question. I was riding the other day at my highest speed ever (40-50mph woo hoo!)(newbie ya know). Anyways I was changing gears and this horrible screeching sound came out of the gearbox. I thought that I had destroyed something in the bike for sure. I had to get off the road and when I eventually slowed to a stop, the noise stopped. What did I do? Have I damaged something I don't know about? I was able to ride it home okay with now problems and have ridden it a couple times since with no problem. I just don't want a problem to sneak up on me later. So should I anticipate a problem on the horizon or am I just being overly concerned and should just chock it up to some error on my part and the bike being extremely forgiving to newbies like me? Thanks, Angela '93 NH750 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
