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I agree with David. You most likely will save yourself an expensive trip to the local Honda dealer if, before you shift you,

* reduce your throttle so that the bike is neither accelerating or decelerating, i.e. engine speed is matched to road speed,
* put a small amount of pressure on the shifter.

Then when you even start to pull the clutch lever the transmission will so slickly and smoothly shift into 2nd gear you will be shocked.

It... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Fredrider) http://hondashadowacetourer.yuku.com/sreply/59324 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:57:13 GMT http://hondashadowacetourer.yuku.com/reply/59323/t/strange-noise-1st-to-2nd-gear-change-.html#reply-59323
I believe the sound you are hearing is from a miss-shift between 1st and second gear. When I first got my T, this happened to me a few times too. The sound it makes is a raspy metallic sound. It happens when you really get on it going from first to second gear. You would definitely notice that you are costing instead of accelerating forward. You have to let the rpm's come down, engage the clutch, and then shift up to second. It usually will slip into gear at that point. I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Phaedrus) http://hondashadowacetourer.yuku.com/sreply/59323 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:45:30 GMT http://hondashadowacetourer.yuku.com/topic/8454/t/strange-noise-1st-to-2nd-gear-change-.html feeds@yuku.com (larryacguy) http://hondashadowacetourer.yuku.com/topic/8454 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:12:59 GMT