It will damage the transmission if it keeps happening. Usually it is caused by one of 2 things - a worn shift fork a a rider who shifts lazy.
The shift forks push the constant mesh gear pairs together on a shaft. The gear pairs meet and connect using gear dogs and slots on the side of them, not the teeth of the gears. You know, since they're called constant mesh and all for a reason. :wink: :lol: If the gears don't come together properly to let the gear dogs fit in the slots, then they will give you a false neutral and will put undo pressure on the shift fork. And as each gear dog hits a slot as it goes by, it will wear out the ledge of both of them and make a grinding sound. And then all of a sudden, the dogs will fall into the slots and BAM!
This usually won't cause an immediate failure of the tranny unless it's at a high gear speed with lots of torque on it. But it will start the deterioration process and it's more likely to happen again and continue to wear out. Considering you experienced this on your last bike too, it sounds like you need to work on your shift technique a bit. And if this happens again, the first thing to do is pull in the clutch, let the motor RPM drop some, make a positive shift with your foot, and then let the clutch back out. And don't shift mid-corner either! That's bad technique and something like this can put you on your ass! :ayyy:
The shift forks push the constant mesh gear pairs together on a shaft. The gear pairs meet and connect using gear dogs and slots on the side of them, not the teeth of the gears. You know, since they're called constant mesh and all for a reason. :wink: :lol: If the gears don't come together properly to let the gear dogs fit in the slots, then they will give you a false neutral and will put undo pressure on the shift fork. And as each gear dog hits a slot as it goes by, it will wear out the ledge of both of them and make a grinding sound. And then all of a sudden, the dogs will fall into the slots and BAM!
This usually won't cause an immediate failure of the tranny unless it's at a high gear speed with lots of torque on it. But it will start the deterioration process and it's more likely to happen again and continue to wear out. Considering you experienced this on your last bike too, it sounds like you need to work on your shift technique a bit. And if this happens again, the first thing to do is pull in the clutch, let the motor RPM drop some, make a positive shift with your foot, and then let the clutch back out. And don't shift mid-corner either! That's bad technique and something like this can put you on your ass! :ayyy:
