Hello everyone..wanted to say first off that this bike is really taken care of,has under 12k miles on her.N-e-ways the other day i was going to the store, once i shifted into 2nd it seems like it has trouble stayin in gear??Its only under hard accel...if i drive normal its not an issue,and 2nd gear is the only one that does it.has anyone had this problem before? What might need to be replaced? thanks

Hi there,

not good news really either 2nd gear syncro is worn or the selector shaft is worn either way you will have to remove the engine and strip the gear box to find out. But before you do this you could try changeing the oil in your bike just to see if it is a sticking syncro geardue to old oil?

Hope this helps

Regards

Bill

thank you sir...actually oil change is due in less than 100 miles(every 2k miles i change) so i will try that.

I`m afraid its a common problem, requires a complete engine strip down.

Have a look through here.

http://www.bikersoracle.com/thunder/forum/