Hello everyone I am having an issue when I pull up at the lights and select 1st as I go to take off it jumps into nutral I can be around this by leaving my foot on the gear lever as I take off Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue and if there is a fix ? TR terra 650 7000klms
Yes I had this issue and it probably started around the similar number of kms to yours and then after a while the issue pretty much disappeared. It occasionally still occurs. I looked into it at the time and it turns out to be a common quirk of the Rotax 650 and it does not generally indicate a fault. Most likely the issue will go away the more you ride.
My Terra (27000km on the clock) has a different gearbox quirk which has developed since about 25000km. I can be stopped in neutral and pull the clutch and step it into 1st gear, and it will make a very positive clunk that sounds like 1st gear selection but the neutral light stays on and the bike is not in gear. Sometimes I can do this 2 or 3 times consecutively before it actually shifts into 1st gear and the neutral light stays off. I think actually releasing and reengaging the clutch lever stops this from occurring. I am developing a habit of standing on the gear lever in 1st gear when I take off from the standing start, just in case it wants to pop out.
Where the gear engagement seems sticky it may be worth checking the neutral switch, they can bend and at least early ones could break up resulting in a need to split the cases to repair, a quick check it is OK is better than the alternative
