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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Alrighty, that was fun. Got the gear selector assembly all back together, started it up, and ran it back and forth N-1-N-R-N-1-N-R-N a couple of times. All seems well. Going to put the panels on now, and go for a ride, hopefully before it starts raining. Again. So I'm left with thinking...
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Those diagrams were very helpful. Here's what I did today: Drained the oil and checked the strainer. Nothing in it, perfectly clean. Refilled oil. Took the gear selector switch apart (felt adventurous). Nothing looking wrong. Lost a little ball and a nut, but that should be no problem to...
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    ******* has done it AGAIN

    What's with the *******?
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    Do I need to change the Oil again so soon?

    :clap::popcorn:
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    And another destroyed weekend...

    Every scooter I have owned required use of a screwdriver to get at the coolant to check the level. That, or a borescope, I guess. That, and every car required that I lift a heavy body panel to do same. Which required me to find some cleverly-hidden lever somewhere in the driver bay (who...
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    Do I need to change the Oil again so soon?

    I would not. Owners' manuals go by miles not time. In my Spyder manual it states to change at 3000 miles. No comment about time. Now, personally, I'd change it annually. But WHEN during the year is based (for me) on miles at October 1. If it's close I change it and ride a little. If it's...
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    Fun? Well, yes but....

    + You do realize that there are lots of folks who ride "real" bikes who would look at your Ryker and say EXACTLY the same thing, right?
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    Fun? Well, yes but....

    Or Piaggio MP3 500. It's already available.
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    Fun? Well, yes but....

    Yeah, Vespa will certainly have more roller coaster appeal. :agree:
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Whoa, excellent, thanks! I'll dig into it as soon as I can....
  11. M

    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Well, that's not happening. :gaah: I mean, WOHOO, something to do this weekend!
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    If I'm hearing you right, what you're saying is this could be the strainer being plugged. OR, it could be a bad gear selector switch (no signal to the computer that I want to change gears), OR it could be a bad gear position sensor (not sure how...)? I suppose while I'm in there I may as well...
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Thanks for this, looks like a viable hint. The parts diagram I saw said this went to the motor. But not only does it go toward the HCM, it DOES have a strainer.... I'll have to do this probably on Thursday though; I'm tired, my wife got me a big Mexican dinner, I'm on my second beer, and I...
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Thanks for this, looks like a viable hint. The parts diagram I saw said this went to the motor. But not only does it go toward the HCM, it DOES have a strainer.... I'll have to do this probably on Thursday though; I'm tired, my wife got me a big Mexican dinner, I'm on my second beer, and I...
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Yup, I have the new longer HCM filter cap and the longer filter installed, rubber grommet facing to the hole into the HCM, closed end in the cap. There was oil in the old filter, and I actually rode it around a bit before the oil change and the gear switching was working OK (as far as I know)...
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    So it looks like the oil system has a strainer, but if that's blocked I'd think the oil pressure light would have stayed on. I idled for probably about 5 minutes in total last night, and the oil pressure light went off after the first ~3-5 seconds.
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Wow that looks stout, thanks! Looks like I'll see if I can find a coupon.... :D
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Curiouser and curiouser. OK, so I got home, drained about a quart of oil out of the black tank (I know, I didn't need to, but, well the level of the filter is below the level of oil in the tank, so....), and pulled the filter housing off. Filter was in correctly. BUT.... Not a drop of oil...
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    Not yet, will do tonight I think. I am pretty sure it is in the right way. But we’ll see. Better to check this than start throwing money at parts.
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    Question about difficulty shifting (and a lift)

    BRP item number 420640192 on that gear position sensor? I will also check the linkages underneath tonight.
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