Honda Hornet gearboxes

[Gizzit]

What the guts on Hornet gearbox's ? Mine seems to click up into gear, but it has a second click, like it's not quite into gear fully, and has a second small click.
Has anyone experienced this on any Honda's, but particularly other Hornet owners ?
Thanks.

[MotoGirl]

Mine seems to click up into gear, but it has a second click, like it's not quite into gear fully, and has a second small click.

My VTR never did this (but it religiously crunched into second). Funnily enough though, my Aprilia does this going into sixth gear so I'd like to know what causes it.

[Sketchy_Racer]

My hornet 600 does the same. honda never did seem to make a great gearbox eh

[dipshit]

My hornet 600 does the same. honda never did seem to make a great gearbox eh

A CB900 I once had completely lost top gear. A friend's CBR900 keeps jumping out of 2nd gear.

I can never understand why motorcycle journalists keep wanking on about Honda build quality and reliability...???

If any Jap bike is going to blow its engine to bits or lunch its gearbox or start burning excessive amounts of oil... its probably going to be a Honda.

[vifferman]

Every Honda I've had has either had - or ended up with - a bad gearbox. Never so bad that I lost gears or anything, just false neutrals, graunch going into second, etc. The current one was the best I'd ridden, but despite fitting an Evo Star shifter kit, it too misbehaves from time to time.
But then I am an serial gearbox wrecker....

[Trudes]

Haven't had any problems with mine, so now that I've said that it is bound to crap itself now, thanks! I hit false neutral occasionally, but that probably has more to do with my gentle foot action than the gearbox.

[NOMIS]

Ive found a false neautral between 4th and 5th once, a few times its clicked into 2nd but then droped back to neutral

[vifferman]

I hit false neutral occasionally, but that probably has more to do with my gentle foot action than the gearbox.

I had to bend my gearlever down to prevent that (the VFR has a shitty gear lever without the micro-adjustability that other models have).

[Gizzit]

Every Honda I've had has either had - or ended up with - a bad gearbox. Never so bad that I lost gears or anything, just false neutrals, graunch going into second, etc. The current one was the best I'd ridden, but despite fitting an Evo Star shifter kit, it too misbehaves from time to time.
But then I am an serial gearbox wrecker....

Pretty poor eh! Honda is supposed to be well made. I wish I knew about this problem before I laid down the cash. I wonder if it's "fixable" as my bike is brand new and under warranty.
It goes in for it's first service on Thursday and I have spoken to the service manager about the problem so he's going to take it for a ride and see what he thinks.

It sounds as if it's quite common though, which is a pain in the ass, as these are otherwise an awesome bike!

[Gizzit]

I had to bend my gearlever down to prevent that (the VFR has a shitty gear lever without the micro-adjustability that other models have).

Funny, the service manager was saying a similar thing about making an adjustment to the lever to put it further down to help solve that problem. That just sounds like it will make it an unnatural foot angle and a bit uncomfortable when changing up !

[Gizzit]

Haven't had any problems with mine, so now that I've said that it is bound to crap itself now, thanks! I hit false neutral occasionally, but that probably has more to do with my gentle foot action than the gearbox.

I hope it doesn't become a problem for you! Keep everything crossed that it won't

[Gizzit]

My VTR never did this (but it religiously crunched into second). Funnily enough though, my Aprilia does this going into sixth gear so I'd like to know what causes it.

Mmmmmm Bugger ! Must be a "bike" problem !! lol Maybe need to trade them in and get Mobility Scoots !!

[MotoGirl]

Mmmmmm Bugger ! Must be a "bike" problem !! lol Maybe need to trade them in and get Mobility Scoots !!

Yeah, I hear the batteries continuously go flat though.

[Goblin]

First adjustment I made to my Hornet was moving the gear lever down a notch or two to make shifting up easier.(small feet) Never had any problem changing gears. It's smooth and easy all the way up and down the gears.

[Gizzit]

First adjustment I made to my Hornet was moving the gear lever down a notch or two to make shifting up easier.(small feet) Never had any problem changing gears. It's smooth and easy all the way up and down the gears.

Yes that's what the service manager has in mind I think. I haven't had any issues changing down, only up. I haven't missed a change so far, just that it isn't "positive" when selecting, and has a kind of second bite at it. It is definitely two movements, and I feel like from the first movement, it is sufficiently in gear not to jump out, but it takes a second very small movement anyway when you still have some upward pressure on the lever. It's an unnerving feeling, and not what I expect from a new bike having done just over 1000 K's. It could be nothing to worry about .... but I'm pissed off as it's the only thing that lets down an otherwise brilliant bike!
Thanks for the input. I hope the lever position change makes a difference.
Cheers.