JBM

It was the spring. Broken in 2 pieces.

I recently purchased a 1979 XS 1100. Was in pretty good shape except that carb 1 was puking gas out of the air intake. Have since taken care of that problem and it now is running very good. Problem is that I can shift up to 2 gears up and 1 down without a problem. Up shifting I have to wait about 15 seconds or so before it will go to the higher gear. If I don't wait long enough the shifter just feels like there are not any more gears to go to. Wait a few seconds and then it will click to the next gear. I can usually get it to down shift 1 gear sometimes 2. Then I have to stop, reach down with my hand and work the shifter to get it back down to 1st. Also I don't think the shifter is returning to the center position after shifting. Could the spring that recenters the shifter being broken cause this issue? The bike had sat for a couple of years so I thought that it might loosen up with some use but that doesn't seem to be happening. Any help or thoughts would be greatly appriciated. Thanks, Brian