AFCJosh

Thanks all especially Jim, really appreciate your help I changed the oil which was very thin so i think that was the problem, and adjusted the clutch so it engages earlier. and all is fine. once again thanks alot.

Thanks Jim Ill try and replace the oil tomorrow, and hopefully it might just do the trick. Is a selector spring a big job to do? by big I mainly mean expensive.

Hi all, I noticed there have been a few gear problems reported with this bike here, and I'm getting the impression that its just a bad gearbox. I have a 2008 YBR and im the second owner, the first didnt use it much however he did change the oil himself. and just recently i have found it amazingly difficult to get into neutral, the problem varies from lots of resistance in teh gear stick to just skipping straight to 2nd......its only been the last two days its been happening, and during my journeys i have put the bike into neutral at traffic lights and there have been no problems, however i get to work/home and it just wont do it, i had to give in and turn the bike off while holding the clutch in first gear. does anyone know what could be the problem here? I'm starting to think it could be my riding style as i have a Honda XR125 (that is currently in my dads barn waiting to be taken apart) that wont go into 3rd at all. Is there anything i could be doing to do this to my bikes? just to note, my gear change routine is (how i was tought) roll off the accelerator pull clutch in, change gear, let out clutch and accelerate. Please help, i really dislike the bus. Thanks