Funked up second gear

[Turbinator]

i was wondering if anyone would have an idea why a bike would slip in and out of gear while riding. My dads bike, when in second gear, if hammered goes out of second into neutral, and keeps doing this until he changes to third. Any help appreciated. His bike is a 1998 Suzuki RF900R

[Gonzo]

Funked?

Funked?

[CAD]

My FJ12 used to do that on the change....but not while it was in the gear already...once you got it in there she was ok... best get that one checked our dude, dun wanna do her any serious damage

[Gonzo]

115 posts cad... i got some serious catchin up to do
Atleast there is always the 'I wouldn't read this if i were you' to post random crap still...

[SCOOTER]

Sounds like a sinchro problem, needs a gearbox stripdown to solve, could be pricey.

I could be wrong though!!!

[Gonzo]

Perhaps he should cut his losses and give me the RF and i'll let him have the scoot

[ZX9R_02]

you been caining it to much then
new gearbox time

[Gonzo]

lol he hasnt been caining nothin....
read his post carefully...

[Deej]

Too many first-second gear changes whilst doing wheelies?

[Turbinator]

That last one sounds more like it, too many wheelies from dear ol' dad

[RC]

gearbox?

I've once read about your problem not long ago in amag and said the rf900 did have a few probs and that was one.But to my idea it was the older ones with more kms what on ya dads?The problem was sync problem selector fork i think yes stripping the box is involed no good.or some ones floged in like below (wheelies 1 to 2nd).hmmmGood luck

[HK31A]

Sounds like a sinchro problem, needs a gearbox stripdown to solve, could be pricey.

I could be wrong though!!!

i think the could be wrong bit is what you know about bike gearboxes

[darkfibre]

He may have learned more about bike transmissions in the 8 years since he wrote that.

[milesiles]

^^^ haha, classic.